Mishaps in Potty Land
There she goes! Oh, when the toilet paper rolls…way over yonder ways.
Was a sittin’ on the potty one fine morning in the Emerald City of Seattle when I reached over to my right to snatch me up a snap of toilet paper. Never mind our beautiful green city is actually brown and dry from a fierce drought. Never mind my actual location was in my apartment in Shoreline, a small satellite city bordering the northwest corner of Seattle in the same, shared County of King. The moment my hand performed a quick, little tug on the TP, the same quick little tug so many of you probably have done yourselves, the toilet paper holder flew apart, and the spring-loaded axis rod shot out like a wayward piston. The new roll, a full roll, too, one I’d put on mere moments earlier, flew over my bare feet and rolled smoothly across the floor like a spent cannon ball. Surprise had the best of me by far! Even so, my squinty little 66-year old eyeballs spied wee little bitty pieces of trash on the floor that should have been vacuumed up. Amazement and laughter quickly followed. What a ridiculous situation. Hilarious! Had to get up off the commode, hobble over to the roll, pick it up, and return to complete the necessary sanitary tasks at hand. Then wash my hands.
No, wasn’t on my smartfone. Usually try to keep the fone away from the toilet. Don’t wanna sit too long thus distracted. Not good for ya, y’know. And I darn sure didn’t wanna accidentally drop it down into the toilet. But I did have it nearby up on the bathroom countertop. So grabbed the fone from the throne and snapped the picture you see above with my Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max. Then cleaned the image up a little bit on my iMac in Apple Photos. So, there. Yuppers, Skipperoo!
Life is full of messes. Surprises will come at any time. Laugh and enjoy the ride!
P.S. y’all…Yes, I did fix the toilet paper holder. Two different screws had worked their way loose. Put the few parts back together, tightened up the screws with a little flathead screwdriver, and, yes, even vacuumed the floor.
William Dudley Bass
Sunday 20 July 2025
Thursday 31 July 2025
Shoreline/Seattle, Washington
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