Slushie Time
Hi again! (This is Finn. I’m taking control of the computer while the other guys are out.)
Once again, the animals have been one step ahead of me in my role in the anti-boredom committee. To be fair to me, though, I’m only supposed to be in charge of activities on rainy days, and we haven’t had one in a while. Still, I feel kind of useless as a player in the anti-boredom team, since these stuffed animals never come anywhere near boredom.
So what have they done this time? Well, it all starts off with a new, non-stuffed acquisition at the zoo: a slushie machine. I, of course, couldn’t be happier. Who wouldn’t want a slushie machine at work?! Dr. Parker built it himself out of Karl’s broken scuba gear and some spare stuffocator parts. Neat, huh!
So we have a slushie machine. It offers five flavors: red, blue, green, purple, and orange. Yes, in slushie terms, those ARE flavors. Green and orange are my favorites, but I don’t like to mix them or layer them in a single cup. The brownish-purple that ends up in between layers doesn’t appeal to me. I like to alternate between the two (I have at least two slushies a day, so it’s always even inside my belly).
So I was sitting nearby, slurping my second slushie (green) and just waiting for some animals to come by and test out the new contraption. I was actually sitting there, planning on doing some preliminary research. No one’s published any definitive study on stuffed animals, their favorite colors, and whether slushies give them brain-freezes. And until I publish a book on something, I’ll never make past Indoor Rainy Day Physical Activity Coalition and Anti-Boredom Committee intern. I don’t want to be an intern forever.
So how did they react to the new machine? By treating it like playground equipment, of course! They immediately unlatched the diving bell (where the slushie flavor and ice gets mixed) and climbed inside. Then they pulled out the syrup tubes and began a huge (and I’ll admit, adorable) water fight with the flavor syrup!
Animals were sticky and dyed all sorts of wacky colors. We had purple armadillos, green monkeys, orange penguins – all with sugary goo in their stuffed animal fur. The animals with a lot of white fur were the brightest, and most difficult to get clean. Just take a look at Dimitri here:
And you know WHAT? Karl, V, and Dr. Parker all said that I had to be the one to clean them all up! They said it was my fault, that I stood by and watched when I could have done something to stop the messy carnage! Can you believe them?! I mean. . .
Okay, well, I DID just sit by and watch. But still, it’s not fair.
