Monty by Jim Meddick for May 01, 2012
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Um, Monty... When you were describing that movie, you used the g-word... The g-word? We don't believe in g-word toys. All our toys are educational or inspirational... Yeah. Like doctor kits... Toy cookware... Just try not to mention the g-word again... Oh. Ok. Sorry. So Perny, what're you up to there? I'm performing brain surgery on Teddy with a and blender.
tattooedcyberidiot over 12 years ago
well, they did tell him not to beat his sister
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
Did someone say “guns”? I’ve got everything from flintlocks to semi-autos.
Aussie Down Under over 12 years ago
Perny needs a gun as it would be quicker than the hand blender.
revisages over 12 years ago
can i lick the batter?
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
If they don’t put some brakes on that baby psychopath, they might wake up one day a blended family….
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
Suzanne, in case you stop by…. one last try to tell you I told you all about “pink squirrels” on Sunday.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
“Hand blender”? In my youthful days, when Mom, or I working in the kitchen with her, actually used such a thing regularly, it was never called anything other than “egg-beater,” regardless of what it was being used to mix/blend/froth, etc.Kids will be kids, despite helicopter parents, and can readily enough (if not always articulately) distinguish between play and make-believe on the one hand and reality or ’for real" on the other. Toy guns and “cops and robbers” or “soldiers” or “cowboys and indians” as play-tropes (particularly but not exclusively for little boys) are not harmful, if the child is sane to begin with….
Wenthral over 12 years ago
I sometimes marvel that todays generation that are attempting to ban toy guns are the same people that used to have so much fun as kids playing cops and robbers/cowboys and indians or “War”.
Greg Murphy over 12 years ago
My lovely former spouse had a thing about toy guns and decided that they were taboo when our son was born. Funny how when he got to the age to start playing that way, a stick was a more than suitable substitute for his games. Seems like we ban things rather than take responsibility for educating and socializing our kids and accepting responsibility for being parents…
CasualBrowser over 12 years ago
This happened to me. I was at my cousin’s house, and in the middle of telling a story, was informed that we weren’t allowed to mention guns because that was the policy at my cousin’s daugther’s school. Due to fear of violence, they’d omitted any mention of firearms, and asked that parents continued the policy in the home. I couldn’t believe that my cousin and her husband conceded to such silliness, but, it was their home, so I followed their rules. Several years later, cuz and her family moved back to Montana, and now go on annual hunting trips at Thanksgiving. The daughter whose school didn’t allow mention of guns killed her first deer at 12 or 13.
Mayor Snorkum over 12 years ago
That used to be called an egg-beater.
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
Susan, the drink sounds disgusting. lol Thanks for taking the time to write it out. I’ll continue to take my amaretto straight.
victornewman over 12 years ago
Wow, these parents should chill a bit…quick story; one time at band camp…no, not that one…when kids were little, went to petting zoo, 2 bunnies started looking for love so to speak, we distracted the kids and moved them on, snickering…my Aunt (former hippie like) who was with us asked us later why we let them play shoot-em up vid games and watch violent movies, but keep them from seeing and learning about one of life’s natural and ‘not so bad’ moments…good wake up call, Auntie!
Oh Yeah! over 12 years ago
Oh, these kids will turn out right…Not !
McGehee over 12 years ago
From what I’ve read, no “g-word” households tend to have boys in them that find creative ways to imagine a gun for their play. A sheet of paper folded into a triangular “football” makes an excellent handgrip for a gun whose barrel is a standard ball point pen.
ramonesfan over 12 years ago
The Ramones never used the “F-word” in any of their songs, that I know of …. is it OK for the kids to listen?
Popeyesforearm over 12 years ago
Yeah, that kid’s gonna be in a clock tower with a 7mm.
iced tea over 12 years ago
I know a lot of parents who didn’t like their kids playing with guns. I was like that, but let our boys play with space guns.
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
It’s almond liqueur. To my mind the best brand is di Saronno, which comes from Italy. Dang, now I want some. lol