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    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    DaVinci part 2: washing instructions

    ...Tomanks awoke the next morning and stumbled sleepily into the shower. After cursing at the shower God for randomly changing the water temperature from scalding to freezing (usually when he had soap in his eyes) he dried himself and went to get a clean t-shirt from his bag.

    To his surprise, as he reached for his t-shirt his t-shirt also reached for him. They grabbed each other and as he pulled the t-shirt from the bag it brought along 4 of its t-shirt friends and a few socks for good measure. Tomanks separated the group and put on just one of the shirts. It crackled and sparked as he pulled it over his head. It clung strangely to his body and Tomanks realised it had given him special powers - he could now stick himself to the ceiling without needing to rub on a balloon.

    He struggled to think how this could have happened. He knew Notwanbuttu Resseptacles had a dark side. Perhaps adding powder to the dark side had been the wrong move. Maybe he should have added some Comfort. He didn't watch a lot of TV but had occasionally seen adverts for magical liquids that made your clothes soft like a baby's bottom and scented like a rose. Maybe these liquids were an essential part of washing clothes. Suddenly everything became clear. Adding powder to the dark side had done the opposite to adding liquid. His clothes were now soft like a rose and scented like a baby's bottom!

    Tomanks picked up one of the other t-shirts from the floor and examined the label. The instructions looked too confusing for one man to understand. In fact, they were just too confusing for a man to understand. Tomanks decided he needed a wife.

    J