save it for later

Occasionally I get emails from alert readers and friends who (reasonably) think that something ridiculous or obscene or disgusting fits right in my blog wheelhouse. I have no idea where they get this idea. So mostly I simply ignore these “helpful” suggestions.

But today, Jon, friend, beloved bike builder, and all around good guy, sent me two pics from a bathroom in St. George that I could not leave alone.

First, the scene:

seems innocent enough

Okay, no big deal. Just a regular bathroom. But let’s zoom in a bit. What’s that on top of the soap dispenser?

yup. there it is.

Why, that’s gum.

And that’s a thing that makes you go Hmmm. Because

1. the gum is chewed.
2. there is a trash can nearby, but the gum was instead carefully placed on top of the soap dispenser.
3. if the gum is chewed, and not thrown away, does that indicate the chewer needed the space in his or her mouth for something else?
4. after consuming the “something else” (in the bathroom!?) was the chewer planning on retrieving and chewing the gum again?
5. this is a bathroom. most things, including solids, give off some form of airborne particulate matter.
6. ew.

Jon, thanks for sharing. These things are too much to carry alone, and we are with you.