Bit of Fluff

I purchased a new can of furniture polish the other day - or rather "multi-surface cleaner" as it is now called. It came with a free "fluffy duster" attached. This is one of those hand-held mini mop-style things that have replaced the old feather duster in the exciting modern world of cleaning. Now tropical birds don't have to die so that we can clean behind our radiators and between the slats of our venetian blinds. The feather has been replaced by synthetic fluff with some mysterious anti-static (or is it static?) charge that attracts the dust with minimum effort. Doing the housework should now be a positive thrill. Lucky me.

On the back of the packet, though, in bold letters, was a stark warning. This fluffy duster should be used "for cleaning purposes only". Oh to have been party to the details of whichever lawsuits forced the good people at Pledge to have to put that down in writing!