Absolutely true! What Karthik (fellow MSian) has mentioned about the bathroom full of utensils, post party, can be quite a nail-biting experience. My mom has virtually no nails left after a Gatari Amvasya party, where we invite almost all the relatives for a non-veg gala dinner and slurp drinks on the house. Ask rit_gary on MS, he is the beer guzzler in such party. But I have helped my mother in rinsing the vessels too. (Mr. Arun Roy, are you reading?)
But true vessel cleaning and dish washing experience was at my colleagues place - a rented apartment where two people stay. Now one of them knows cooking and as a penalty the other has to wash dishes later. When I went for a booze-chicken-music weekend at their place, I discovered my fate. The cook thought he will supervise, the original dishwasher had by now learnt lot of cooking. As my bad luck had it, I was destined to wash utensils. Worst is, I came to know of their crooked scheme just 5 minutes before the act began. All that ’’high’’ feeling nurtured specially with Vijay Mallya’s help wore off suddenly. Damn!
And yes, HLL has marketed their Vim bar very well too and is found in most households. Vim reigned supreme choice in our house too. Until one day, my mom was terribly angry with it. Now this is very funny and weird reason, but I would want HLL representative to read so I will mention it.
Vim bar had a promotional scheme. Buy Vim bar and see under its wrapper. You could win a car, a house and some such great unbelievable prices, something that both my dad and me would fail to understand. How can one win such gifts worth lacs by buying Rs. 7 worth of soap? But my mom tried her luck with 3 soaps and she opened one of the wrappers with great enthusiasm. As pathetic as it may seem, there was an offer of 50 paisa off on next Vim bar you purchase. She found the same thing on all 3 bars. We had a real good laugh. But she got so wild that we haven’t seen this soap again in our house....LOL. Now the promotional scheme has ’’Gold bar’’ offer. Any takers?
We switched over to Odopic - a steadily growing brand, which if not better, gives the same performance as the Vim bar. Like Vim, this one also comes with extra dash of lime.
Ever wondered why a lime juice bottle has artificial flavours but a dish washing soap has real lime in it?
The Odopic Scouring bar is manufactured by Besta Cosmetics Ltd. at Vapi and marketed by Balsara Home Products Ltd.. It is priced at Rs. 13 for 400 g. Besides it offers a 45 g Meswak toothpaste free on purchase of 2 Odopic bars of 400 g. A more believable offer. Sparkling utensils and sparkling teeth. Rush now and add that extra (better than gold) sparkle to your smile.
«« THE PACKING »»
Why describe the packing? As a marketing management student, I believe that even packing has lot to do with sales. The pack is lime green in colour (nimbu effect), has the words ’’ODOPIC’’ in big, bold red font. There is a picture of saree clad Bharatiya Nari holding a clean-sparkling steel plate against a lime cross-section picture in the background. Just the right kind of portrayal! (Hey, Balsara guys, any vacancy for post of GM-Marketing?)
«« THE CLEANING ACTION »»
The soap bar is green in color. You take nylon wool or fine wire wool, just move it on the bar - just a little soap and scrub the utensils. But before that make sure that all the food particles are washed off under a running tap water through a light rinsing action. Of course usually what remains are stingy oily stains. This is where Odopic works wonders. Swipe the plate or kadhai with a little soap and you see the steel in the portion wiped. It’s that fast and effective! Work up the lather by scrubbing plates and keep them aside. Also note that hard scrubbing action is really not required, so don’t exhaust yourself. After all the plates are soaped, rinse them under thin stream of tap water and watch your utensils shine and sparkle to a better than new look. Also make sure that if it’s a steel plate, you should be able to see your image clearer than a mirror. That’s the Odopic litmus test!
Please note that Odopic is also available in powder form. Overall, I strongly recommend the product. I am sure you won’t be disappointed.