I’ve Never Seen That Before
In college, I lived in a big four-bedroom house with roommates, one of whom’s parents were visiting that summer from Louisiana and were staying in his room, which shared a bathroom with my room.
One of the nights that week, I had come home late, was absolutely dripping with sweat, and dealing with a bad case of poison ivy as well. I started tending to it that night when I got home after stripping down. I want to be upfront here: I realize that what I’m about to type is stupid, but…What can I say?
What’s done is done. I started applying some calamine lotion. I then realized I was going to get it all over my sheets, so I figured, “Well, if I wrap my legs in toilet paper, it’ll kind of seal it in there and might work better.” So, I grab a roll of toilet paper and get to work sort of mummifying my legs.
That’s when I realize that I don’t have a great way to keep the toilet paper on. I think, “Rubber bands? Thread? Rope?” I have none of those things at hand. What I do have plenty of, as an electronics hobbyist, are AC adapters and various plugs. So, I go back to work, testing out this method.
It’s probably 1 a.m. or so at this point. That’s when I hear someone at my bathroom door and I look up and make eye contact with my housemate’s mom. She’s just staring at me in my underwear, wrapped in toilet paper and tying cords around my legs.
I have no idea what it looked like to her. It can’t have been what it was, though. Story credit: Reddit / itsallfuturegarbage