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Mori Reithmayr's avatar

I imagine that the goodbye ceremony would take place by the sea, with the hot water bottle taking one long gulp of air, then paddling out into the ocean, toward the next person in need.

On a side note, there's an extra element of connection between the bottle and yourself. Look at the shoe laces...

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Rachel Piper's avatar

And so it goes, walking into the horizon, pausing, not to look back, but to tie its shoelaces, not once, not twice, but three times, until finally it is but a mere speck in the distinct, indistinguishable from the glint of sunlight on the waves

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Mori Reithmayr's avatar

I laughed, and then I got confused. It's walking into the horizon, but also appears to move across the sea. Is it Jesus reincarnate?

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Rachel Piper's avatar

It is yes

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Rachel Piper's avatar

I realise I didn't do proper alt-text for the images, sorry about that. The first image is of a big statue of a hot water bottle, from a distance on a grassy hill. The hot water bottle is orange, 4 metres tall and has shoes. The second picture is an up close photo of the statue.

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eileen mary holowka's avatar

This is so relatable. I’ve been using electric heating pads for the last however many years and it’s interesting to see how many I go through. I want to save the next one that dies and take it apart to see if I can use the pieces.

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Rachel Piper's avatar

🧡 that’s a cool idea, I almost saved the material from my hot water bottle as apparently it’s good for using to open stuff jar lids

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