Flushed Away

Last night we are all getting ready to head upstairs to bed. I am cleaning the kitchen for the last time of the night. Reid, and Macy are in the family room, Duke is turning off lights. He reaches his hand in the bathroom flicks off the light and closes the door. Next you hear a blood curlding scream and a flush simultaneously occur. Duke who has headed upstairs turns back and says "WHAT?" Dale appears and is crying and is unconsolable he screams my guy was in the toilet and he is flushed. Duke says why was your guy in the toilet, I dropped him replied Dale, Why did you flush him? Dales reply is "You turned off the light and I got scared and jumped up, dropped him, and did not know the flusher was there and flushed him. You were in the bathroom? Now Reid is crying in the kitchen, I ask "why" and he says "It was my guy," Dale then tells Duke, "Daddy I did not know you could be so mean." Reid says "Mommy Beat Daddy up." Duke is laughing b/c well you would be too. Dale then pleads get it out of the back, we then have to open the tank to prove that he is not in there and is really gone. The tears are now flowing! "He was my favorite".....which they all are of course. So Duke has to now take him this weekend and go get a new guy, and Reid wants one too b/c he still claims it to be his. Many lessons to take from this.
1 Action Figures should not be apart of bathroom actions
2 when in doubt do not flush
3 Look before you turn out the light
4 if you share your toys maybe get an iteniary
5Dale's recomendation is that there should be something in the toilet to let poop and pee through but throw guys back out!