Sometimes in the kitchen it's better to have a bristly scrub brush than a limp dishrag.

I was just a limp dishrag.

But during its short summer bloom period, owners frequently gather their friends to sit up all night and watch, transfixed, as the white, 8- to 10-inch-wide flowers unfurl, only to become limp dishrags by morning.

Curly did an impersonation of Rockecenter at his last personnel inspection, making sure that Sippy was still a virgin and when Curly produced a limp dishrag, for some reason it sent them all rolling on the floor with glee, holding their sides.