Missing for over fifteen years, and presumed dead, the Tidy Bowl man has finally been found and he his alive.
"It was pretty rough paddling at first" cites Wilbert Fresco. "But once I found the lagoon I was in paradise".
Fresco, who was known to the world for many years as the "Tidy Bowl Man" paddled a rowboat in toilets nationwide, had been accidentally flushed when shooting a commercial in 1984. After an unsuccessful six month manhunt he was presumed dead.
Thanks to Dave Bowels of the Tucson Water Works, who happened across Fresco while inspecting a valve in sewage lagoon #2, for rescuing the missing seaman. "I always wondered why lagoon #2 was so much cleaner than the others" commented Bowels. "Now I know, and I'm glad to see the Tidy Bowl man again".
Fresco plans to return to his normal duty of cleaning and disinfecting residential toilet bowls as soon as his rowboat is updated to current OSHA requirements, now required due to the dangers of modern "power flush" toilet designs. Look for Wilbert in your bowl this spring. -- Staff