Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Definitions of Clean

Dear Diary,

Definition of house clean found at Merriam Webster online" a clean house:
intransitive verb 1 : to clean a house and its furniture 2 : to get rid of unwanted or undesirable items or people transitive verb 1 : to clean the surfaces and furnishings of 2 : to improve or reform by ridding of undesirable people or practices
house·clean·ing noun

My definitions of Clean:

Clean - when you can move any item (furniture, kitchen counter appliances) and not find a hidden treasure of crumbs, dust or other surprising items.

Surface Clean - After sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dishes and counter wipes so that when you look but don't touch, everything appears to be clean before you really clean.

Clutter Clean - when the scattered items are in categorized piles waiting to be surface cleaned.

Food, Laundry, Garbage Clean - when you gather laundry and dirty dishes to be washed and garbage to be taken out so that you can find the clutter to clean.

Stealth Clean - when you throw blankets over piles of clutter and laundry or buy room dividers to block the view.

Adrenaline Clean - the magical ingredient that enables you to go from any degree of clean to one higher degree of cleanliness when you receive news of unexpected visitors.

Dinner Party Clean - what you do when you want to avoid Adrenaline Clean. Book a dinner party at your place to motivate you to achieve the top degree of Clean before they arrive.

Teenager Clean - "what mess, it looks fine to me"

Mother-in-Law clean - same as dinner party clean.

Baby Clean - this is the clean that is achieved only after Clean is achieved and addresses all of the tiny invisible clusters of germs that cannot be seen but are taken care of so a baby can crawl on the floor.

Me

P.S.

There is also UN-clean: when there are so many UN-identifed objects not where they belong scattered in such a manner that someone who doesn't know you might consider you have been ransacked.

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