GRIME WAVE: It’s a dirty job: Police nationwide take on soaring Tide detergent theft

The Daily ^ | March 12, 2012 | M.L. Nestel

[Hunton Peck]

Sure, they're trying to downplay it. But I'll bet it's part of some huge money-laundering operation.

[dragonblustar]

Welcome to Obama’s America.

[davisfh]

Darn! Wish I'd thought of that.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Surely you jest! It’s not April 1 yet...

[NurdlyPeon]

But I'll bet it's part of some huge money-laundering operation.

I'm sure they'll clean up.

[Stormdog]

“Sure, they’re trying to downplay it. But I’ll bet it’s part of some huge money-laundering operation.”

And George Soros and the Tides Foundation are behind it.

[Bernard Marx]

But I'll bet it's part of some huge money-laundering operation.

Don't worry -- it'll all come out in the wash.

[Hunton Peck]

"And George Soros and the Tides Foundation are behind it."

Great !

You've broken the case already!

[JoeProBono]

[Norm Lenhart]

So what specific chemical in Tide is being reduced to make Meth or some other designer drug the others do not posses??

[Hunton Peck]

I never jest sbout my wash.

And don't...oh, you know the rest...

[yawningotter]

Bama wins a couple of national championships and look what happens.

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Per popular demand I've registered at Cabelas but, again, really not necessary.

One of my favorite commercials of all time was for Tide. There was a series of them based on a theme and they shared the same jingle. I came up empty looking for it on You Tube.

The chorus of the jingle was:

Tide gets clothes cleaner,
Cuz Tide makes water softer,
So if you want clothes cleaner,
You'd better use Tide!

The verses described different laundry needs such as a kid singing about the grass stains his Mom had to get out of his pants.

[Stormdog]

It wasn’t hard, really, an informant decided to “come clean”.

(Oh I can hear the groaning now....)

[Bernard Marx]

Even Shakespeare was in on the deal. In Julius Caesar he wrote:

"There is a Tide in the affairs of men/ Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"

What's the profit margin on that stolen stuff again?

[Hunton Peck]

"I never jest sbout my wash."

I do sometimes, however, jest about it.

[PA Engineer]

Maybe it had something to do with the Daytona Nascar endorsement.

[Libloather]

How fast was the getaway car?

[Noumenon]

As Washington households struggle under the curse of the ‘no phosphate’ mandate, Spokanites can be seen in Coeur d’Alene Wal-Marts and Costco establishments bootlegging cases of effective detergents back over the state line. Tobacco, too, come to think of it.

[Starboard]

P&G was supposed to introduce a new product — Tide Pods, a line of highly concentrated, three chamber liquid detergent tablets. Convenience stores would have to lock these down like they do with their razor blades!