You may have heard us refer to people as “Chlorine” in the past. You probably just brushed it off as bullshit, but incase you were wondering where this name for what seems like an army of people came from, I will clarify.
It all started on Earth Day or Earth Hour back in 08’ or 09’… I don’t remember which one. It was whenever you have to turn the lights off for an hour and sit in the dark. Zoots brought a girl home after a show at UVic featuring Lord Vatarro’s band at the time. Her name was Colleen and she liked wearing headbands. Scruff (aka Scroat) and I had been hitting the beers pretty hard at the show, and began to act like complete invalids once we were back from the show. I even initiated a game where we all (there were probably 10 of us) took turns insulting Zoots. Sorry Zoots, that was mean. I couldn’t remember Zoots’ new friend’s name, not sure why, but I could remember “Chlorine” so I just referred to her as that.
Fast forward to 2012. After moving to Vancouver, Zoots and I had a party one night at our place. This time a different girl was involved. We will call her Shelly for now. Zoots had been courting her for a few weeks and invited her to the party. The night got a bit out of hand and quite a few people showed up to our liquor picnic. Midway through the party Zoots and Shelly retreated to his room for a bit of fun. When they finished, Shelly insisted on making her way to the bathroom naked. Zoots didn’t think this was a good idea, so he convinced her to put on a housecoat and a shirt. Once in the bathroom, Shelly realized that Zoots was not around to tell her what to do anymore, so she decided to exit the bathroom without the housecoat. This meant that she exited the bathroom, and walked through the party and back to Zoots’ room wearing only a shirt and nothing else. She got what she wanted but Zoots was not impressed. In true Jerry Seinfeld fashion he did not continue to court her after this incident, and she earned herself the new title of “Chlorine. “
In the next few years there were many more people who earned the same title, although it has gotten easier and easier to get. Nowadays “Chlorine” is a name for anyone who does anything from give unnecessary attitude, to taking public dumps. Just think of the chemical Chlorine, it makes you itchy and causes your eyes to sting. Would you like that?
That’s it.