As I nonchalantly dropped a quartet of sweeteners into my cafe au lait, I took a moment to consider the dispenser in my hand. “Hmmm,” thought I, “that’s an interesting shape: maybe I can use some of that in my stories.”
So, once it had become exhausted of little white tablets, I wrenched the thing apart and considered the constituent parts. And guess what: I was right. I was hoping to find something ear-pluggish that was analogous to either the dog or the horse. I was also in search of a personal transport vehicle for my characters. In the Canderel dispenser I found both. Witness the emergence of the Plugmutt…
They have proved so useful that I’ve used them over and over again – in all sorts of colours…
And, of course, they’re great for riding upon…
Which, by chance, were the dispensing mechanisms too…
Of course the ‘buggies’ don’t have the character of the Plugmutts, but they are excellent for moving my characters from one location to another…
But other sweetener dispensers haven’t been ignored: not in the Earplug Adventure world. Some of them have made quite pleasant boats…
And others, wheel-less wheel barrows…
Is there no end to their usefulness? Sweetener dispensers: where would the Earplug Adventures be without them?
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It’s amazing what you can do with a sweetener dispenser it’s served its purpose well.
I bet the designer never imagined this would happen. As a dispenser it’s no great shakes – often jamming: but as an Internet story prop it’s outstanding.