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Some coincidences are just too strange and hilarious to ignore.
That is certainly the case in a story published on Tuesday by the San Francisco Chronicle entitled “Coronavirus in the Bay Area: And now they’re hoarding bidets”. The piece, written by Melissa Pandika, tells the story of Bay Area residents rushing to purchase the water-based cleaning system, as more and more folks start to get worried about toilet paper supplies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The story is interesting in of itself, but that’s not what caught our eye.
“Last month, amid reports of barren grocery shelves and bathroom-tissue hoarders,” the piece begins. “33-year-old Pablo Sandoval found himself joking with his mother-in-law about buying a bidet. Mom-in-law’s response? She’d already bought one.”
Okay, we should make it clear that this is not the same Pablo Sandoval, who is also 33 years old by the way, that plays third base for the San Francisco Giants. But you can understand why we here at KNBR did a triple take when we saw it.
Regardless, this Sandoval really seems to love his new bidet.
“’It’s phenomenal,’ Sandoval says, adding that he’s never felt quite so clean. ‘It’s like the difference between taking a shower using a loofah to scrub off the dirt versus using just your hands.’ The Bio Bidet Elite3 attaches to the back of his toilet seat and squirts cold water at his bum at different pressure settings, controlled by a dial. Installation was a breeze. Let the others fret about their dwindling toilet paper stocks: Now Sandoval barely uses any.”
We at KNBR feel it’s important to focus on small, absurd things like these during this truly bizarre time.