On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:01:43 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:

> Never assume how other people live. This reminds me
> of an Ann Landers column from many years ago in which
> an anxious reader related her story about getting
> together with some other housewives, and they were
> talking about cleaning the bathroom and what a chore
> it was to clean the toilet, when she discoverd that
> one of the more challenging parts of that job (to
> some of her friends) was cleaning the inside of the
> toilet tank. She'd never heard of anybody doing that,
> and she was writing to Ann to find out whether it was
> normal to clean the inside of the tank. As I recall,
> Ann had never heard of that either.

There is a scum that builds up in there, especially if that
toilet doesn't get used often. Bacteria in the air get in there
and breed, and can get slimey. Many toilet tanks have green
stains inside the porcelain tanks from mildew and such.

I still don't see that this has to do with chicken legs ;-)

-sw