VL-Vond's "blued body"
Henry Musikar
scuffling at gmail.com
Wed Mar 11 20:52:22 CDT 2009
Bluing was also used as an abortifacient by Enzian's sister in GR, nicht
war?
Henry Mu
-----Original Message-----
From: Bekah
On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Henry Musikar wrote:
>
> There is also the bluing that is used in laundering white wash to
> make it
> appear... whiter than white! FWIW, many TV's have their whites a
> little
> blue for the same reason.
I used to use it way back in my early married days (1967 - 1970 or
so - yes).
http://www.mrsstewart.com/
It supposedly works on hair, too, but I've certainly not tried
that. Remember the bluish grey hair on the little old ladies?
I read somewhere that really, really white appears bluish to many
Americans (or said differently, if compared, Americans will choose
a white with a very slightly bluish tinge as the whitest). Otoh,
really, really white appears somewhat greenish to the French.
Bekah
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