Would you care to speculate as to why these people have a turkey baster in their bath tub / shower?
A few weeks ago Rick and I went to some car races about 60 miles away. We figured we’d be drinking so I asked an old friend, whom I haven’t see in a decade, if we could stay at their place for the night. They only live about 5 miles from the track.
They said “Sure.”
The next morning I asked if I could take a shower and they said, “Sure.”
So, as I was taking a shower I noticed that among the soaps, shampoos and rinses, there was a turkey baster.
I was puzzled. I thought maybe they used it to help rinse the tub or something…but that seems awfully ineffective.
It seemed indelicate of me to ask so I leave it to your speculation, Fluther Wonders of the Universe.
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You mean you don’t keep a turkey baster in your shower?
Do they have young children? Maybe they use it as a bath toy. Otherwise, I would guess it is being used for sexual purposes.
No, they don’t have kids….
Then you know the answer.
Do they want kids? Turkey basters have been used to inseminate. Nor particularly “medical” standard, but sufficiently efficient.
They might use it as a means of soapy water enema.
No, @zenvelo. They’re done with kids. Their youngest is 30 something.
Who the hell gives themselves enemas? Why??
I guess @johnpowell‘s thoughts are most logical.
I had an odd looking assortment of brushes and a measuring cup by my tub. A girlfriend was kind of weirded out by the sight.
They were bike brushes for cleaning in nooks and crannies and cogs. The measuring cup was for diluting the cleaning solution.
Do they have any pets? Is there a flexible hose attachment to the shower head? Perhaps one of them prefers baths and find the baster a simple way to rinse off their back. Maybe it was left there after a DIY project. The possibilities are endless.
Well, they have a cat, @Pied_Pfeffer. I didn’t notice a flexible hose, but that’s an idea, actually…for cleaning the tub, anyway.
Flushing their sinuses.
Power neti!
I use a neti pot in the winter. No more sniffles ever!
Well, they have a cat
Cat enemas. Case closed. Thread over.
@Dutchess_III
With a neti pot you pour saline solution in one nostril and wash out your sinuses. Repeat with other nostril.
Like this
It seems funny and weird until you get the hang of it. Like I wrote, no more winter sniffles.
Did they have any African Violets? They claim you have to water them from the bottom, and it’s a pain in the enema butt.
A baster would work nicely to put water in the saucers.
^ Yeah, I was wondering if they have plants in the bathroom, too. I rather suspect that any weird-but-innocent reason is more likely than that it’s being used for any type of person-cleaning or as a this-is-a-terrible-idea sex toy.
I can’t believe you didn’t just ask, @Dutchess_III.
@ibstubro,I would just like to point out that none of those uses in your link require the baster to be anywhere near the shower. Just sayin’.
@Dutchess_III Ask the couple why they keep a baster in their bathroom.
As I said, I thought it might be indelicate to do so.
Yes, I know. I was expressing surprise at that.
I’m going with enema as well. People do have that fetish. And a baster would hold a good deal of liquid.
….Could there be an actual, medical reason one might give themselves enemas? Since we’re on that topic, I’m thinking more about @johnpowell‘s thoughts. Maybe for a douche?
It was just an odd sight, like seeing oatmeal and wine in the same grocery basket and nothing else. Things that make you go “Hmmmm.”
There could be, but wouldn’t they use some official medical device for that?
Well…gosh. I’m thinking back to the “tag” question that Heather13 just asked. I said that I went out and bought a wood burning kit, after the doc used some official medical to take care of my tags, that did the same thing. I’m pretty sure that if I’d even been able to purchase whatever tool the doc used, it would be horribly expensive, and no more effective than the wood burning kit. Maybe…there is that.
I’m gonna guess that sterile medically approved enemas are not that costly.
Well, they ain’t sterile once you use them!
Neither is a turkey baster
@anniereborn Your comment ”..sterile medically approved enemas are not that costly.” suggested that sterile would be important to you, and you would be willing to pay extra for that. After one use, it isn’t sterile any more, so why pay extra for it?
Gosh, I don’t really remember @ibstubro. If there was, it didn’t catch my attention (and I’m a plant person.) Maybe there was a very small one on the bathroom counter, but I don’t really remember.
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