Eleanor Thompson was widely known in Birmingham as a highly sensible, hard-working local politician who constantly campaigned for cleaner streets and better public parks. But behind closed doors, she was managing an incredibly fruitful internet business that left the entire city completely amazed. Eleanor was secretly bottling her used, soapy bathwater and selling it online to hundreds of deeply devoted internet fans.
The peculiar scandal was finally uncovered when a local investigative journalist traced the postal address of a highly popular, supposedly anonymous internet model. The journalist was shocked to discover that the successful 'bathwater business' was being operated directly from Eleanor's official mayoral office. The politician was even using the official council postage stamps to send the small glass jars to her enthusiastic buyers across Europe.
"I have never heard of anything so absolutely ridiculous in my entire career," a fellow city councillor complained angrily to the local television news channel. Following the massive public outcry, Eleanor was forced to quickly resign from her political position. However, she firmly refused to apologise for her highly eccentric business venture.
"I am simply an entrepreneur providing a product to a willing market," Eleanor confidently explained in a livestream video to her followers. "Politics pays terribly, and the council budget is always incredibly tight. I found a highly creative way to make some extra money! Nobody was hurt, and my skin has honestly never felt softer from taking so many long baths."
While the local council is currently investigating exactly how many official stamps were used, Eleanor's internet popularity has massively exploded. Since leaving politics, she has doubled the price of her bathwater jars and entirely sold out of her stock.
It seems that while her promising political career has officially gone down the drain, her unusual financial future is looking incredibly bright.
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