What a Frick'n MESS.

[Bassn Blvd]

My wife came home from doing her weekly grocery shopping and had bought a 72 load size of liquid Tide laundry detergent. She goes into the laundry room and starts a load of laundry. She goes into the bedroom, leaving the laundry room door open AND the lid to the detergent. My 11 month son crawls into the laundry room and tips the jug of detergent over. The wife sees him and proceeds to me out for not watching him. Never mind the fact that she can't seem to tighten the lid on anything she opens. Including the Crangrape juice but that's a different story.

I rush to the rescue and there is my son trying to crawl out of the mess but isn't going anywhere. Every time he would move, his knees and hands would slip out from under him. The poor kid was in tears and I was . The wife was cursing me, the kid was crying and I was laughing, making matters worse.

I pick the kid up and now we both are covered in liquid Tide. Into the shower we go, fully clothed. The kid has never been in the shower before, he bathes in a big tub on top of the sink, so he begins freaking out which causes the wife to at me more.

I manage to get both of us undressed while holding onto his slippery little body but by now the tub is FULL of suds. We get all clean and the wife puts the kid to sleep.

Now the fun part. How in the HECK do you clean up all this detergent? I used every towel and rag I could find. The floor is dry but if you put a drop of water on it then it activates the Tide and it's slip-n-slide time. I'm going on 4 hours trying to clean this crud up but I'm just making a bigger mess. Now there is detergent marks throughout the house because no one can stay the away while I clean so they track it everywhere.

Enjoy the Pic's. Sorry I don't have any of the kid while he was sitting in the MIDDLE of the puddle but the wife started me when I went looking for the camera.

This is a shot of the little F"er who doesn't seem to quite understand the mess he made.

[FordNFishinLover]

Hahahahahaha thats great man!

Im sure the wife will look back on that and laugh just as you did.

[1inStripes]

Just use all your towels to clean it up and throw them in the washer.  Im sure they will get clean.   ;D

[ptomacbass]

Or a Shamwow (beware of imitators)  right 1inStripes.

[Bassn Blvd]

Each towel has enough laundry detergent in it to do about 3 loads.  So unless I wash each towel by itself I will over flow my washer with suds.  I went outside and spent 45 minutes in the frickin cold front wearing short and flip flops to clean the towels with the hose.  The wife sticks her head out the garage door and says "honey, are you ok? Is it cold out here?"

I said "no honey, I'm fine."  But in my mind I was saying "You stupid, fricking idiot.  Am I cold? No, I'm just freezing my pebbles off?"

[luger306]

you should have grabbed the camcorder and sent it to funny videos you would have a winner  ;D

[1inStripes]

Or a Shamwow (beware of imitators) right 1inStripes.

The Germans always make good stuff.

[ptomacbass]

Each towel has enough laundry detergent in it to do about 3 loads. So unless I wash each towel by itself I will over flow my washer with suds. I went outside and spent 45 minutes in the frickin cold front wearing short and flip flops to clean the towels with the hose. The wife sticks her head out the garage door and says "honey, are you ok? Is it cold out here?"

I said "no honey, I'm fine." But in my mind I was saying "You stupid, fricking idiot. Am I cold? No, I'm just freezing my pebbles off?"

What do you consider cold? 50 degrees?

[grimlin]

;D You guys will look back at this and laugh.

I'd probably do the same thing....take the towels outside and hose them off.

My kid got a hold of the chocolate syrup once.... :'( The whole kitchen floor and walls was covered.That sucked.

[Jimzee]

After you get it all wiped up try putting about a cup of bleach into a bucket of warm water and mopping up the detergent film on the floor.

That should do it.

Off topic, what are you calling cold? 50 degrees?

[firefightn15]

Just remember, we are all laughing with you, not at you! ;D ;D

[Bassn Blvd]

After you get it all wiped up try putting about a cup of bleach into a bucket of warm water and mopping up the detergent film on the floor.

That should do it.

Off topic, what are you calling cold? 50 degrees?

Thanks Jimzee, I will try the bleach.

I will have yall know it is a blistering 58 degrees.  Which may not be cold to most but is for me when I'm in short and flip flops playing in the garden hose.

[Pond Hopper]

After you get it all wiped up try putting about a cup of bleach into a bucket of warm water and mopping up the detergent film on the floor.

That should do it.

Off topic, what are you calling cold? 50 degrees?

Thanks Jimzee, I will try the bleach.

I will have yall know it is a blistering 58 degrees. Which may not be cold to most but is for me when I'm in short and flip flops playing in the garden hose.

I would love to be in 58 degrees in shorts and flip flops playing in the garden hose  >

[Dan:]

It's too cold here to even turn the water connection to the hose on without pipes or hoses freezing...

We had a similar incident with one of those giant detergent jugs. Babies weren't involved but it fell off the dryer and exploded everywhere. That stuff really is a huge hassle to clean up. It's like you can never really wipe it all away. We just kept at it with water and towels until all the residue was gone. I don't like buying those containers anymore. The valves and opening are just too loosely connected and they often leak all over the place. If I do buy one, I use it to refill the smaller containers because they are easier to secure and less of a mess. That way I can set the big container off to the side or on the ground where it isn't going to get knocked over.

[Jimzee]

I will have yall know it is a blistering 58 degrees.

If it was 58 outside here I would be running laps around the house in the nude.

It's a balmy 21 here, supposed to hit 50 this Saturday though.  Woo Hoo, come on heatwave.

[cart7t]

;D

Sounds like a Kodak moment to me.

;D

[KYntucky Warmouth]

Kids...Life little jesters.

It's 14 here at the moment, 58 is a chance to hit the water this time of year

[Dean]

Every time he would move, his knees and hands would slip out from under him. The poor kid was in tears and I was .

[firefightn15]

BTW Bassin Blvd, while you had your mess I had my own.  For an unknown reason, my house started smelling like a combination of cat pizz, and dead rodent about 3-4 weeks ago.  Mostly noticed it when I would leave and come back later after some fresh air.  About the same day of your post my nephew stopped up to go thru my tackle bags.  That's when I found the smell.  Crawfish scent all over my hardwood floor.  And it only effervesced even worse when I i hit it with soap and water.  I was checking my shoes and everything for days.

[bilgerat]

Every time he would move, his knees and hands would slip out from under him. The poor kid was in tears and I was .

That killed me Reminds me of the Three Stooges episode when they were plumbers. The cook trying to get out of the kitchen after it got soaked. He would get up only to fall on his a** immediately.

[Micro]

I don't know what to do, but your house sure does smell spring fresh.   Mmmmmm.  

[srv1990]

That is hilarious... thanks for sharing!

[South FLA]

Shop vac!  Add H2O to spill and vacuum it up, repeat!  Funny story though!