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Listeners offer advice to those haunted by hard water stains, and a certified Tall Person solves her age-old problem with brooms that are too short for her. Plus, what happens when you use your favorite Mariah Carey perfume to cover up the smell of raw sewage? Unfortunately, we find out.

Hanna and Andrew wrestle over the idea of "Hygiene Theater" during the pandemic: Are all our deep-cleaning measures really necessary, asks one Atlantic writer? Plus, Andrew has a container problem that's almost as big as he is, and Hanna has a very gross scene from The Office that she wants to help clean up.

Hanna and Andrew both faced uphill battles this week, one involving ants, the other involving some very bad dish-washing decisions. Plus, a listener asks for shower-cleaning help, but accidentally offers help instead. And "Rated C For Clean" returns in the form of a bloody cleanup scene from HBO's True Blood.

Andrew has had many household adventures since we last spoke, including a disgusting laundry room discovery, an even more disgusting vacuum situation, and an in-depth analysis of modern ice-trays. Plus, Hanna's been melting toothbrushes and raking carpets.

Hanna and Andrew try to help a Scrub Jockey with her bathroom issues (um, her bathroom SINK issues.) We also hear a horror story about the dangers of keeping garbage in the freezer, and a listener remembers growing up with an old-fashioned wringer washer.

Hanna helps a listener figure out what in the heck we can safely put into our garbage disposals, while Andrew tries to figure out what we're supposed to do with the stupid ice packs that come with meal delivery kits.

Andrew is impressed with a new kitchen-cleaning gadget, but he and Hanna try to make it a little less sexist. Meanwhile, the Scrub Jockeys offer some critical insights into the Great Pink Slime Mystery, Andrew's ice dream turns into an ice nightmare, and Hanna tries to help a listener make a bidet more okay with the help of a....poop brush? Oh dear.

Hanna and Andrew get all sciency as they try to figure out why Seattle is the Pink Slime Capitol Of The World...and what local Scrub Jockeys can do about it. They also learn about a cleaning product that promises not to explode when you use it.

Hanna and Andrew try to help a Scrub Jockey reach Cleaning Nirvana with a little help from local libraries. Plus, we hear a washing machine horror story with a happy ending, and Hanna's sister weighs-in on The Mystery Of The Weird Mr. Clean Spray Bottle.

A listener has a flower-related cleaning problem that is much more common than Hanna and Andrew thought. Plus, Hanna tries to repair the relationship between a woman and her favorite laundry product, which may have betrayed her. And we turn to Webster's dictionary to uncover some sanitation secrets.