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Saturday January 6, 2007 11:30 am

MP3 Goes Down the Toilet

Posted by Monica Edwards Categories: Family, Humor, Personal, Tommy

TomI love my son, he cracks me up at the most unexpected times and the other day he had Andru almost rolling on the floor laughing so hard at his 12 year-old antics. He received a new Sansa Mp3 player for Christmas from his father, it wasn’t like the $10 Walkmans he was used to buying or receiving in the past, as he is getting older and becoming more responsible, his father spent a little more money on something a 12 year-old would appreciate. Tom took very good care of it, I have to give him credit, he put it away very nicely in the velvet sleeve it came in once he was through listening to it - so maybe it was worth the cost.

This is where the humor comes in, the other day, he comes upstairs, very upset, carrying his Mp3 in his hand and I ask what was so terribly wrong. He goes on to explain that he had his Mp3 in his sweatshirt pocket as he was going to the bathroom, and when he stood up to flush, it so gracefully plopped into the toilet, scaring him to death as he thought some wild animal had just jumped in. In Napoleon Dynamite fashion he utters loudly “Dang it!” as his very new Mp3 had fallen in a toilet full of poo. His words. I asked him what the heck was he doing with the Mp3 player in his pocket while sitting on the toilet, knowing that it was a recipe for disaster. He replies, ” I wanted to listen to music while I pooed.” OK I guess that was a logical answer…heck if everyone else reads while they poo, why not bop to some tunes? Before any more questions were asked I immediately said, “Get a plastic baggie, put it inside, and STOP HOLDING IT—GROOOSS!”


So then my next question was, “how did you get it out?”, not really wanting to know the answer, my curiosity took hold. He says, “with my hands” to which I say again, ““Gross, go wash your hands, WITH SOAP, for a LONG time” and he says “I already did 5 times, but I will again”. So when he comes out, hands all red, he begins fuming about how the player was broken now because it won’t turn off, theres poo on the screen and worst of all, it SMELLS like poo. All I can think about is how the heck he got the thing out? He tells me that the headphones were sticking out of the toilet a bit, but the Mp3 was in a bowl with poo…under the poo. HAHAHAHA. I almost peed my pants laughing at his misfortune, I’m such a good Mom.

He says he pulled it out, then wiped it down, and to that I say…“what did you use to wipe it with?” thinking what any mother would, ‘he used the towels’ but he said with toilet paper. Sigh of relief. I ask one more question, “why did you stick your hand in there to get it out? ” His 12 year-old logic again, “well I couldn’t just leave it in there!” I was thinking more along the lines of ” you could have used an object to get it out, rather than an appendage connected to your body”, but I think my reasoning was lost on him. I apologized for his misfortune and said that he should call his father to let him know what had happened. Tom phones his Dad, and when he gets off the phone, he moans, “AWWW, now Dad is going to tell everyone” and asks me if I will also spread the news of his poo mishap. I say of course not, who would I tell, except for Andru, and a few hundred other people? My poor baby, his family can’t keep their mouths shut. But who could?

“Babe, one day when you read this, you will know that I, and the rest of us who get a chuckle out of your bad luck, are not laughing at you, but with you.” Everyone drops something of value in a toilet full of poo
in their lifetime right? It just takes a special kind of person to stick their hand in it and retrieve it. Kudos to you babe.


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Comments:

2/15/07 8:09 am

Tell him not to feel bad about that.  In fact, if he lets it dry out, he might find out it works just fine afterwards.  Let it sit a week or so and see what happens.

Anyway, as for why he shouldn’t feel so bad.  My mother HAD a beautiful diamond ring.  She had apparently taken it off, wrapped it in a tissue and stuck it in her purse while doing something.  Well, she gets home and cleans out her purse, throwing all the tissue in her purse, ring included, in the toilet.  About the moment of flushing is when she realized that her ring was wrapped up in one of those tissues.  $2000.00 down the drain!

I tried to convince her to have a septic tank company come and pump the tank and try to recover it but she didn’t want to.  Too embarassed.  She has since sold the house where it happened.  Someday, someone is going to be very happy if that septic tank is ever dug up and pumped empty.  They may just get lucky and find that ring!

At least it was just an MP3 player!  It could have been a LOT worse!!!  LOL

Vince

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2/15/07 9:10 am

So, did he get the thing working after all of that.  I would hope that after all that trouble it at least would still work for your sonl

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2/15/07 9:26 am

I just wanted to echo your kudos to Andru: it takes a real man to put up with a bunch of crap for something he really wants. wink

(Oh, and you might get more than a few hundred readers… I came to this post from <a href=“http://chris.pirillo.com/category/picks/”>an e-mail list Chris Pirillo runs</a>!)

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2/15/07 11:23 am

You are SO over-reactive to a natural human by-product! Did you ever change this child’s diapers? Perhaps you grew up in fear and loathing of the normal human body, but get over it! Don’t pollute your child’s life with this irrational behavior.

BTW. Give the player a good washing with distilled water, then a blow dry with compressed air. Let it set powered off for a couple days and it should be as good as new. IF you can open the case to let more air in and moisture out that will help.

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2/15/07 1:16 pm

I wish I knew who the “Mother” commenter was, just to be 100% sure I *NEVER* eat at her house. Ever. Eww.

As to the player, if it were a relatively inexpensive one you’re probably better off just chucking it out (or flushing it!) and just getting a new one.

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Monica Edwards Monica Edwards 2/15/07 1:18 pm

No, Jerrod, he did not get it working again, but thanks to the good ‘ol neighborhood Best Buy, they replaced it and he is back to listening to Wierd Al!

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Monica Edwards Monica Edwards 2/15/07 1:23 pm

Sorry Travis, it was not Andru who dropped the Mp3 “PLAYER”(as i was corrected by him and my son), it was my son Tommy, if it had been Andru I might have died with laughter.

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Andru Edwards Andru Edwards 2/15/07 1:23 pm

If I may clarify, Travis - it wasn’t ME who dropped it in the toilet and had to fish it out - it was our son.

Had it been me, I would have just let it go…unless it was a sandwich. In which case, you HAVE to get it out of there.

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Monica Edwards Monica Edwards 2/15/07 1:27 pm

Hi “Mother” thank you for your comment as I appreciate any feedback as long as it is not vulgar. And in response to you, yes I did change his diapers, as I still do for my 3 year old,
and I looooves the poop, I take the diaper, and put it on my shrine of poop diapers and worship and light candles every 10 minutes. Seriously, I had a great laugh at my son’s expense and wrote this post with humor intended, please relax, enjoy life, and wash your hands after pooing.

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2/15/07 1:58 pm

Sorry! I got Andru’s and Tommy’s names mixed up! smile

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2/16/07 11:56 am

Wow! That is so funny.  It sounds exactly like something one of my kids would do!  My youngest (3 yrs old) just dropped my oldest’s (15 yrs old) cell phone in the toilet.  It did not survive the experience.  He had to pay $95 to get it replaced yesterday.

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2/18/07 3:53 pm

:D That was the greatest!!! Tommy learned a very valuable lesson from this - “Keep your treasured ‘stuff’ away from the toilet!!!”

No one likes poo in their toys!!!  :D

And ‘Mother’ should be reminded that mono comes from handling human waste without protective gloves! Even your own waste!  :(

Bacteria knows no boundaries, it’s an equal opportunity infector!!!  :D   8)

Cheers!

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2/27/07 1:55 pm

Putit in a container FULL of RICE,it will pull all moisture from the player, and hopefully it hasnt been too long

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3/9/07 3:22 am

Haha! Great story. Loved it. Wish I had kids of my own.

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Raine Raine 5/14/08 3:33 am

Wahaha! nice kidding!

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