It may surprise you that I adore Kim and Aggie from How Clean is your House? (Channel 4, Monday, 8pm). I normally loathe the self satisfying pious morons who clutter up our screens with advice for us (the mindless proletaria mucking it all up for middle class twits). We’re too fat, lazy, smelly… we have smelly lazy dogs and need a quick chemical peel and a naked photoshoot (10 points for each show you spotted in there).
Well, Kim and Aggie don’t really fall into that category. Why? Well, Kim and Aggie seem genuinely enthused when helping people. Everyone likes a clean house don’t they? I mean, who wants a dead rat under their pillow? Or a wellington boot full of sick? Shall we talk about something nicer? Read on then…
Sorry if I’ve fooled you into thinking that this is going to end up a pleasant preview… on reflection, there is nothing I can really do about it. I mean, Kim and Aggie spend all their TV time up to their necks in pure filth. Biblical filth. The weirdest bits of Revelations filth. Poo, things that make you go blind, scum that contains the plague… this pair of camp troopers have faced it all… and brilliant tackle it all with a loving mix of joy, down-to-earth fun and genuine helpfulness.
Helpful? How helpful is being barked at to clean up your horrible house!? Well, that’s the thing… Kim and Aggie ham it up on first inspection. They squeal at mucky carpets and mildew and scurry around looking like they want to cry. Then, they drop their voices and call everyone ‘love’. Instead of berating the mucky beggars, they put their vinegar in some water to clean windows, as opposed to pouring down the ear hole of those in need. You may well think that they’re as bad as Gillian McKeith, but I think you’re wrong. They’re a loving arm round your shoulder while you clean out your mountainous toilet bowl. [Mof Gimmers]
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thank you for bringing this awful sickness to light. depression was the onset, and then it gets so bad you give up trying, too much emotional baggage to struggle then your buried and for preservation sake you block out everything and pretend to others that your’re normal. fortunately for me im staying and caring for my elderly dad. his house is very tidy. his wall to wall carpeting is white fgs. ive been able to maintain, and improve on the clutter (old stuff in the closets etc). its given me an opportunity to create and maintain goood habits. my family rewards me with comments on how well im cooping with his strokes. there is something about cleaning someone elses house that makes it easier. i wanted your videos dvd or what, i cheerfully attack cleaning while watching the 1 1/2 hr show on bbcamerica. it gives me momentum, and tunes my eye to spot problems. meanwhile my home-home is lived in by my collage student son and his cleanup girl friend (she complains to him if he hasnt done the dishes) she works and goes to collage. my daughter 20 is there too, also going to university. she cooks, and cleans. i cant get over there to work on it now but i know i can do it when things here calm down. your show awakens, gives hope, im not alone other “normal” people have this issue. i know im not my therapist tells me so. i insisted when i first went to him, he come to our home and seeee what was not going on. he was astonished. but uses that information with his practice. when someone says “im not a good housekeeper” well just how bad is it? extremely important is the health issue. for everyone and the children that are trapped. with staph etc. contributing to the “resistant” bacteria, air ladened with dust mite feces air borne bacteria particulate matter being breathed creating severe health disease for the future its overwhelmingly in need of public support (you wont find a mormon house like that, they come in and clean for you, while you contribute in some other manner). again thanks for your helping me and my life. gb Sue