# There's a bad bad bad funk floating around in my nice clean house. Well, they aren't actually 'floating' more like clunking around eating enormous amounts of food and leaving Lego on my floor(where I walk on them) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139 "2021-12-16T08:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/41 "2021-12-17T16:15:52Z")
Li’l Wrekker IS drama! The ever-growing number of speeding tickets is evidence of that! I hate those Glade plug-ins. I hate anything with overt foofoo. The overpowering smell goes straight up my nose to pierce my brain. I do admit to occasional use of that in-wash foofooness when the washer contents are “fragrant” with stuff I don’t want to talk about. But I use one-half to one-third the typical dosage. I bought two big jugs of that in-wash stuff at Sam’s and when Mr VOW loaded it into the car, I damn near asphyxiated. He had to put the containers inside two heavy plastic grocery bags to trap the foofooness for the drive home. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/42 "2021-12-17T16:18:16Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > foofooness My new word for the day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/43 "2021-12-17T16:22:03Z")
I agree “foofooness” is now added to my vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/44 "2021-12-17T19:06:23Z")
Hey, I’ve got a small bottle of that foofooness (which is what I’ll call it henceforth–thanks!) that I only use on rare occasions. Egad, that stuff is potent! Like you, I only use a tiny amount in the wash. I decided to pour a little into my running shoes to deodorize them. (I can wash them but not tumble dry because I live in an apartment and the thuds would irritate neighbors. No such thing as air drying due to humidity.) No matter what I did, the shoes still reeked of Eau de Foof. I finally had to throw them out. (They were getting hole-y anyway.) I expected reports of an overpowering flowery scent at the dump. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/45 "2021-12-17T19:34:57Z")
I laid down on my bed. I heard a shower going. And zoned right out. Not sure how long, but the oldest grandson poked my cheek to wake me up. Sayin’: “Nana, Nana does my hair smell good?” There was a particular aroma I couldn’t quite pinpoint in my dozy brain. I sat up straight in the bed and started hollering for Mid-daughter she ran up alarmed. He washed his hair with Dow scrubbing-bubbles. Egads! He’s 10, he can read. General ly not too stupid. She rinsed his hair real good. I sent the lil’wrekker to buy boy-centric shampoo. He has the cleanest hair on the joint. I hope it doesn’t fall out!! Why can’t I not get a good snooze before these people all kill themselves or go bald? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/46 "2021-12-17T19:52:36Z")
I don’t know what foofooness is - Downy maybe? Beck - can you get a do not disturb sign for your bedroom door? Flip it over when napping and give instructions that there had better be bleeding or fire if someone bothers you. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/47 "2021-12-17T21:32:21Z")
@Sunny_Daze Foofoo is “good” smelly stuff. This can run the gamut between actual perfume you put on your bod to air freshener and their ilk. A little bit is usually nice. Usually. Too many folk think that means “a whole lot is best of all!” Every-damned-thing is “scented” these days. I have asthma, which usually only pops up when I’m clobbered with bronchitis. But I’ve found that foofoos can really irritate the old breathing hoses. I cannot abide scented trash can liners, scented laundry products, scented cleaning products, air fresheners of any kind, or stuff of that ilk. So foofooness is something I avoid like the plague. I don’t even travel down the laundry detergent aisle in grocery stores! That in-wash scented beads have the most vague descriptions for their “aromas.” If I need to use them, I barely shake ten or twelve beads in the cup, to add to the bottom of the washer. If the manufacturers want my opinion, I’d tell them that I really like the smell of bleach. To me, bleach means CLEAN. I also like the smell of an armload of dry clothes that you’ve gathered from the clothesline. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/48 "2021-12-17T22:20:06Z")
Don’t no one in this house respect my privacy. Not even in my (MY) bathroom. The Lil’wrekker is the worst disrespecter/culprit, I wake up some mornings and she’s beside me in bed eating my banana. Yep. I’m invisible. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/49 "2021-12-18T00:00:38Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Crystal stick deodorant on kids’ feet. I don’t recall what was so different about that kind. This has antimicrobial properties. Anything acidic will help. There are acidic washes you can buy. But once the stink is in the shoe, you’d best use Oder Eaters. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/50 "2021-12-18T00:12:10Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I hate anything with overt foofoo. The overpowering smell goes straight up my nose to pierce my brain. This. I have allergies and migraines. I stay away from some friend’s scented homes. We meet in restaurants where I can smell the garlic instead. Much better. Instead of scent, I’ll even open the windows in mid winter to usher in fresher air if necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/51 "2021-12-18T01:32:03Z")
I avoid the detergent aisle as well. The place that really bothers me is those makeup stores. And, oddly McDonald’s restrooms ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/52 "2021-12-18T02:24:57Z")
What’s so special about Dawn that it has to be called out by name? Aren’t all dish detergents pretty much the same? I do use Dawn but only because I like the little flip-up cap. The push-pull types always get clogged. But I see no practical difference between Dawn and the Sunlight Oxy I used to use, except – speaking of odors – Dawn has a rather stronger detergent scent. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/53 "2021-12-19T00:17:20Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Dawn has a rather stronger detergent scent I agree with that, which is why I also like the flip-up cap. But why Dawn, mainly because the advertising said it “takes grease out of your way.” In my motorsports hobby, grease is a frequent visitor upon my trousers and Dawn was the best pre-spotter I could find. I’ve used it for years. Works on food stains and on oil stains. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/54 "2021-12-20T16:55:23Z")
Speaking of gag-inducing scented products… I’ve been buying Kroger brand “Oxyclean” for the washing machine for years. This last box has a disgusting so-called SCENT. I like unscented everything for the washer. Nowhere on the label does it say “new and improved” or “fresh new scent” or ANYTHING that says they’ve added a scent. This is the same packaging they’ve always had! At least you can’t smell it after it goes through the wash. My littlest granddaughter gave me a ceramic owl with some disgusting packet of “scent” in it. As soon as she was out of sight I buried it in the trash, and took the trash out to the dumpster. Blech! (The scent packet, not the fugly orange owl! I’ll keep that forever. ❤) TL;DR - I’m with y’all! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139/55 "2021-12-24T15:12:11Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > What’s so special about Dawn that it has to be called out by name? It’s made a name as an oil spill animal/bird degreaser, so… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bad-bad-bad-funk-floating-around-in-my-nice-clean-house-well-they-arent-actually-floating-more-like-clunking-around-eating-enormous-amounts-of-food-and-leaving-lego-on-my-floor-where-i-walk-on-them/956139.md?page=2)