Bristly

With guests set to arrive within minutes, Oreggano and I quickly cleaned her house, finished our coffee, finalized the gift basket and brushed our teeth.

The latter was a rather important pre-party step. After brushing, I returned my toothbrush to the travel case and took my overnight bag to the car. A lot of detail, I know, but you’ll soon understand why that is important.

As the majority of us enjoyed mimosas, That’s Not Chinese and Big Bounty enjoyed nomosas. “I’m sick,” was the explanation That’s Not Chinese provided for drinking champagne only. This was the same explanation she provided when dishing up her plate before others. She is definitely sick. If she wasn’t, she would just do these things sans explanation.

The champagne continued to flow and so did the stories. Big Bounty shared a story with us about a time she got even with someone by asking to use their bathroom and then cleaning their toilet with the toothbrush. “I’ve done that a few times,” Live Longer admitted. “This is exactly why I’ve always advised MiniMe to remove toothbrushes from the bathroom when guests are coming over,” I said and added, “You never know what weird things one might do to or with your toothbrush.” This is especially true if one is bristly. Bristles in the hands of a bristly person is nothing but trouble….and clean toilets.