Pegasus               Ganesha

   My wife was unhappy because I’d  broken the seat on my toilet.
   “You need to get a new one before you fall in,” she said. “And this time, get one that’s padded and white.”
   “What’s wrong with brown like the one I broke?” I asked her.
  “Brown,” she said, “is a totally wrong color for toilet seats.”
  So this  morning I drove to our local Home Depot to buy a padded white one.
  The plumbing section at the Home Depot featured a display of at least two dozen different styles of toilet seats -- which is yet another metaphor of Consumer America.
   Anyhow...
    I chose the padded white model  #693216250011B priced at $17.98 – plus tax.
    There was no indication as to where it was made.
    Or its manufacturer.
    However, it’s brand name was Pegasus.
    “You know,” I said told scanner lady at the check out counter, “Pegasus was a white mythic horse fathered by the sea God Poseidon after he had sex with the Gorgon Medusa.”
    “Do tell,” the scanner lady said.
    “What’s more,” I continued, “Pegasus’ mother Medussa, whose face could turn men to stone,  was subsequently killed by the hero Perseus.”
    “Whatever,” she said.
     Okay.
     So I was having problems with a white padded toilet named after a flying, white winged horse that carried thunder and lightning from Mount Olympus to Earth under orders from Zeus.
      Plus the late Carl Jung was convinced Pegasus was clearly a mythic symbol of sprititual energy. 
     “You think they’ll ever name a toilet seat after Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu god blessed with the power to remove obstacles?”
     “Would you like to speak with the manager?” the scanner lady asked.
     “No thanks,” I said, giving her my credit card. “It’s just that Ganesha makes as much sense as Pegasus when it comes to toilet seats.”
     "Could be," the lady shrugged.
     That said, I'm betting dollars to doughtnuts they'll never name toilets seat after the Virgin Mary or the Holy Ghost.