A Melbourne radio station paid callers between 1000 and 5000 dollars for people to tell them their most embarrassing stories. This story netted the $5000 prize.

"I had an appointment with the gynecologist. On the morning of the appointment I received a call from his office to say that I had been rescheduled for earlier in the day at 9.30am. I had only just packed off everyone to work and school and it was around 8.45am already. The trip usually takes 35 minutes so I didn't have anytime to spare.

I always like to take a little extra effort over hygiene when making such visits, but this time I wasn't going to be able to make a full effort. I rushedd upstairs, threw off my dressing gown, wet the washcloth and gave myself a wash in that area taking extra care to make sure that I was presentable. I threw the washcloth in the clothes basket, donned some clothes, hopped into my car and raced to the appointment.

I was in the waiting room for only a few minutes before I was called in. Knowing the procedure, I hopped up on the table, looked over at the other side and pretended that I was in Paris or some other place a million miles away from here.

I was a little surprised when he said: "Oh, we have taken a little extra effort this morning, haven't we?"

I didn't respond. The appointment was over. I heaved a sigh of relief and went home. The rest of the day was normal, shopping, cleaning, cooking etc.,.

After school, my six year old daughter was playing and she called out from the bathroom. "Mum, where's my washcloth?"

I called back for her to get another one from the cupboard.

She called back: "No, I need the one that was here by the sink ... it had all my glitter and sparkles in it".