When it came to Ben’s new showering routine, BB’s rules were clear - one bucket per day ONLY! But it seems water conservation is not a strong point in this budding lawyer’s repertoire. Ben is a young lad who likes to push the boundaries… but HMs served him up a stench-drenched lesson!
HMs have found Ben’s situation somewhat amusing and couldn’t help but giggle at the predicament he is in. But acknowledging Ben’s cheeky showering efforts, they decided to sabotage his daily shower. Brigitte and Rory plotted and planned, they stole Ben’s liquid soap and replaced it with a very thick and chunky powered milk mixture. But that wasn’t the end of their devious disruption – they also crushed two cloves of garlic into his loofa. “The garlic is so stinky,” chuckled Brigitte as she stashed it between the loofa layers.
Later last night, Ben begun his shower by washing the dishes and tried to wash himself in the process. “Don’t laugh, don’t look,” Travis said as HMs all giggled in anticipation. They were all in on the plan and just had to be patient and watch it unfold.
Ben finally grabbed his pail of water and began his bucket bath, much to the delight of the onlookers. “You can even smell the garlic,” Travis whispered. HMs were all trying to keep a straight face. “He’s going to stink,” muttered Alice. “Surely he’d know?” They all thought he’d have to be aware his loofa smelled like a Mediterranean kitchen that had overloaded on the spicy aromatic bulb.
“What the crap is this? Why is this all milky and shit?” Ben asked the HMs, as he slowly discovered his soap has been tampered with. HMs started laughing and the game was up – well… part of the game anyway. “Ah you dogs,” chuckled Ben, thinking he’d beat them at their game.
“Shut up, he’ll think that’s the prank and still use the loofa,” Rory whispered to the group. They all agreed and watched on in anticipation. Ben soaped himself up, HMs silently willing him to pick up the loofa. Soon their wish was granted. Ben grabbed the red garlic covered sponge and unknowingly basted himself like a succulent chicken breast.
HMs couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Like he was fending off vampires, Ben was merrily covering himself in garlic! “Why can’t he smell it?” Alice quietly posed, as Ben scrubbed his underarms with the putrid puff.
After getting a closer look at the situation, Travis reported back to the horrified HMs watching on. “You smell it man, it stinks,” Travis sniggered. “Wait until all the water’s gone then tell him,” proposed Cherry.
Brigitte did a casual walk by Ben and couldn’t help but break down laughing. Ben was confused and didn’t know everyone was rolling on the ground in stitches. “What did you do?” he asked Brigitte. All she could do was laugh. Ben went the whole hog, washing everywhere, and HMs were bewildered as to how he didn’t clue on to the foul stench emulating from the sponge.
“Are you trying to smell me for garlic?” Ben said, revealing that he found a little bit of garlic at the bottom of his bucket. He still didn’t know the extent of the infiltration.
“Is all the water gone?” Brigitte questioned as Ben finished his bath. “We crushed up two whole cloves of garlic and put it in your loofa,” Brigitte announced. Ben couldn’t believe it! He finally examined his loofa and discovered garlic everywhere. HMs told him that he reeked of it! “I’m filling up again, BB can jam it,” Ben said, walking defiantly over to the laundry to refill his bucket.
HMs knew there would be repercussions for Ben. “Ben you’ve exceeded your daily usage of water,” BB announced. “Dude, I smell like garlic,” protested Ben, as he proceeded to fill his bucket. BB instructed Ben to turn the water off. He obliged but continued to use the extra water he had in his bucket.
“Man, putting garlic in is a bit of a dog act,” Ben said to the group. “I only get one bucket a day!” While he started to laugh, seeing the hilarious side of the situation, he also informed the HMs he was going to get everyone back.
All HMs, except Ben, were called to the lounge. Ben was left outside, secluded from the scene and then the roller door came crashing down and cut him off from the rest of the House. “It’s so funny,” Rory sighed, as they all laughed about the situation.
“This is BB. Ben, enjoy your night in the Kombi. That is all,” BB announced over the loud speaker. “Dude I don’t have any clothes,” Ben argued. “You guys are dogs!” Ben yelled through the roller door.
“Screw that! I’m fighting fire with fire. I’m having a shower! This is bullcrap!” Ben declared. “Sorry Benny boo boo boo,” Brigitte called out. Ben was rampant and with no respect for BB’s authority, he proceeded to have an outdoor shower. A move that would have further repercussions that not even Ben could have predicted…
After a chilly and uncomfortable night in the Kombi Ben was woken by a message from BB on the Kombi phone. “BB has come to the conclusion that you have an attitude problem that you might need some help with,” BB informed Ben. “Ben you are to live in the Kombi until further notice,” BB relayed. Ben was dumbfounded and infuriated at the same time. “Oh man!” he moaned. “Dude that’s so tough on me! All I wanted to do was wash garlic off my body due to a stupid prank. It wasn’t even disruptive behavior,” Ben tried to plead his case but the die had been cast. BB was the judge and the jury and there was no higher authority, no option to appeal.
But BB wasn’t finished – he also announced to the House that Ben was the new Kombi man and Rory was now exempt from bucket baths, as Ben was picking up his punishment. Rory rejoiced and chuckled as he thought of his furious friend.
Will Ben flail or flair in the Kombi? We’ll find out soon enough!
