Wednesday, July 31

 
there are two things in this world that give me the rich untainted joy of a little girl. one is toy stores. the other is the thought of children being mauled or mentally scarred by toys bought in those very same stores.

this past weekend i was at an fao schwarz. i was happy enough hugging stuffed animals and looking at barbie's dream wardrobe. but i really got giddy and giggly when i saw a sign by the radio-controlled airplanes that read something like this:


warning:
recall on model s0788987 and r4055041
airplanes can explode causing blazing shrapnel to fly at small children


maybe that was paraphrasing. still, there's something humorous about the idea of model airplanes exploding in midair.

even better, i moved onto the muppets section and picked up a kermit the frog hand puppet. innocent enough, you might think. no sharp edges, no removable parts, no electrical engines that can burst into flames. well, think again, buck-o. even that had a tag on it that said choking hazard in huge letters.

what the hell?!? was my first reaction. how exactly does a kid go about choking on a huge puppet? maybe like this:



or perhaps that's not exactly what they meant when they said "choking hazard"? perhaps they meant...



however, i'd bet my money that the kids are choking because they are, in fact, trying to stuff entire puppets into their wee mouths.

man, kids are so dumb.
posted by from shannon at 12:14 AM