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Posted by Dawn on September 26, 2006, 11:38 pm
"Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom> wrote in message
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>>Thanks for your reply. As it turns out, it may have been....wait for
>>it....the detergent! This is the craziest thing I've ever heard of, but
>>we're washing the same load again, with a new detergent, and it's not
>>smelling this time.
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>>The culprit detergent is Cheer color-guard linen scent liquid. The
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>>thing is, it smells fine in the bottle. Perhaps there was some weird
>>chemical reaction between the detergent and our softened water?
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>>Gee, I'm sure glad we bought a new washing machine in a year when money
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>>tight because of a stupid detergent :-). Well, we could always send it
>>back...but it's so nice and quiet and so many clothes fit in it.
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>>Thanks again. I'm glad you got that bird problem fixed because that
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>>really disgusting. I'll keep that in mind should we ever have this
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>>again. Off to write a nice letter to the makers of Cheer...
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>>Dawn
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> I don't know if it has anything to do with it or not, but I bought a
> room freshener in linen scent, and it started stinking the whole house
> up, sort of like rotten bug spray or something. It was really nasty
> until I found out what was causing it. Maybe the same type of thing in
> your detergent.
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> Cheri
I just told your anecdote to my husband and he came back with a hilarious
explanation. I commented on how much of a misnomer it is to call something
"linen scent" and have it smell bad, when linen scent is basically the smell
of freshly washed clothing. He came back with, "Maybe it's not l-i-linen,
maybe it's Lenin, like the dead communist leader. That would explain a lot."
At any rate, I think you're onto something. I also think P&G owes me $700.
Well, at least I got a laugh out of it.
Dawn
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