A soapy, spongy surprise
23At the beginning of the Meh-rathon, this happened.
Today, my orders arrived. Here’s the FedEx delivery photo:
The two stacked boxes contain 50 soap sponges each. Upon arriving home, I opened the third, larger box.
Inside, I found 27 individual soap sponges, 14 soap sponge six-packs, and 3 cases containing 6 six-packs each – a total of 219 extra soap sponges.
In other words, I have 319 soap sponges in my possession.
@troy: I’m truly blown away by this act of generosity. To show my appreciation – and pay tribute to the AI-infused Meh-rathon – here’s a poem written collaboratively by ChatGPT and me:
I placed just two orders – not reckless, not rash –
Fifty soap sponges each, for a reasonable stash.
“That’ll do nicely,” I said with a grin.
But three boxes arrived and made my head spin.
Two boxes made sense – my orders were clear.
But the third one? A mystery, placed in the rear.
With curious haste, I tore in and explored.
More than two hundred more – a bubbly reward!
A tidal wave rose of the soapy and spongy.
For the rest of my days, I’d never be grungy.
Excessive hygiene is my new routine.
Thanks to Meh and Troy, I’m a washing machine!
I have enough sponges to bathe a whole town –
Or sculpt a soap fortress and sponge-covered crown.
I’ve lathered in ways both inventive and weird.
My skin is so smooth, it’s practically sheared.
So here is my poem, with joy overflowing –
My heart full of suds, my gratitude showing.
Meh, you’re absurd, in the best kind of way.
And Troy, may your forklift never betray!
Three cheers for the folks who ship with such glee,
And sent me enough to exfoliate me.
And my neighbors. And pets. And the DMV line.
Long live Meh and Troy – your fulfillment’s divine!
In all seriousness, your kindness will make a genuine difference. Most of the soap sponges will be donated to my county’s ongoing collection drive, seeking personal care products (including soap) for families in need.
My sincere thanks!
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Fantastic! Soap Drop!
Like the Meh of olden times!
I guess we won’t be seeing any soap sponges in our upcoming Irks.
@Kyeh I do like the Soap Drop idea. But given my frequency of bathing, I don’t think I will need more anytime soon. As my brother-in-law said, “once a month whether I need it or not”
That’s almost enough to clean my trunk properly!!
@yakkoTDI "The trunk, or torso, is the part of the body to which the head, arms, and legs connect. It includes the shoulders, chest, lower abdomen, back, and buttocks"
@Kyeh @yakkoTDI yeah but don’t you think they left out some good parts?
@Kyeh @pmarin @yakkoTDI “lower abdomen” really covers a lot of ground. Kinda like “other duties as assigned,” you know there’s probably a dick involved but it’ll just have to be a surprise when it rears its… you know… when it, uh… this is a better analogy than I expected.
/showme anatomical makeup of lower abdomen, make it spicy
@mediocrebot excellent
Are those network cables in your thighs or are you just happy to see me?
I’ll show myself out, that’s enough forum for today
@elizabethalina I was puzzled by the variety of peppers but then I realized you asked for “spicy”
That’s enough soap to wash the bacony stench of Canada out of anything. I wonder if there’s beer on the sun?
@zhicks1987 On my first camper trip through Canada, the campgrounds had coin-operated showers. So to not waste too much water or fuel for heat – unless you paid extra for it.
Though of all stenches I might be accused of, bacony is not that bad.
@zhicks1987 would the beer be Molson or are there better beers up there now? I remember going to the Molson brewery in what was it, New Brunswick?
Food was very good in the French parts – bacon or not. Costco had meat pies and amazing charcuterie (as they even call it here now so it can cost more, but their’s was better)
Awesome!
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
*Mas jabon…that’s great. Truly a fitting recipient!
(Maybe you can consider “paying it back” as GOAT in June)
Suspected something like this might happen when I saw the discussion during the mehrathon. I think Troy was feeling the spirit of the old “Bath” days, and a soap sponge is clearly a bath related item, so it’s quite fitting!
May your water ever continue running, @Rowsdower!
@djslack Just like the good old days!
Careful, that can get you arrested in some parts of Texas.
That’s really cool. Nicely done, Meh.