...through the assortment of goodies on the always amazing Crib Candy brought us to these very offbeat supplies for your cleaning kit:
Shown above, left to right:
1. Foot Dustpan by Matthias Lange via Yanko Design
2. Cyber Clean Keyboard Cleaning Goop from Switzerland via Not Cot
3. Charcoal Ball Deodorizer via Book of Joe
4. Knuckle Cleaning Brush by Ken Goldman via Trendhunter
5. Biodegradable Shoe Freshener by Shumidor via Ubergizmo
All links found via Crib Candy.
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I love the brassknuckle looking brush!
Beth
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Some of these just seem silly... but the shoe freshener around my house... and my kids who wear Converse with no socks, yeah, that may be beneficial. I could just set it right in the bottom of their closet (depending on the price, of course).
This posting reminds me of Chindogu:
http://www.designboom.com/history/useless.html
I can't believe this didn't include FlyLady's Rubba Scrubba!
Just to clarify: I am in no way associated with FlyLady. My mom is just really into her strange purple rubber brush, which to me makes about as much sense as a foot dustpan.
That keyboard goop is genius, though.
Is that dustpan thing for sale anywhere or is just conception? My mom with back problems would love that.
That keyboard thing looks like that Slime in a Jar we used to play with as kids. Ours would pick up stray hairs and debris just as easily. I'll just go to Toys R Us and pick that up instead!