You might consider Hick to be a man who is always prepared. You would be wrong. He can often MacGyver everyday objects to solve a unique problem, but that doesn't mean he's prepared to deal with a known problem.
One of his current problems is the Port-A-Potty at the flea market where Hick has his SUS2 (Storage Unit Store 2). I'm not sure if I wrote about it here or there, but the owner has taken to locking up those Port-A-Potties on days other than Saturday and Sunday, because a homeless person was in one for over two hours, and she was fearing a drug overdose might happen.
In his typical charming way, Hick persuaded her to give ONLY HIM the combination to those two padlocks! So now when he's hanging out at his SUS2, Hick can always get into the Port-A-Potties. However, that doesn't solve another problem with them that he experienced a couple months ago. I wrote about it on my supersecret blog, but the gist of it is that somebody took all the toilet paper! Hick had to use napkins from McDonald's, provided to him by a buddy.
On Saturday, Hick was once again feeling a bit... indisposed. He rushed to the Port-A-Potty, which was unlocked. He got there just in time to do his business, but then realized that THE TOILET PAPER WAS GONE!
"All three big rolls! There was just a little part of the cardboard that one was wrapped around, and I had to use that to wipe my butt!"
"Didn't you just win TWO WHOLE ROLLS of toilet paper at the Senior Center?"
"Yeah. I didn't have it with me. It was in my truck. But I took one of them to the Port-A-Potty and left it. For somebody else who might need it."
Let's hope that somebody else doesn't take it to keep beside their three giant stolen rolls.
He needs to train himself to always take a personal roll of TP with him.
ReplyDeleteYes! What good is it doing in SilverRedO? Surely Hick isn't using it THERE!
DeleteToo bad no one was around to spare a square.
ReplyDeleteYes. That's a shame. At least Hick didn't take a book in there with him, and try to donate it to Rebecca De Mornay at the homeless shelter...
DeleteBecause this has happened more than once, I hope Hick will be sure and check as soon as he opens the door to be sure there is toilet paper and if not, he can turn around and go to SilverRedO to retrieve a roll. He might want to make sure he always has an extra roll in SilverRedO just in case it's needed. Do you think Hick will do this? Ha!
ReplyDeleteAfter the first time, Hick took a roll of TP from home to leave in SilverRedO. Then he put the two PRIZES from bingo in there. That doesn't mean he takes any with him on the way to the Port-A-Potty, though.
DeleteHe could string a roll on a loop long enough to hang cross-body like a woman does a shoulder bag, then he would always have paper with him at short notice.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! I like that idea. I will pass it on to Hick. He could take it off and hang it on a hook in his SUS2, then grab it when he heads to the Port-A-Potty.
DeleteHe could carry a roll in his pocket if it were smaller. He could take partial rolls from home, ones half used up.
ReplyDeleteHick always has a holster on his belt to hold his cell phone. I'm sure he has some old ones from previous different-sized phones. He could put one of those on his belt, and put the partial roll in it. Then he could take pride in his MacGyverness for solving the problem!
DeleteMy mum always had a half a roll in her big handbag because "you never know", her words.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Hick has a big handbag in some of the stuff that came with his original 17 storage units!
DeleteHaving nothing much to do with Hick's problem, but with TP. One of my favorite kampers of all time was a big prankster. Tom and Martha were so dear to us and I still lean on Martha from time to time. Martha had my cat named after her. One of the guys in the kampground was suffering with seasonal allergies, constantly sneezing and a runny nose. He complained to Tom that he kept needing to get more kleenex. Tom, being a MacGyver of sorts, found a piece of twine that was loose in my garden and tied a roll of toilet tissue around the guys neck, then led him around like a donkey. I miss my old friend. In his late 70's, both still worked every day at the business they started with their son. He told Martha he was cold several times one day, she finally said,"Well go to the doctor, you old goat, I can't help you!" He went and called to tell her he had had a heart attack. By the time she got there they were calling a code and he never woke up after that. She was devastated and it was an awful time. For awhile I was really nice to HeWho. I got over it, though!
ReplyDeleteSo special, to have a cat named after her! That is very sad about the heart attack. Hick's buddy had one, and was just going to sit in his recliner after coming in from mowing, but his wife forced him into the car to take him to the ER. Good thing she did. At least Martha gave Tom the advice to go to the doctor, and he went.
DeleteOld goat was a term of endearment for them. While he was in the coma before dying, one of their dogs died! I couldn't get away from the kampground and spent many hours on the phone with Martha just as a sounding board for all the feelings she didn't feel like she could share with her children. Tom was always the life of the party and Martha has a wicked sense of humor and a come back for everything Tom said. I am glad I still have Martha, but I still mourn the couple they were.
DeleteSo very sad. When I was a coach in Cuba, MO, one of our volleyball referees was taken to the doctor's office with the flu. The doctor came out to tell his wife that he had died in the exam room. You never know. She had taken him there against his wishes, thinking the doctor would fix him up and he'd be all right.
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