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The Wonders of Bounce ! 1. All this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer! It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.
2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your TV screen or computer screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
8. To freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
12. To freshen the air in your car - Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.
14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.
21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.
Bounce away not only odors, but small rodents and insects? I don't know whether to be thrilled or run in fear at the possibilities!
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I don’t know where my SiL got the original list, but this one is pretty similar.
Stormy- You know you want to run right out and test the theory!
eHow.com 16. Camper's quick mosquito prevention Doug Campers and fishermen may not remember dryer sheets (which work well, by the way), so I've found something you can remember and that works better - vanilla extract. I've got a small vial in my tackle box. It works well on bare skin, like face and arms.
18. Bounce repellant G.T. Hemingway, Sr. I have found that "Bounce" dryer sheets have proven to be an effective repellant against mosquitoes. Tuck one in a belt loop or under your cap when outdoors to keep the blood suckers at bay and smell "dryer fresh" all day!
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Snopes is still researching this one, but the mosquito bit, at least, isn't true.
I'd imagine most of the "freshening" things are about right, though I'm not sure how long they'd be effective.
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quote: 13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.
This one IS true, particularly for burnt on food. Use very hot water, a bounce sheet, and soak overnight.
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I was wondering if anyone could confirm the mosquito one, and was gonna check snopes. That would've been helpful.
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Does all this necessarily have to be Bounce? Wouldn't it work with any dryer sheet? I can attest for the dryer sheet in the stinky shoes. It works.
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Ugh! Martha Stewart and dryer sheet thongs all in the same thought. I'm afraid that this might be one of those time release images that will pop-up at the most inappropriate times. Sort of like Bob-Scopatz's chain mail underwear.
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The more cynical part of me thinks these things are spread by the manufacturers as a way to make outlandish claims to increase sales with no liability for false advertising.
But then, I'm half convinced that anti-virus software companies are responsible for many of the the viruses on the net.
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If you are exhaling anything with a particularly noticeable smell, stuff Bounce sheets into an empty toilet paper roll and breathe out the tube.
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Oh, that kind of chain mail. When I read "chain mail underwear", I thought of something else. Something much less comfortable.
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No, Verily, you were right...the original chain mail underware was refering to the same kind of chain mail armor can be made out of. I believe it first came up in one of the Wenches' Tavern threads.
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just thought it was interesting to note that someone tested a bunch of these and told Snopes about it. Surprise, surprise; most of them aren't true.
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Actuyally, over half of them were...and a few of tehm probably were, but they couldn't tell for sure.
I KNOW that suitcases have a smell to them after a while, and a few sheets kept in them can and does work wonders. That was just one of the things I have tried that DID work that the tester was "unsure" of....
Another thing...about the trashcan..you aren't suppose to put it in teh bag, but under the bag in the basket itself. It DOES work, keeps it from stinking if a littl e stuff leaks into the basket itself.
Now as far as some of the other, more outlandish stuff, I have no idea....and no plans to try and find out either.