Oy, vey, what a day! My roommate is in the process of moving out...she'll often come by and then leave before I come home. So I came home from class, and I heard the dishwasher. No biggie, I figured. I let Dervish out to play as per usual. I sat down to work on a paper upstairs, when joyful dooking I could hear from upstairs started emanating from the kitchen. So I went to investigate. There were MOUNTAINS OF SUDS all over the kitchen! Dervish was in seventh heaven sliding around and tunneling through big white drifts of foam. I just collapsed in laughter. Even when I turned the machine off, the suds kept pouring out. It turns out my roommate had used LIQUID dishwashing detergent instead of powder, and filled up both cups on the machine. To make matters worse, it was that ultra-super-concentrated soap, too. She was MAD when I put her in her cage to clean things up. So now the kitchen floor is sparkling, as is Dervish. Oh, and the results of the under-the-bed excavation mission: --one SuperSoaker water gun (FLO, no doubt) --one stuffed Piglet --one stuffed Eeyore --one bottle of perfume --one bottle of my roommate's arthritis pills --one hairbrush (my roommate's) --one set of keys to the social work school building and social work council office --two tubes of Pringles --one studded leather bracelet from New Orleans --one protractor --one silver beaded Cleopatra headdress, MIA from the All Seasons Costume Shop --four socks --one Barry White CD (TX) Meghan and Great-High-Queen-Sheba Dervish the WonderFerret, the Cutest Ferret in the World [Posted in FML issue 2503]