I thought I was a clean person. I don't mind housework at all, I enjoy getting music on and getting stuck into hoovering and cleaning. We don't allow shoes on carpets in our gaff (I can see your eye-roll and I raise you germ-free comfort.) Doing laundry is my favourite job at home, and I stand by "if you wear it, wash it" so our washer and dryer are always going.
So imagine my horror today when I opened the Irish Sun, and their recommendation for how much you should wash your pajamas is... ONCE A WEEK. Yuck! Who wears pajamas for a full week without washing them? How manky!
Feeling smug and clean, the smile was soon wiped off my face when I read the rest of the recommendations because it turns out, I am a total minger.
Be honest. Do you:
Wash your duvet every 5 months? (No)
Wash your pillows every 3 to 6 months? (No)
Hoover your mattress once a month? (No)
Wash your curtains once a year? (No)
Deep clean your furniture once a year? (No, a quick wipe with anti-bac every few days would have been sufficient, I'd have thought?)
- “Certified minger here Paula, firm believer a bit of dirt does no harm!!!!” - Joe in Wicklow
- “Jaysus Paula I can’t ever remember buying a new duvet... we’re in our house 8 years. I know what I’m doing today!”
- "Paula I used to hoover mattresses. If you saw what came out of them, you'd understand why. Manky!"
- “I have a pillow since at college...18 years ago and didn't know can wash em! I’ll do it tomorrow!”
- “Good morning Paula I would be average when it comes to cleaning. Sheets weekly, duvet once a year, vacuum under the bed every second week. However I would take a relaxed view about articles about bacteria and skin cells. Yes; airplane tray tops, pillows and hotel bed runners contains an unbelievably huge amount of bacteria. But your body can cope with this and it is NOT A PROBLEM!” - Cheers Vince
- “Paula, I have the same mattress since 2000. Same duvet too. Washed the duvet once so not too much of a minger!” - Stephen.
- “Paula imagine hotel pillows? Surely they don't get washed. Maybe that's why they have about three pillow cases on em, dirt barriers lol.” - Niall in Tipp
- “Minger. I get a few days out of my jocks!”
- “Think we need a maid, Paula. We both work full time, 2 kids. Manage to get the beds changed once a week and hoover the house. I hate spending my time off cleaning. Oh and I don't own an iron. We never ever iron anything!”
- “Paula if we are too clean we're gonna sick more often, we need a bit of dirt to keep the immune system up to scratch!” - Dave
- “In my butchering days I would have sandwich beside me while slicing meat!! Not a bother on me or the red finger prints in the bread!!”
- “Paula there are new huge washers and dryers popping up everywhere to wash the bed linen. Supermarkets and petrol stations!”
- “I don’t recommend you wash your duvet in a washing machine at home, our lad tried this and the duvet turned into a heavy sponge! Ruined the washing machine!” - Clive from Cavan driving to Kildare
- “Poor Paula, oh gosh, you have so much to learn about "bed hygeine" all that info is true, & makes the bed so much cosier. Those new big machine a certain supermarkets make it easier to wash & dry duvets." - From the granny listener!
- “Paula those huge washing machines are popping up everywhere. Tesco in Clonmel have them, petrol station in Mountmellick, two in Limerick city, I've seen them in Waterford and yesterday in Galway!”
- “Dammit Paula, I’m not actually going to be able to sleep in my own ming-infested bed tonight coz I’ll be up till all hours cleaning. Damn. I’m actually starting to scratch as I listen to ye!!!” - Siobhan, Kinsale
- “A pig is the most hygienic animal and they live in their own muck!” - Adrian from Mayo
- “ Paula those washing machines everybody is talking about have been around for a good couple of years! Only downside is ya gotta sit and wait for the cycle go finish otherwise they might get robbed on ya!” - Dave
