# Tell me what "a clean house" means.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-a-clean-house-means/635459>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 22, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-a-clean-house-means/635459 "2012-09-22T01:30:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-a-clean-house-means/635459/41 "2012-09-24T19:59:09Z")

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Yeah, air freshener is not always a good thing. We’ve been looking at open houses, and some of them have so much air freshener stink in the air that you can _taste_ it!

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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-a-clean-house-means/635459/42 "2012-09-25T09:34:25Z")

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You could use some Pine-Sol, tho. It gives the illusion of cleanliness.  
Not that I would know.

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