What a hoo-hah on the laundry shelf. The almost empty container of Ocean Splash Toilet Duck had been taken away by the Mistress of the House and HAS NOT RETURNED. It has been several hours.
“Ocean Splash Toilet Duck knew she was getting near the end,” said Micro Particles Cream Cleaner. “She said she had given everything she had and was on her last legs. I fear she has been thrown into the trash.”
“Oh that’s terrible,” said powerful and poisonous Drain Clean Liquid. “And what a sad life she has had, forever having to stick her head into a toilet and be given a squeeze. My job isn’t much better but at least I get a bit of variety.”
“I think it’s disgusting,” said highly flammable Silvo Silver Polish. “Constantly sticking ones head into a toilet shows no class whatsoever. Now I polish nothing but expensive silver and have a very satisfying life. In fact I’ve been here for ten years and only been used once.”
“Some of us have very little to look forward to,” said Bag of Kitty Litter. “I feel for Ocean Splash Toilet Duck. And she was such reassuring company especially when ones future doesn’t bode well.”
“Quite frankly I don’t know what the fuss is about,” said Oxi-Actioned Amazing Stain Remover. “I just do my job and get on with it.”
But who is this approaching the laundry shelf? Why! It’s the Mistress of the House!
“Look what she brought in!” screamed Micro Particles Cream Cleaner. “It’s another container of Toilet Duck!”
“It’s not Ocean Splash Toilet Duck. It’s Forest Pine Toilet Duck. How disappointing,” said Drain Clean Liquid. “You do realize that you’ll have to stick your head into a toilet?”
Micro Particles Cream Cleaner sighed. It was a sigh of contentment. “I don’t care what tasks Forest Pine Toilet Duck has to perform. I feel that we on the shelf are once again complete.”
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What a fun story!
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Thank you. It was inspired by my toilet duck cleaner.
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And they all got along until a Comet came crashing down.
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You have to be nicer than that to your cleaning agents. They can wreak revenge.
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What a lovely flight of fancy this is, Bruce. I coughed and snorted on my breakfast Cornflakes on reading Kitty Litter’s concerns.
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Thank you. It’s when you snort coffee through the nose that it starts to get messy.
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that is a filter for coffee I don’t wanna try!
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I had no idea that house cleaners talked to themselves. You must have a magical group of them. I can feel for Ocean Splash Toilet Duck. I just threw out my empty container of Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner. Maybe they’ll meet up at the waste center?
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The budding romance of Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner and Ocean Splash Toilet Duck and their ensuing incompatibility could be a possible plot for a novel.
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But what would you name the children? Lysol, Ocean, Splash or Duck, maybe…
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Carbon Tetrachloride, Fuming Nitric, and Hydrogen Peroxide.
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I’ll have a glass of whatever you’ve had, Bruce.
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I’m having trouble with the cork.
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🙂
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Very imaginative and funny Bruce. I loved this story.
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Thanks Nitin.
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As they say, life goes one. It is an interesting allegory of life.
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At least one character sees the forest through the trees instead of pining for the good old days.
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Everything you needle be on the shelf.
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No need to bark about it.
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I liked this. All the characters and personalities…
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This story was inspired by the shelf in my laundry – which is actually in the garage!
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