Quest for the Golden Elixir.....

Sounds like a setting for an adventure novel or movie, eh?

Two intrepid and dedicated adventurers set out to capture a few precious drops of this liquor of life. Little did they know when they set out early yesterday morning what trials they would experience along the way. Armed with multiple little collection baggies they brave the heat and humidity of a typical Michigan Summer day. Quietly and patiently they set their trap.

Tick, Tock

Tick, Tock

Finally their quarry was sighted, a slight dribble, then a stream, yet somehow it managed to fully evade their specimen trap! Aaaargh, sticky tape failure and the prey ran off to the safety of a diaper pad... A chuckle or two was had about their equipment failure, but they quickly reset their specimen trap, not knowing when the next dribble of Liquid Gold would appear.

With carefully applied sticky tape & apparatus the two decided not to hover, because we all know "A watched pot never boils." A short time later to their surprise the Specimen Trap had been filled. To the adventurers dismay it was filled with a much larger quarry they weren't looking for, contaminating the desired Elixir beyond use. For the third time in as many hours, another specimen trap was carfully applied. Not too low, not too high, hopefully just right along the quarry's path.

Tick, Tock

{Theme to Jepoardy plays in the background}

Tick, Tock

Yet another equipment malfunction, allowing the Golden Elixir to escape capture. The intrepid adventurers made note to contact the trap manufacturer when they returned form the wilds and give them an earful about their product....

Over the next 14 hours, make shift and modified traps managed to catch everything but the needed liquid. A modified zip-lock baggie was used to cover the quarry's whole living area, but managed to catch only spit-up, projectiled from the other end of the hunting area. With each daylight fading fast and frustrations levels reaching a fever pitch, one final bid was made to slay this formidable opponent. With a careful and deliberate manner the Golden Elixir's retreat was cleaned, dried, and prepared. The final trap was applied, carefully the sticky tape sealed completely, allowing no escape.

With much jubilation, a short time later their quarry had been trapped. The rare specimen was quickly transferred into a transport container and rushed to the waiting scientists for evaluation. Fourteen hours after starting their 'simple task' of collecting a small specimen of Liquid Gold, the two adventurers collapsed into their bed at home, wondering what tomorrow would bring.

So who would have though the simple task of collecting a urine sample on little O, could have turned into such a fiasco. Moral of the story though is, stick with it and you'll get what you need in the end, even if it's 14 hours later....