# I've heard it has many uses... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443 "2005-08-24T16:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/1 "2005-08-24T16:44:36Z")
but I never realized you could use Lysol for [this](http://www.thewvsr.com/lysol.htm). If my grandma wasn’t batshit crazy, I might ask her about this lovely feminine hygiene tip. When it can clean my toilet and my floor it is not going to be used to clean my, um, no-no places. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/2 "2005-08-24T17:08:31Z")
Don’t be dissin’ fectant… _From the hoohas of Montezuma To the shores of the Red Sea Lysol’s “non-caustic” to canals vaginal And aftereffects are “not greasy”_ Wow, a Strange Cosmos, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/3 "2005-08-24T17:13:38Z")
OH MY OG ! never in a million years ! :: shudders :: ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/4 "2005-08-24T17:14:59Z")
Are you sure this isn’t a joke? Listerine, I might believe. But not Lysol. And the ad uses language that just seems too straightforward for the era it seems to portray. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/5 "2005-08-24T17:22:46Z")
There are no words to describe my reaction to this idea. I think the closest I can come in a text-based medium is _AAAAAAAUUUUUUGHHHHHHH!!!_ I’m also a little skeptical about the phrase “appealing daintiness.” Of all the things about me that the opposite sex might find appealing, daintiness sure as hell ain’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/6 "2005-08-24T17:24:19Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Are you sure this isn’t a joke? That’s exactly what it is. \*Also, try new Irish Spring Lysol. Made for a manhole cover, Gentle enough for a woman.\* ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/7 "2005-08-24T17:43:36Z")
Even if this is a joke, it is still a bit disturbing. **lieu** , you’re killing me. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/8 "2005-08-24T18:01:19Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > When it can clean my toilet and my floor it is not going to be used to clean my, um, **no-no places**. But maybe if you used Lysol as described, your “no-no places” would become “yes-yes places.” I’m just sayin’ is all … ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/9 "2005-08-24T18:06:18Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > But maybe if you used Lysol as described, your “no-no places” would become “yes-yes places.” Because you know how hot it is to go down on a girl to the great scent of pine oil. It would be like eating a bookshelf. If it gets truly bad down there, she should probably call Roto-Cooter. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/10 "2005-08-24T18:40:20Z")
[From webMD…](http://my.webmd.com/content/article/71/81244.htm?action=related_link) > [@](#): > > 1930-1960 > The most popular female contraceptive is Lysol disinfectant. Ads tout it as a feminine hygiene product, with testimonials from prominent European “doctors.” Later investigation by the American Medical Association showed that these experts did not exist. Despite its longstanding popularity, Lysol does not work as a contraceptive. Holy crap! I just called my mom and read her the ad. She said her mother (who had given birth \*thirteen \* times) had talked about “feminine hygiene” and contraception after Mom married. You didn’t want to have pregnancies too close together, and I guess you weren’t supposed to tell Hubby to sleep on the couch, so some women tried a Vaseline+vinegar mixture that was really greasy to use. And that the only thing that worked for Gramma was twin beds. (But for actual hygiene, they used baking soda and water.) I will never complain about my birth control pill again. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/11 "2005-08-24T19:12:17Z")
So I shouldn’t be using Lysol as a mouthwash? My tongue has never been so lemony…nor so shiny. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/12 "2005-08-24T19:46:56Z")
Are you SURE it wasn’t a special type of Lysol? Jesus Christ, my naughty bits just crawled up into my rib cage at the very idea! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/13 "2005-08-24T20:08:08Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > (But for actual hygiene, they used baking soda and water.) When I was a kid I’d put that mixture into a plastic rocket, shake it up and it’d blast off into the air. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/14 "2005-08-24T20:28:40Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > When I was a kid I’d put that mixture into a plastic rocket, shake it up and it’d blast off into the air. same idea ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/15 "2005-08-24T20:48:25Z")
**Lysol: Cootchie Cleanser** ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/16 "2005-08-24T20:48:51Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Are you SURE it wasn’t a special type of Lysol? Jesus Christ, my naughty bits just crawled up into my rib cage at the very idea! Mine did, too. I’m still quivering. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/17 "2005-08-24T20:49:34Z")
Err, let me try again here. **Lysol: Cootchie Cleanser** Kind of rolls of the tongue, doesn’ it? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/18 "2005-08-24T20:51:47Z")
Couldn’t they just do a shot of Vodka? ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/19 "2005-08-24T21:08:15Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Are you sure this isn’t a joke? Listerine, I might believe. But not Lysol. And the ad uses language that just seems too straightforward for the era it seems to portray. If it was just one ad, I might be inclined to agree. But several? [That’s no joke](http://www.mum.org/lysol1.htm). Now excuse me while I take a Cool Mint Listerine enema – I need my poots to smell fresh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443/20 "2005-08-24T21:35:43Z")
I don’t even _have_ a vagina, and the thought of this makes me twitch and squirm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-it-has-many-uses/318443.md?page=2)