The "Lysol" Story

It was an ordinary day. We had just finishing packing for vacation. Everyone was loaded in the car for the trip to the Chesapeake Bay for the week. My parents who live down the street from us were going to care for the dog and 2 cats. We had just purchased "Otis", a Himmie cat about a month before we went on vacation. Needless to say we had a great time. It was vacation! Upon returning home we unpacked and made the trip to the parents to thank them for all the help. After returning back to the house I stretched out on my favorite lounge chair that we had recently purchased. "What's this". The seat was wet. After smelling the seat I realized that all was not well. Our cat had become upset about our going on vacation and had decided to take it out on me. If you ever have had cats you know that you don't get rid of urine smell easy. I was determined to FIX the smell since the chair was new and it was my favorite one. After trying several remedies that didn't work I took the chair out onto the front porch. I got the garden hose and sprayed the seat cushion with water. After a few days the smell was still there. NOW WHAT! How about a bottle of Lysol. I dumped an entire bottle of Lysol on the seat and scrubbed. Then I hit it again with the garden hose. After about a week of drying out on the porch I gave it the smell test. Seemed OK! I moved the chair back into the living room in front of the TV. Only a slight Lysol smell persisted when you entered the house, but I figured that would eventually go away. Anyway, I like the smell of Lysol. A few days later I picked my Father up to go to church choir practice. After about 15 minutes of practice the lady in front of me stuck her nose in the air and said "Something smells like Lysol." "That would be me" I said, but I didn't care. You see it was my favorite chair! Just another extraordinary story in the life of an ordinary guy.