The Demise of Scrub Daddy

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On February 20 of this year, I posted an entry about the Scrub Daddy Sponge my sister put in my Xmas stocking.

(Click first photo and arrows to enlarge and see commentary under each photo, then click on X at upper left to return and read the poem.)  Note:  Wordpress seems to be having some problems. If the process just suggested doesn’t work, hovering over each photo will let you see the captions.)

This is what Scrub Daddy looked like in his prime.
He fit perfectly into my Axion container.
Five weeks later, however, this is what Scrub Daddy looks like:

The Demise of Scrub Daddy

Scrub Daddy, Scrub Daddy, where you gone?
There in pieces, so limp and wan,
you hardly seem the selfsame sponge
meant to scour and expunge
clinging morsels of cooked-on rice
when I swipe once and maybe twice.

Yet after only thirty days,
I must amend my former praise,
for after one-too-many rubbings,
you haven’t very many scrubbings
left in you. You’ve lost your heart,
unstiffed your starch, fallen apart!

Scrub Daddy, Scrub Daddy, I won’t buy
another cut-out scrub sponge guy.
I’ll make do with a simple square
that’s lacking mouth and eyes and hair.
Though you’d win any cuteness casting,
I’ll choose a sponge that’s longer lasting!


Now, if you want to know the full story of Scrub Daddy, read my earlier posting about him Here.

And, if you want to know the final outcome of this story, read this:

https://judydykstrabrown.com/2016/06/14/scrub-daddy-goes-on-fiesta/

and, since this post follows in the footsteps of an earlier one, I’m posting it in Footsteps as well.

15 thoughts on “The Demise of Scrub Daddy”

  3. okcForgottenMan's avatarokcforgottenman

    I prefer to believe Scrub Daddy faked his death, finding some rotting sponge cousin’s corpse to convince you. He is living on the beach in La Manzanilla using a fake name (Soaked Papa?), wearing shades, dodging those pesky found-object art collectors and roving beach dogs, soaking up sunshine, tequila, and rum. That smile will never leave his ever-plastered, contented face! Sponge Bob comes over for an evening of dice most Wednesdays.

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  4. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

    Ha! Thanks for giving Scrub Daddy a happier life’s ending! You know Sponge Bob is very popular in Mexico, so they are bound to have a very active social life, devoid of hard labor as in the past.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      The Demise of Scrub Daddy (For Danielle)

      I love Scrub Daddy but he don’t love me,
      for he left me––as you can see.
      Two months or three he stayed intact,
      then fell apart, it is a fact.
      Ironically, it was his smile
      that did him in that final mile.
      I love Scrub Daddy and miss him so.
      I’m neither his enemy nor his foe.
      We’d be friends still if he hadn’t split
      And that, Danielle, is the truth of it!!!

      Rest in Pieces, Scrub Daddy!!!!

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  6. Danielle from Scrub Daddy's avatarDanielle from Scrub Daddy

    We’re sorry to hear about your Scrub Daddy blues.
    We don’t want it to be true!
    We hope you’ll give us one more chance.
    Please don’t take a negative stance.

    Respond back with your mailing address
    And we’ll do the rest!

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