On Wed, 16 May 2001, Vance Dereksen wrote:
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> Urinal cakes are made of paradichlorobenzene (at least most of them
> are) which is the same material from which mothballs are made. It soaks
> up odor, but it doesn't "freshen" or scent the air, usually.
Perhaps not 'freshen' per se, but you sure as hell can smell mothballs
and, to a lesser extent because they are wet I suppose, urinal cakes.
- don
> Peace... Sridhar
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> On Wed, 16 May 2001, Will Jennings wrote:
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> > The correct term is "urinal CAKE" not cookie... it's that round thing in
> > urinals that is an air-freshener, etc. At least I believe thats what it
> > does... I sure as hell have no intention to sniff it to determine the
> > accuracy of this..
> >
> > Will J
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Received on Wed May 16 2001 - 13:39:52 BST