It’s a Plumper!
June 17th- The day before surgery I had the opportunity to spend the morning at Disneyland with my niece and a foreign exchange student from mainland China. Around noon, during a bathroom break, I glanced in the mirror and discovered that I’d “sprung a leak.” Knowing that I’ve gained a few pounds lately, I humorously compared myself to the “Foster Farm Chickens,” a California TV commercial that shows these two mangy birds trying to be passed off as the all-so-healthy and naturally organic Foster Farm Chickens, who are continually being rejected by consumers. They resort to cosmetic transformation by having themselves injected with salt water to make them plump. The procedure turns bad when, in a grocery store, one of the birds springs a leak. Then, with the force of a fire hose unleashed, the “leak” takes out the produce manager. A young child standing near by alerts his mother of the intruders by yelling, “Look Mom, it’s a Plumper.” So as I exited the restroom to meet up with my guests waiting on the curb, I jokingly said, “Look Mom, it’s a Plumper and it’s sprung a leak.”
We still had an hour to go before heading off to another doctor appointment, so, as I ventured around “The Happiest Place On Earth” I giggled to myself and, without embarrassment, let those who might stare just think that I was a sloppy eater that day.