Totally Stupid Gifts

A Sydney radio station paid callers between $1000 - $5000 for people to tell their most embarrassing stories.

This story netted the $5000 prize.

"I had an appointment with the gynaecologist. On the morning of the appointment I received a call from his office to say I had been rescheduled for earlier in the day at 9.30am. I had only just packed everyone off to work and school and it was around 8.45am already.

The trip usually takes 35 minutes so I didn't have any time to spare. I always like to take a little extra effort over hygiene when making such visits, but this time I wasn't going to be able to make a full effort.

I rushed upstairs, threw off my dressing gown, wet the washcloth and gave myself a wash in "THAT AREA" taking extra care to make sure I was presentable. I threw the washcloth in the clothes basket, donned some clothes, hopped into my car and raced to the appointment.

I was in the waiting room only a few minutes before I was called in. Knowing the procedure, I hopped up on the table, looked over at the other side of the room and pretended I was in Cairns or some other place a million miles away from here. I was a little surprised when he said "My, we have taken a little extra effort this morning haven't we?", but I didn't respond.

The appointment was over, I heaved a sigh of relief and went home. The rest of the day was normal - shopping, cleaning, cooking etc. After school my six year old daughter was playing and she called out from the bathroom, "Mum, where's my washcloth?" I called back for her to get another one from the cupboard. She called back, "NO, I need the one that was here by the sink. It had all my glitter and sparkles in it."