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    Removing Chewing gum from carpets

    One of my esteemed customers left a little token of appreciation on the carpet outside the project room.

    A good long spray with the freezer aerosol & voila!

    It goes all crispy & is easily removed.

    Thank Google for that.

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    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
    One of my esteemed customers left a little token of appreciation on the carpet outside the project room.

    A good long spray with the freezer aerosol & voila!

    It goes all crispy & is easily removed.

    Thank Google for that.
    The customer went crispy & was easily removed?

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      #3
      Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
      One of my esteemed customers left a little token of appreciation on the carpet outside the project room.

      A good long spray with the freezer aerosol & voila!

      It goes all crispy & is easily removed.

      Thank Google for that.
      Was it in your contract to carry out that work or were you under client direction when made to do it? IR35 alert!!
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        #4
        Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
        One of my esteemed customers left a little token of appreciation on the carpet outside the project room.

        A good long spray with the freezer aerosol & voila!

        It goes all crispy & is easily removed.

        Thank Google for that.
        One hot summer in the nineties I was sitting in the car during a traffic jam sun roof open. My testacies were sweating , I spayed some freezer spay on the trousers; it was nice however, it caused a mist to rise from that area much to the amazement of passengers on a passing bus.
        "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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          #5
          Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
          The customer went crispy & was easily removed?
          Only when he uses the modified cattle prod.

          <KZZZZZZRT.... thud>
          "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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            #6
            Originally posted by DaveB View Post
            Only when he uses the modified cattle prod.

            <KZZZZZZRT.... thud>
            Originally posted by zeitghost
            Only in my dreams
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              #7
              Reminds me of Top Tips in viz where we were advised to save money by cutting out gum and instead chew on a rubber band with a squirt of colgate!

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                #8
                Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
                One of my esteemed customers left a little token of appreciation on the carpet outside the project room.

                A good long spray with the freezer aerosol & voila!

                It goes all crispy & is easily removed.

                Thank Google for that.
                Saw a chap doing that on pub carpets many moons ago. A Plan B to occupy some bench time, perhaps.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Sysman View Post
                  Saw a chap doing that on pub carpets many moons ago. A Plan B to occupy some bench time, perhaps.
                  I saw someone using a high pressure jet on the pavement in the town centre the other week. It wasn't until I stopped to survey the surrounding area that I noticed just how much chewing gum was stuck to the pavement. That's what they were after I think, and other small bits of stuff stuck to the pavement. A high pressure water jet may not be as effective as freeze spray on office carpets though.

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