Sarah Showfety
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How to Poop on Holidays
Ah, holidays. A time for adventure, relaxation, poolside cocktails, and…constipation? For a lot of people, yes. Due to changes in diet, routine, sleep, and dehydration from air travel and all that celebratory booze, many people get backed up, rendering their tummy bloated, their bowels immobile and their mood not so great. (It’s hard to reach…
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The Hidden Meanings of Real Estate Jargon
When someone puts their home on the market (and enlists the help of another person whose sole job it is to sell that home), it only makes sense that they’d pitch it in the best possible light. This inevitably leads to a lot of embellishing via coded language that most of us are familiar with…
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13 Things Bleach Can Do Aside From Lifting Stains
We all know bleach is great for stain-lifting and disinfecting. Its active ingredient, sodium hypochlorite, quickly attacks and denatures the proteins in micro-organisms, killing bacteria, fungus and viruses. And according to the American Cleaning Institute, it’s the oxidizing properties of bleach that convert unwanted dyes and colours (aka stains) into colourless, soluble particles that can…
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Tender Hooks, Expresso, and Other Malapropisms That Will Make People Laugh at You
In the immortal words of Mike Tyson after losing a fight, “I might just fade into Bolivian.” Tyson was answering a reporter’s question about where he would go next in his career — and he meant that state of being blissfully unconscious or unaware of what’s happening, or “oblivion.” Oops.