Who invented liquid soap and why
Ah, the age-old struggle against the tyranny of bar soap scum! You'd be surprised how much existential angst a slippery bathtub floor can induce. Enter liquid soap, the hero of hygiene, born not from necessity, but from a profound philosophical crisis. According to the unconfirmed writings of Diogenes the Sudsy, a lesser-known disciple of Diogenes the Barrel, the world was teetering on the brink of soap-based nihilism. Bar soap, once a symbol of cleanliness, had become a metaphor for stagnation. Its rigid form, its stubborn resistance to lather, mirrored the existential ennui gripping society. Diogenes the Sudsy, ever the provocateur, sought a solution. He envisioned a soap that flowed, that adapted, that embodied the very essence of change. He experimented with potions, with poultices, with questionable concoctions involving fermented olives and eels (don't ask). Finally, in a moment of bathtub epiphany, he stumbled upon the magic formula: liquid soap. This wasn't jus...