Has anyone else NEVER owned a mop?

[Mara Steele]

I've never owned a mop. Neither at my parent's house, or when I lived with roommates in college, or now, living at my parents' house again.

I have NEVER owned a mop. I have suddenly become aware this is pretty strange. I scrub the floors on hands and knees.

Anyone?

[scarlet_owl]

1. I have owned mops, but I prefer to scrub with a brush.

I do not currently own a mop.

[Mara Steele]

3. Thank god!

I thought I was a real luddite there for a minute. PHEW!!! :D

[dolo amber]

2. I've never owned an iron

I do own a mop, but if for some bizzare reason I am motivated to use it I usually end up on my hands and knees anyway...:shrug:

Hey mjean...dig the new tag. Makes you sound like a super sexy secret agent. :D

[Mara Steele]

4. Awesome!!

Because I really AM a super sexy secret agent... :D

Now, let's see, on your hands and knees with a mop...

...I sure hope you are not doing anything like what I do with my box turtle. :evilgrin:

[Nikia]

5. I didn't know how to use a mop when I got to college

Luckily, they showed me how during my training at the college dining hall.

[Mara Steele]

6. So my parents aren't just sadists..

Who liked to see me do back-breaking work like some sick Cinderella story... :D

Phew..

[Radical Activist]

7. I have never owned a mop

I have owned other mop-like devices, but never a mop.

BTW, who is the picture of?

[Mara Steele]

8. Minnie Driver...

Me and DS1 are fighting over her... (Or doing SOMETHING over her...:D)

[Radical Activist]

12. grrrrr

you may have a three way on your hands. I mean, a three way fight. That's all. She's very attractive. and isn't she liberal?

[Mara Steele]

13. Yep....

She's liberal.

OK, but these three way fights can get pretty nasty... :D

[Donkeyboy75]

9. I had one on my head my sophomore year in college.

Went without a haircut for seven months. :silly:

[Mara Steele]

10. Oooohh

I bet that was cute. :D

My hair was pretty moppy itself until I buzzed it a few days ago. It's SO much more comfortable in this heat. :hi:

[Donkeyboy75]

11. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I loved your hair! :grr:

Actually, I wasn't that cute. I looked like Krusty the Clown.

[Mara Steele]

14. It's much cooler like this

Someday I might grow it out again, but I'm really digging the androgyny of this new look. :)

[jukes]

21. foto

pls?

[Mara Steele]

23. I'll try to get one taken

Don't have a digicam, but I could duck into one of those booths at the mall. :hi:

[Donkeyboy75]

29. Be careful!

I've heard there are a lot of toaster-toting individuals in those booths. :D

[Mara Steele]

30. mmmm

That sounds kinda nice, actually. :evilgrin:

[Shananigans]

15. You poor deprived child.

I suggest the Mop-O-Rama 4000...it is the latest, souped up model of mops. The best in it's class. Never misses a piece of dirt.

[Mara Steele]

16. Are you serious?

I really do need a mop, is that a real one?

I think I want a "Squiffer Wet-Jet" actually! Those look cool on TV, has anyone here used them? :D

[supernova]

19. I have the Clorox version

the Cloron Ready Mop. I love it and in fact mop my floors (kitchen and back porch) more often b/c I'm not lugging around a heavy pail full of dirty water.

The rest of my floors are hard wood and get polished with a swiffer. :D

[Mara Steele]

24. I'll go and get that one

on your advice, thanks! :hi:

[Shananigans]

25. Heh...no, I'm not serious....

I have a generic one from Target. It works like a charm, though! Good luck on your purchase!

[TrogL]

17. Other people buy mops

and use them in the place where I live.

I don't own a mop. I wouldn't know what to do with it. I clean up spills with paper towls and clean the floor with a bucket and cloth. Mops just don't cut it.

[Commendatori]

18. I've never owned a mop or iron, but for some reason

I've probably owned close to twenty vacuum cleaners in my life.

[jukes]

20. we've established

you're odd, MS.

i learned to mop in the army, my technique is flawless:

drench floor w/ 1 gal of cleaning solution (pref=enzymic cleaner; cat yak)

let stand 10 minutes.

sweep cleaner around w/straw broom.

p/up liquid w/ industrial mop in semi-circ "swoops, flipping mop @ end of ea stroke. squeegee in industrial bucket w/lever as it saturates

drench floor w/ 1/2 gal *HOT* water

repeat p/up w/ clean mop (i keep 2 mopheads)

have a smoke/coffee whilst it dries

sweep up any remaining detritus on dried floor.

throw mopheads in washer on hvy cycle.

post some b/s on DU.




hi, mara. just getting up? :hi:


EDIT: just noticed you posted this last night, so disregard the snide remark about sleeping in!

[Mara Steele]

22. I love that advice, jukes!

It seems really authentic. :D

I did manage to sleep until 9 this morning...
I think it was the red wine that did me in last night. :)

[Mara Steele]

26. So, the fact that this thread about mops has gone over 25 replies.

is a testament to:

a) my thread creating genius?

or,

b) the amazing attractive power that a picture of a pretty woman, in this case Minnie D., has over the population at large?

[jukes]

27. minnie

is def an attraction.


but you do cast a nice thread, much better than my feeble attempts.


:cry:

[Mara Steele]

28. I replied to your post in the latest animal rescue thread

You give excellent advice to those folks, methinks. :hi: