The Infamous Tide Stick

Everyone is raving about the Tide stick. And I must admit it works pretty good.

In fact, for many people, spills are now exciting. Can the amazing Tide stick do it again?

The Tide stick is quickly becoming a hit at parties. A writer friend of mine deliberately spilled coffee on his favourite white shirt and then, later, red wine. He wanted to put the Tide stick up against impossible odds.

"This better work," my friend said. "Mordecai Richler gave me this shirt and he's dead!" (As it turns out, this was a slight exaggeration. Noah Richler gave my writer friend the shirt. Mordecai had once given the shirt to Noah, but it was too small for Noah. And my friend snagged the shirt before Noah had a chance to donate it to good will.)

Anyhow, the Tide stick got out the coffee and the red wine. It's miracles like that that are making the Tide stick infamous.

Recently, I was in Edmonton working on a documentary. The cameraman and I went out to dinner. It wasn't long before the cameraman slopped all over himself. Out came his Tide stick and it was only moments before we had a small crowd gathered at our table oohing and awing over the wonderment a Tide stick can bring.

"Ohmigod is that a Tide stick," people would say, before joining the throng of spectators at our table.

Yeah. I know. It's crazy, but true.