is that lemonade in the toilet?

i don't so much like to clean the house. i do like to have a clean house, but i don't like to clean it. and really, who does? one way to make it more fun is to buy different cleaning potions. for example, i tried this stuff called "kaboom" because it sounds like it would totally blow through the issues, but it turned out to be a poor combination of dangerous chemicals and ineffectiveness. i also tried the scrubbing bubbles, but turns out they are somewhat lazy. when it comes down to it, most cleaning potions aren't really all that effective. the only way to really clean anything is to put a little elbow grease into it. so might as well purchase something that purports to be environmentally friendly. i am currently using nature's source organic product which contains: purified water, plant extracts, and synthetic fragrance.



now, firstly, water. they could have left out the water and provided the concentrated formula. it would put me in a bit of a bind, but i can find some water somewhere and add it. i guess the whole "purified" thing is supposed to speak more highly of the water, but if i am using it to clean the toilet, believe me, regular water will do. in fact... there's some in there already.

secondly, plant extracts. obtuse, much? there are many plants and many potential extracts. do they leave this open so that they can use any plant they wish? maybe they just grab whatever's handy. »hey, joe - hand me that celery. i need to top off this bottle of cleaner. yeah. thanks.« or maybe it's simply lemon juice and they don't want to tell us b/c they know if the ingredients were "water + lemon juice" that is... um... durr... lemonade. who wants to clean their tub with lemonade?

finally, synthetic fragrance. what the? synthetic doesn't sound organic to me. i suppose they need something so that perhaps the stuff will smell clean & fresh. plant extracts + water, if not lemonade, would be soup and would you want your bathroom smelling like celery soup? yeah, me either. so i can see how the frangrance would help out there. but don't you think they could have come up with an organic fragrance? yeah, me too.