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                  A nefarious scheme to sell more detergent

[One holds 40, the other 33, yet they're the same size] [1] [2][So does
bleech really cut down the number of loads that much?] [3] [4] I've been
cleaning the Facility in the Middle of Nowhere, preparing for The Kids'
father arrival on Wednesday night (he's on shore leave from the Middle East
for the next two weeks and he's taking the kids with him! Woo hoo!). Kitchen,
entry hallway, downstairs bathroom yesturday, cleaning and vacuuming the
dining room, living room and computer room today. And laundry in between. It
was doing the laundry that I noticed an odd thing. The last box of detergent
claimed enough detergent to do 40 loads of laundry (not that I counted) and
the new box, same brand, same size, claimed only 33 loads.

As far as I can tell, the only difference between the two is the inclusion of
Color Safe Bleech™ in the new box. Could that really account for a difference
of -7 loads? Especially since the plastic scoops in both are the same size?

Or is this some nefarious marketing scheme to sell more detergent?

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/10/28/thumb.box34.jpg
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/10/28/box34.jpg
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/10/28/thumb.box35.jpg
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/10/28/box35.jpg

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