I AM Gopher It.

The magic carpet sweeper

My Mum has always had a close bond with her carpet sweeper and our family have always said that it is like an extension of her arm.

A few years ago my Mum had an ‘incident’ where she had collapsed in the toilet (not actually in the toilet itself but in the room with the toilet – Water Closet – W.C.).

Because of the bad design of the WC where two doors fold into the small space from either side, it makes it pretty near impossible to get in with a body on the floor and no space for the doors to open into it.

Well on this particular day my Dad handled the situation as best he could prior to the Paramedics arrival.   The Paramedics managed to get Mum out and stabilised before placing her on a stretcher to go to the hospital for further checks.

As the stretcher was placed into the Ambulance, Dad (who has a very dry humour much like Basil Fawlty) called out to Mum, “Do you want your carpet sweeper?”

Mum saw the humour but apparently, the Paramedics did not think he was very funny.

I guess ‘that’s what you get for caring?’

BLISS.

Author – I AM Gopher It