Name your appliance - Plecostomus (Published Feb 19,2021)

 Plecostomus Hi, my name is Plecostomus but my family just calls be Pleco. My job is to suck, not blow. I really do love to suck. And I can suck all hours of the day and night. I love to suck in those tight little cracks. I love the sense of those little food morsels, those tiny crumbs that are in dark corners, sliding up my nozzle and into my hose. Once in a while I can even find some of those little black mouse droppings hidden inside the cabinet under the sink. When they are dry and there is a pile of them, they make the slightest of sounds as they bounce off my apparatus going up my chute. It’s such a titillating sensation. While my favorite position is with my long apparatus on, I do also have to do what I do best. Slide across nylon with my spinning brushes. The brushes can be set high to just tickle the top of the surface or can be set to dig deep into the pile. I love when it is set deep. I can really feel those little curled ends pushing against my brush. Its like a battle to see who holds on. Sometimes it is like an explosion as something trapped deep inside the shag let’s go. Every so often I come up with a special offering which I devour down into my deepest cavity. Sometimes in is money, sometimes jewels, and sometimes some other special possession that my family treasurers. Sometimes my family cannot figure out that it was I that swallowed it up. Other times that suspect it was me and dig deep into my inner sanctum looking for what was lost. Normally it has been well hidden with other items consumed over the course of the day. While I think I am the most used and most important item they possess, they love to keep me hidden in the closest. Why wouldn’t they be proud of my guzzling power? My ability to dig deep into dark places and consume the unwanted. But while they keep me veiled, I do know they appreciate my ability to extract what is hidden deep within their walls.

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