Slime Update

How to find slime:

1. Closely question the individual who lost the slime about where he had it last. Get only the answer, "I'm not sure. I think it was in the kitchen. Maybe on the counter."

2. Clean kitchen counters thoroughly. Find no trace of slime.

3. Check floor, refrigerator, table, chairs, and in the cabinets. Find no trace of slime.

4. Give up. Figure you'll find it eventually. Hopefully not when you have company over.

5. Start to empty the pan that the hot cereal was cooked in for breakfast that's been soaking in the sink. Spot a strange green blob in the bottom of the pan.

6. Fish out the (very slimy and slightly oatmeal-y) slime.

7. Put it in the vial it belongs in, call small boy who lost the slime, and ask if he remembers having it in the sink.

8. Think kind thoughts as he tells you, "Yes. I was trying to make it less dried out, and I ran water in the jar. It must have overflowed into the sink."

9. Resist the temptation to ask why he didn't tell you this when you asked where he'd had it last. Before you spent twenty minutes looking for it. He wouldn't understand why that was irritating, anyway.

10. Tell him, quite firmly, that slime stays in the vial from now on.