Do you have a link to that one?
On YouTube, it’s listed as Recycling gone wrong. Sometimes all the parts are scattered in the “relevant videos” section and can be difficult to find.
Ungrateful Cow was rather funny, as this lady named Fred just did not want to put forth any work and she didn’t really see the point initially.
Insane Bird Lady
The Woo Sisters
Dogs and Chinchillas is pretty manky; the dogs pee and poo everywhere! Why? [childlike girly voice]“I love my animals! I want them to be natural!”[/CGV] I would presume that, by not keeping them clean, well-mannered and able to understand reasonable boundaries, you do not love them enough to have 11 animals in the house. It especially bothered me that she had no concept whatsoever of what went into cleaning. You’d think her live-in boyfriend would have at least a wee bit of sense. Yecch.
There was another doozy episode on yesterday - dead frogs in an aquarium and ivy that had creeped in the window and was GROWING LIVE ON THE WALL! :eek:
VCNJ~
What network is this on?
The UK version is on BBC America. (And as for the woman with the budgies, she was nuts.)
But if we didn’t how would we ever convince the hosts not to make another mess on the carpet?
I love Kim and Aggie.
I feel so much better about my (admittedly untidy, but not disgusting) house.
Though my own hatred of cleaning has led to an agreement with my grandma, that she and grandpa come around once a fortnight to clean the main rooms of the house, as in kitchen, lounge, bathroom, laundry.
I have 3 “islands of calm” amid piles of boxes of stuff underfoot in every room unpacked since my last move 3 years ago.
The islands are: Nothing at all on the bathroom sink counter except the rechargable toothbrush, nothing at all on the computer table but the keyboard and mouse, nothing at all on the TV stand but the TV and VCR.
Yecch… just watched the Recycling one. Thankfully, I can say we are not that bad. I was already doing a thorough cleaning this week (I’m off, so in between lazing around I’m taking the opportunity to clear some of the clutter). This just gives me more incentive.
She might just take “spit showers.” You know, just wetting a cloth and washing the sweaty parts standing over the sink.
I’ve never heard of this show, but now must find and watch it. Like Savannah, I have a sick fascination about things like this. I had (note the past tense) a roomate like this once. It was an uphill battle to keep things clean.
I too have a kind of sick fascination for this show. I have seen a load of episodes on Youtube - the ones with kids living in the mess creep me out the most. It’s also fairly obvious that some of the participants have mental issues.
While the cameras focus on the worst of the mess, I don’t think that kind of filth can be a set-up - it would take months, if not years to create the type of squalor on that show. I’ve seen a few houses like that - the occupants are usually clean and well-groomed away from home but live like pigs when people can’t see them. There are a lot more homes like this than you’d think.
Just as an FYI for Aussie Dopers who are into these shows - How Clean Is Your House (both UK and US) as well as a spin-off called Too Posh To Wash - both air on UKTV on Foxtel from time-to-time.
I’ve been having a YouTube/How Clean is Your House - housework fest this evening. Watch a quarter episode, do a cleaning chore. Watch a quarter episode, do a cleaning chore… It’s becoming a productive Labour Day evening. There are a few on YouTube that I haven’t seen on TV (the filth does come through better on the television set, however. Or worse). I saw the woman with the ivy coming into the bedroom.
That woman really reminded me of my mother, who was a hoarder, but still had a social life, so had to confine it to a select few rooms in the house, and the basement. If she had been a widow or didn’t have “ladies over for bridge”, I wonder what the house would have ended up like…
What kills me about the environmental woman is her flag fixation! She claims to be so patriotic, and doesn’t seem to think there’s any disrespect in displaying the flag in that disgusting house.
Good idea. I’m doing this today. It’s keeping me from staying idle too long.
I love this show. It makes me feel positively saintly about my own housekeeping standards. The tips are good but I agree the book was atrociously put together. I’m impatiently awaiting a DVD version of the tv show so I can skip through to the good hints, past the grime and filth.
My roommate moved out Thursday. He kept a little compost pail in the kitchen. Unfortunately it attracted fruit flies. On one episode of the show they showed how to kill house flies by putting some cider vinegar into a container with a little dishwashing soap, covering it with cellophane, and poking a few holes in the cellophane. I reckoned that if it works with house flies, then the smell of apple would be especially attractive to fruit flies.
Guess what? It’s working like a charm.