Thread: My brush went swimming, and I'm an idiot

A few months ago, I found a dead rat or mouse in my toilet. Ever since then, I've been worried about finding another one. Well, a few days ago, I thought I found a squirrel. That was based on a quick look at the "tail" before I flushed the toilet. (Yes, the rat/mouse got flushed too). Naturally, I was worried about how the squirrel might have gotten into the apt, so I did a pretty careful inspection of the basement, my apt itself, all the windows, the door, etc.

So today I was going to shave, and I noticed that my brush was not in it's holder. I looked at where I take my SOTD photos and around the bathroom and couldn't find it. Then it dawned on me. My brush must have, somehow, fallen out of it's stand (which is on a cabinet at about eye level next to the toilet) and into the toilet. I confused it for a squirrel's tail (as it had fallen handle down), and flushed my $130 Thater Finest down the toilet.

My first thought was "wow, I'm such an idiot!" But, now that I think about it, I'm not so sure I would want to use a shaving brush that's fallen into the toilet on my face. Don't get me wrong, I'm not made of money and I do keep my toilet clean, but still.

The only thing I wonder now is how in the heck did the brush get into the toilet. I've been the only one in my apt, there is very little chance that I accidentally knocked it into the toilet because it's up high, on a shelf, and knocking it off would have also knocked over a few bottles of AS and related items. So now I'm kind of worried that maybe there was some critter that yanked it off or something... From now on, the brush will be going into a closed cabinet.

Hehe! Sorry to hear that mate...!

I keep trying to keep my cats away from my brush, they like to play with it.

This reminds me of one of my musician buddys who dropped his cell phone in the toilet post use, pre flush, he fished it out, rinsed it off and stuck it in his pocket and continued to use it!!!

It's probably better to side with cleanliness!!

Hehe, sorry, that made me laugh
A series of unfortunate/mysterious circumstances it seems.
Sorry about the Thäter though, a fine brush, and not one you would want that kind of destiny for.

Dylan,

That's a real bummer. Sorry to hear about that.

Is it possible to replace your beloved brush at some point in the near future?

Now that right there is funny!!!! If it wasnt for that mouse being in the toilet earlier,i bet you would have retrieved that 130.00 brush in a heartbeat. I could see throwing it out if it was your toothbrush !!! Still Laughing!!

Now you know what that big lid like thing is for, that's attached to the toilet seat.


Mick

Well, at least you know it couldn't have been a forum member. One of us might have snuck in and stolen it, but it wouldn't have wound up in the toilet.

Originally Posted by ace

Well, at least you know it couldn't have been a forum member. One of us might have snuck in and stolen it, but it wouldn't have wound up in the toilet.

But would one of us be sneeky enough to drop a zeepk brush in the toilet as a decoy and walk off with the expensive brush in pocket? Wasn't me, I was in Bangkok.

Wow, sorry to hear that, what a horrible thing to have happened... Bummer!