I had a Baby Plucky moment on New Year's Eve: I flushed my deodorant down the hole.
"You did what?!" and "How did you do that?!" were the two common responses from my friends.
My neighbors and long-time friends from across the hall were having a great party and so everyone was there to hear my embarrassing problem. Did I mention I'd had a couple to drink?
See, both of the bathrooms were occupied. And I really had to pee. (I was about to start sinning the Homestar Runner song: I really got, I really gotta pee pee, I really got, I really gotta pee!) My apartment is just across the hall, so I made a mad dash for my own commode. I did my business, pushed the little lever, and washed my hands (Mom would be so proud!). As I made a grab for the towel, my arm brushed over my deodorant stick and PLOP it dropped into the swirling water.
My response: No way! I didn't just do that. I stare at it. That won't fit down the hole—will it? GLUP. The toilet swallows my deodorant. Shit! (I wish it had been at this point.)
The next day I got to call my apartment manager. "Uh, hi, um this isn't an emergency, but it is kinda important. See, I kinda accidentally flushed my deodorant down the toilet, and I think it's probably stuck in the pipes." I then proceeded to give her a physical description of the flushed item, and she said Dustin would be around to look at it on Monday.
I came home from work on Monday to a note: "Don't touch caulk for 24 hours." Dustin, our maintenance guy, had to completely remove the toilet to fix my flushing error. I wonder if I'd be less embarrassed if Dustin was less cute?
Mommy made it all okay. "Don't worry about it," she said. "When dad and I were at that hotel in Tulsa last month, I flushed a washcloth by accident."
Like mother, like daughter?
5 comments:
Why didn't I think to sing Plucky's song! I *loved* that cartoon!! Glad to know things are oke w/ the toilet now... (You win the "Most Memorable Last moment of 2004" award. The runner up was, of course, my spillage of your drink in the middle of carpet... I was sober...)
-l42
Baby Plucky quotes:
Water go down the hole! Water come back! I want to do it again!
My diaper came back!!
I wanna flush it again!
Henny Youngman: What do you think of Flushing, New York?
Plucky: I think it would be a good idea.
Even if we had talked last week, I wouldn't have said anything... because it wasn't supposed to be a big deal!!!
Love!
-l42
Not a big deal? Some suit at a bank is getting cranky legal-style. A suit filing a suit. Tee hee hee. Sorry. I'll crack some kneecaps if you want me to.
Cracked kneecaps not necessary. Hopefully this isn't going to get any bigger than it is. (But I just talked to my insurance agency, they recorded my statement and answers to questions, and later in the day I get an email from Mom saying I should have to be going to the insurance agency just yet. Too late, mum...)
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