Wafflestomp

My Dear Princess and Dear Fat Pete,

Here you see PunkyCat in the room of shite. Well, we are still in the process of unpacking. And this suitcase is now my temporary wardrobe. One day, I expect I will have hung-up clothes again. But not yet.

The extended whanau came to visit today, Feefs, Craig and Quinn were at a wedding nearby, so they came to stop the night. 

It was nice, they took us up to a restaurant in Waikanae but I was bloody exhausted, what with being up since 5am, so after the big meal I just collapsed back into bed.

But before I did that I announced I was going to have a shower. Feefs informed me that "one in thirty people poo in the shower"*.

I looked perplexed. She felt the need to explain it further.

"And then they waffle-stomp it through the plughole," she elucidated.

I am quite taken with the term "waffle-stomp" although I must admit the context in which it was used, I could do without.

Actually, I remember reading that Patti Smith was a waffle-stomper back in her Chelsea Hotel days. But one expects this of Bohemians, and always put down lots of Vim and Domestos in the bathroom after they've left.

I told Feefs that if the water started backing up in the shower the next morning, I would know who to blame.

S.

* Who? Who ARE these people? And is the number actually HIGHER than that, but only one in thirty people both poo in the shower AND admit it to pollsters?