okay, so we've already exhalted the many uses of the baby wipe, long weekend stylers and now may we present, the Q-tip.
originally designed for ear cleaning - the outer ear, people. the outer ear. if LWS style even mentions any inner ear proximity and the Q-tip in the same breath, health services will be all up in our grill, because everyone knows that you aren't supposed to stick ANYTHING in your ear canals. anyways, Q-tips, also known as ear buds, cotton swabs and cotton buds were invented in the 1920's by an ingenious man named leo gerstenzang and originally called "baby gays" but were renamed Q-tips, the "Q" indicating quality.
Q-tips aren't just for cleaning out errant ear wax, therefore putting an end to potato crops popping up in your ear canals, oh no. Q-tips can be used for so much, much more.
Q-tips are awesome for kitchen cleaning - getting into those really tiny corners and areas that a wadded towel (paper or cloth, your choice) can't really reach. Q-tips get in between the tiny partitions in and on your stove or range top - getting rid of kitchen muck build-up, fishing out excess crumbs, extracating bits of dried whatever - Q-tips really get in there. refrigerators also benefit from Q-tips as they always seem to have little ridges, corners and indents in those handy compartments for eggs, butter, and loose items that a wipe-over just doesn't catch. also if you sometimes pretend that you have your own cooking show whilst preparing dinner every night, Q-tips help out in "plating" your culinary concotions - making away with those drips and dribbles like magician extraordinaire david copperfield.
Q-tips are exellent bathroom and kitchen grout cleaners - especially when paired with plain old vinegar. a long weekend style staffer had a grout rust stain as a result of plant overwatering and no cleaner on the market could get the red out. as a last resort, colonel Q-tip and sargeant vinegar were called in and obliterated said rust stain to kingdom come.
Q-tips are swell WD-40 applicators, especially on any high (or low) end handbags with particularly stubborn zippers, door hinges, drawer runners, or little itty bitty area in need of WD-40 where a blast of this squeak zapper would just be overkill and wasteful.
Q-tips clean up home mani and pedi overshoots because who really has a steady hand when painting their own digits and toes - especially when you have to use your non-dominant hand. talk about brush wobble. Q-tip neaten up without a second thought. they are also there for AWOL eyeliner, mascara and lipstick debaucles.
Q-tips become toothbrushes in a pinch; deftly apply topical medications or clean boo-boos.
Q-tips are critical when cleaning out your fans or heaters at the end of the season. chubbier, chunkier versions can even be used to lift off dust between the slats of vertical blinds.
Q-tips also must be THE tool of any car detailer worth their weight in turtle wax - getting in deep in those miniscule car ashtrays, air vents, crevices (or crevi?), corners, various vehicle knobs, buttons and levers that again, cannot be cleaned, let alone reached with just a cloth or towel.
don't even get us started on computer keyboards and cell phone number pads - Q-tips can be called upon to get between those little keys and make it all glob and goo-free again.
and Q-tips fit any and all ear sizes - from andre the giant to a newly minted baby and everything in-between.
oh, Q-tip how we love love love you!
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