Have you made bad choices in your life? Does your landlord hate you? Have you been pulled up by the cops for doing something unimaginably dumb? Well, I’m about to make you feel a whole lot better, because as bad as your ideas may have been, they’ll never be “accidentally destroy the neighbourhood sewer with Orbeez mess” dumb.
Enter this French dude named Cyril Schreiner. He filled his bath full of Orbeez as a thousand other Instagram influencers have before him, but instead of scooping them out like a regular human being, he pulled the plug. Our tale begins with Orbeez backing up his toilet and sink.
Before we entirely get lost in Orbeez Hell, Cyril blows up his vacuum cleaner trying to get rid of the Orbeez that way. Because jelly balls filled with water and the electronics of a vacuum were always going to be a good mix.
I think this is the point where we officially enter Orbeez Hell, and even just hell in general. While salt seems to save our brave influencer for a small amount of time, all hope is lost once the sewer starts backing up through his sink.
We head outside to see that Orbeez have come up through the sewerage system, and for some reason I cannot wrap my head around, he touches them?!?! He also gets a letter saying that the cops are looking for the person who blew the sewerage system up with goddam Orbeez.
In the final act of this gripping tale, our favourite genius seems to be getting a stern talking to by someone very official. I can’t speak French or German, but the tone of his voice tells me everything I need to know.
So there you have it, life could be worse. Your choices could have been a lot more disastrous and involved a lot more Orbeez and a lot more mess.
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