As those of you who often visit know, I sometimes come across things on the beach that strike a prompt chord in my writing head. This yellow bottle was no exception. I have never seen any trash wash up on the beach with anything but English or Spanish labels and directions. When I came across this Asian labelled bottle, I had to come up with a story to explain how it got to Texas. So here goes.
“Yes, your appointment is confirmed for Friday.”
“Thank you. It’s important that I am not delayed. I have a critical engagement right after.”
“Yes, ma’am. We will see you at nine o-clock, and you will be ready to go by noon.”
“Oh, that’s great. One more thing. Can I bring my shampoo?”
“Well we have a number of brands and they are complementary.”
“This is a special shampoo I got while I was in Japan. They say it’s magic the way it works.”
“You can bring your own. You say you got it in Japan?”
“Yes and right after my appointment I am catching a flight back to Japan so I will take it with me as well.”
“Don’t you worry. We will take care of you.”
“Great. See you tomorrow.”
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Curious. For some reason, I keep thinking Godzilla passed by off the coast, burped, and this got dislodged from his teeth. Might be because I watched part of the movie last night.
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Good story as well
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They are finding so very much Tsunami trash in the oceans this does not surprise me. Seriously.
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Never thought of that scenario. Of course, getting into the Gulf might be a problem.
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Wow, such a cool find! Since I don’t read any of the Asian languages, I’ll just take your word that it’s probably shampoo. Though what it’s doing off the Texas coast is a puzzle!
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In reality a tourist might have threw it away. My story is more sinister than that scenario.
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Funny, to me the bottle looks like it might have contained some sweet goop you squirt on ice cream or something. Unless some cultures squirt shampoo on their ice cream…
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Yeah, I took a guess.
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She’ll be taken care of …. then eaten!
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I imagine Japanese shampoo would be, um, different. I have a Japanese hair clip I regularly curse and try to wear, curse and try to wear.
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Might want to move to a Russian one.
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Hummm….. You’ve begun a very curious story, John. But i was caught up in it, right there with her, wanting to get the salon to use my shampoo AND give it back to me. I guess they used up her shampoo, huh? And then… 😀 Mega-hugs my friend.
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Or she got on a flight with the shampoo…….
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One little bottle so closely guarded. Since she’s going back to Japan, I hope she buys more if it’s so great. 😮
About your find, I wouldn’t be surprised at most anything that washes up on shores anywhere anymore.
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Of course, Tess if she got on the plane with the bottle why is it on the sand in Texas. (I am an evil fiction writer)
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You see, they had a tsunami… 😮
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🙂
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I’m currently reading a Haruki Murakami book (1Q84) and the idea of a magic shampoo is eerily close to something he’d write about.
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LOL
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