Oh, boy! rs left a comment about my award, saying elephants are fun, and all I kept thinking about was Elephun the Elephant. But I didn't know why.
So I googled it. Elefun, the Butterfly Catchin' game. With his 4 foot trunk.
Ooooohhhhhhh, yeah! Only one of the most annoying toys ever made! The little girls I used to babysit had this beast and they loved it. It's got all the hallmarks of a bad toy. It's noisy, it's prone to coming apart and needing repair, it's got red, blue, yellow and green to choose from so it's guaranteed to start a fight over who gets to be blue, it's got little pieces that can be lost-and best of all, it encourages kids to run around in the house.
Yep, you put the little butterflies into the elephant and it shoots them up into the air at random intervals for the kids to chase. But you can't use it outside, because the butterflies are too light and will blow away at the slightest breeze. So you can have up to 4 kids racing around your living or rec room trying to catch their colour of butterfly. No chance of injury here, eh?
Bad, bad idea.
The worse one, though? Mysize Barbie. At the time, this was a $150 dollar Barbie doll. She's 3 feet tall and comes with clothes that the kids can wear, too! Arrrggghhhh! 2 girls, one doll. Fights galore. And even better, the younger girl was about the same height as the doll and very blonde and slightly built. So seeing the damn doll out of the corner of my eye used to scare the crap out of me! Forget to take it upstairs and put it away and then come down after putting the kids to bed, and jump a mile in the air, thinking "How did she get here like that?" or wondering why she was up all of a sudden.And I used to do some computer work for their mother while the kids were at school, so I'd be alone in the house, come up from the basement and get startled by the little silent person standing in the living room. Evil doll! Creepy, with her fake plastic smile plastered on her face.
No kid needs a $150 dollar Barbie doll, complete with bride outfit. Sheesh!
2 comments:
LOL @ the doll jumping out at you. hehe, that's so funny.
It's like me with the big tv. Every now and then, I forget it's on and then I'll catch a life-sized reflection in the window and right away, I think I've been invaded. "How did he get into my house?!? Hey, he's pretty good-looking.." lol
Four foot trunk. Seriously. I think that's the equivalent to a 6'4" "life-sized" Basketball Barbie. :D
lol! I feel better, knowing I'm not the only one who thinks the house has been invaded by things.
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