Lamenting over a Thermos on the Side of the Road

How'd you get there, little multi-colored Thermos?

Were you lost by a child on his way to school?
Will the lil'un go hungry now that he/she's soupless and be teased mercilessly by classmates at the noises emanating from his/her empty stomach?

OR

Did an older gentleman on his way to his second shift at the rendering plant forgetfully leave you on the tailgate of his 1978 Chevrolet C20? Will he have to go without java during his break whilst his co-workers sip casually on their caffeinated beverages and opine over their work-related porcine gossip?

OR

Perhaps a Small Animal Breeder, frustrated at the dwindling purebred Poodle market, turned his Semen Transportation Container into a projectile and tossed you angrily away after deciding to get into a new line of work?

So many questions are raised by your presence there in the gutter.

What were the circumstances that led to you being abandoned?

We may never know.

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