Random reminder

Press, 29 July 1978, Page 24

Random reminder

REBELLION IN THE BATHROOM

From time to time experts issue warnings about the effects of technology on the world as we know it. One result is that a sensitive person using aerosol spray now feels a bit guilty about what he might be doing to the ozone layer. Some alarmists have even suggested that one day detergent foam may turn like the worm and come right back up the drain into > our kitchens and elsewhere. One male who generally scoffs at such dire predictions had an unnerving experience recently when he met revolt on his own stamping ground. It happened when he was using his favourite shave foam which refused to stop foaming. He put down the container which emitted a rope of lather! to the accompaniment of “Pff, pff, i pff.” , .; With his face resembling a startled pavlova, he picked up the tin and!

shook it. “Pff, pff, pff,” it said derisively. He depressed its knob and pulled it out to its full extent, but it continued “pffing” unchecked. He called other members of the family who came and stared in fascination. They repeated the process of shaking, pressing, pulling and banging, then stood mesmerised at the sight of i the oozing foam which had accumulated in a bubbling cloud that had reached the edge of the vanity cabinet; and was slithering down the side. In order to keep the wheels of com-1 merce turning they had to retreat in disorder from the battlefield. Returning later in the day, they found the can almost swamped in the evidence of its rebellion. The owner picked up i the troublesome container and, eager I to have the last word, jabbed its knob. I “Pff, pff, . . . pff,” was its spirited but ! tiring reply.