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Cleanliness, Godliness and Fresh Sponges

Sponges are a necessary evil.

Even though they are in soap and hot water all the time, there is something so germy about them. I believe in theory that you should have a different sponge for your counter and your dishes, but that is practically impossible to maintain in real life. And you know what that means: cross-contamination. Bacteria. Salmonella. Listeria. Nightmare!

The other day I came across this wiki on how to clean your sponges. High points:

You Know What I Love? Bleach.

I have some heavy cleaning coming up this week, and I'm so excited to sterilize the shit out of the place. I've ruined a ton of black clothes (aka "clothes") by wearing them while doing the Silkwood scrubdown to my counters. Because only bleach makes white tile clean.

Keep your fancy natural cleansers with fruity flavors. Make my poisonous and blinding. Toxic = effective. I'm not running a spa for germs.

You know how chicken is so poisonous that only whisking it from the refrigerator into a blazing hot oven in less than 30 seconds can keep you from keeling over with recombinant salmonella-listeria? (God, you do know that right? Maybe this is a PSA as well as a love letter. Good thing I'm sharing. I live to serve) Well, bleach can kill those pathogens.  Only bleach.

Don't be shy. Pour it on and wipe away the invisible killing monsters. Let bleach save you.

Liquid goodness. Also, huffing.