Oh my goodness, the excitement that thronged through The Towers yesterday afternoon when our lovely neighbour Kata knocked on the door telling us she has a surprise for us was almost at fever pitch ……….
……….. she reached behind her back to only present a bottle of the much sought after Lynx Africa and Marmite shower gel …….
Let’s just say it was emotional, very emotional, and tears may have been shed!
Darrell, now in his final day of self inflicted isolation, was desperate to know what was going on when he heard all the commotion, and when Nigel took the Holy Grail of all Marmite Lovers in to show him, it again became emotional, not even Hugh, Darrell’s best friend and mentor of all things de rigueur and a la mode, with all his connections, had not been able to secure this prized commodity.
When all the brouhaha died down it was time to delve deeper, Darrell and I were pretty certain that despite it’s contents the shower gel would either be clear or gently coloured, however Nigel “pondered” and poured out a little ……. Darrell and I were wrong, the contents were dark brown, and to be honest completely unappetising in a smear all over your body and cleanse type way, plus it didn’t smell too good either. Ewwweeeeeeeee, what had our enthusiasm got us in to?
In the end Nigel drew the short straw to try it out ……… he proclaimed it to be most unusual, it lathered up well and no doubt washed all his bits perfectly well, even if he really didn’t feel it. It was, he said, probably just psychological……
……. but in the end he simply had to shower all over again but with our usual brand of shower gel and I had to agree, much as we all love Marmite, we much prefer Nigel (and our good selves) smelling of fragrant roses and gardenia as opposed to whiffing a little on the unsavoury savoury side, if you know what I mean?
Not, I am afraid, one of Marmite’s best ideas and lesson learned, from now on, we will be VERY careful what we set our hearts on!!
3 comments:
Never mind. Worth a try.
I'd prefer it if you don't refer to Nigel's bits, in future, thank you very much. :)
Kata certainly is a lovely neighbour.
Oh no-what a disappointment. Just goes to show that not everything “Marmite “ is a good thing.
Michele
Good job the little fella had another shower with 'proper' shower gel, a dog might have come along gave him a good sniff, thinking he was a tasty beefy meal and swallowed him whole!!! I'm shuddering just thinking about it. JantheFan x
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