Gracie threatened:
***I have invented a device that will slam that lid down at the most inopportune time for you.***
That brings back painful memories. When I was about four, our toilet seat had lost the rubber bumpers on the bottom. Most of the time, I was a blissfully unaware child who was off somewhere in Lalaland, not too different from today, 63 years later. I would go to the bathroom, and using the enamel bowl to provide a prop, would serenely empty my small bladder; this was one of the earlier manifestations of the hands-free devices so common today. Unfortunately, one day something brought the seat crashing down. Mother had to scrape me back into my underwear with a spatula. The incident had ramifications even into my young manhood. And I think I'll stop there. |
