Ionatoring

It's been one day since we were given this thing and every surface imaginable in my house and on my person has now been ionatorated.  Or is it ionated.   I can't stop the ionatoring! 

Whether or not this fancy looking spray bottle is legitimate and actually does what it says it does (brief summary: kills 99.9% of bacteria by electrically charging water...crazy sounding claim, but if it works, they could really be on to something revolutionizing), it has given my siblings and I some great laughs and has brought back lots of memories about my dad.  Before I continue....we love you, Dad! 

Marissa, I remembered your hilarious post about this infomercial stuff (btw,  I think the ionator is a little more reputable than some of these other things from our past.  My dad works for a rehabilitation facility and this is one of the products they've brought in to eliminate the use of so many chemicals.).  Anyway, my sister does a great job recalling these memories that shaped us to be the skeptics we are.  My favorite was this blurb.   A little cut and paste from her :

There's a running gag in my family about my dad buying stuff off of infomercials. Actually, I guess not a gag as much as a fact: My dad buys stuff off of infomercials. (I hope I'm not exposing a dirty little secret. Sorry Pops.)

It started probably before I can remember, but my first introduction to these products was "Quick-n-Bright." Ahhh, that pink paste was my nemesis as the infomercial so proudly demonstrated it would take oil off of driveways. Even as an eight-year-old I realized it wasn't the magical product removing the oil but the fact that after a couple hours, I'd scrubbed the concrete completely away with the metal wire brush I'd been instructed to use.

I remember dad doing his little demonstrations of how fantastic this stuff was and I would just pretend to be amazed.   I should have known better than to pretend because when he was through demonstrating, it always meant our turn was up next to produce results.  Magic Shmagic!  Will the Ionator soon be just a memory to laugh about too, or is the magic real?!?   While the world is debating and coming to a conclusion, in the meantime I'll be a willing believer as long I get to keep saying that all the bacteria in my house has been ionatorated.  It's fun to believe and even more fun to say.