BATHROOM TALK CONTINUED

ONE DAY, YEARS AGO, WHILE IN COSTA RICA I HAD A BOWL MOVEMENT.
I HAD THE URGE TO LOOK IN THE TOILET BOWL AND SAW, MIXED IN WITH THE EXCREMENT, A ROUND WORM ABOUT THE DIAMETER OF A PENCIL AND ABOUT AS LONG. IT WRIGGLED AMIDST THE EXCREMENT. SHUDDERED TO THINK THAT THIS THING WAS LIVING INSIDE OF ME. DOWN THE SEWER IT WENT. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY I PICKED IT UP IN ITS INFANCY PROBABLY FROM SOME UNSANITARY AND ILL PREPARED FOOD. I TRY NOT TO LOOK TOO CLOSELY INTO KITCHENS OF VARIOUS RESTAURANTS THAT I MIGHT HAPPEN TO EAT IN. I DETERMINED THAT THE WORM WAS DRUNK AND FURTHERMORE HAD NO FOOD TO EAT FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS AS ALVARO, A FRIEND AND I,SPENT THE WEEKEND WITH HEAVY DRINKING AND ALMOST NO FOOD. MY MOTHER WAS RIGHT. CHECK THE TOILET BOWL FROM TIME TO TIME YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED.
MORE RECENTLY I STOPPED TO EAT IN A RESTAURANT IN A SMALL TOWN IN COSTA RICA. I SELECTED LASAGNA FROM THE MENU. AFTER EATING ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE PLATE I NOTICED SOMETHING WRIGGLING IN THE CORNER OF THE REMAINING PIECE. UPON INVESTIGATING I FOUND IT WAS A COCKROACH. I PUSED IT ASIDE AND FINISHED EATING. THEN I WONDERED HOW MANY I MAY HAVE EATEN EARLIER AND WAS NOT AWARE OF IT. THE LASAGNA WENT THRU THE MICRO WAVE AND ARRIVED AT MY TABLE PIPING HOT. I MUST SAY THE COCKROACH IS A TENACIOUS LITTLE BASTARD