Why Washing soda?

[fatshark]

Curley ... Merkin? They have entire websites on pubic wigs? Extraordinary. You learn something everyday.

 

[maddydog]

Curley ... Merkin? They have entire websites on pubic wigs? Extraordinary. You learn something everyday.

 

[Poly Hive]

Some have entirely too much time.

PH

 

[Swarm]

Pedant alert: Originally lye was potassium hydroxide but often nowadays and usually on Merkin sites - it refers to sodium hydroxide .
It matters not, both are nasty things particularly when concentrated, such as drain cleaner and will happily take your skin off if handled incorrectly, blind you if you get it in your eyes or kill you (painfully and horribly) if ingested.
No need for it in hobby beekeeping.

Absolutely.

 

[fatshark]

Merkin ... too much time? Part of daily vocabulary in parts of Fife I'll have you know

It's also the name of a particularly successful type of fly for permit fishing.

 

[Curley]

It's also the name of a particularly successful type of fly for permit fishing.

A Merkin Crab - the mind boggles.
I was once accused of being a fly fisherman in the Kingdom of Fife but I'm not sure he was suggesting I was an angler. (I'm not either of those things but some of my best friends etc etc)