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Sprayer attachment, pets

Advice is great, but advice on its own won’t make you a better writer. We become better writers by writing and it’s always easier to write when we’re inspired. To that end, a creative prompt using an ordinary item.


sprayer attachment, pets | an exercise in writing about a revolution

This week’s ordinary item: A handheld shower and sink sprayer attachment

What is it: Especially designed for pet bathing, Rinseroo is a simple attachment that turns a normal bathroom into a pet transformation facility.

I praise the Rinseroo as a godsend

“The giant falls by the pebble in the shoe.” We all knew the proverb as we’d repeated it over and over again in every grade-school classroom, but rather than a proverb, it became prophetic as we watched each and every hero brushed aside.

All the superheroes had fallen long ago. Quickly and easily dismissed by the invaders. Now there remained only one hope left for humanity - perfectly groomed dogs.

But the invaders knew this as well and they’d taken control of every pet washing facility, dry cleaner, car wash stations - anything that could be used to direct a highly targeted and powerful flow of water onto otherwise messy and disheveled dogs.

The scientists (there were still a few of them left) would not relent though. Day and night toiling to bring us hope again - Rinseroo. An attachment so simple, it could be used by any dog owner.

“The time is now to fight back. Gather your dogs. Grab your Rinseroos. I praise the Rinseroo as a godsend and I pray we would not waste this chance.”

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