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Archive for December, 2006

Some Disassembly Required

Posted by danleone on December 28th, 2006

Children’s toys should now have a “Some Disassembly Required” warning label on them. I came to this conclusion after spending most of Christmas furiously trying to detach toys from their twist-tied prison. The pressure was intensified as my baby goats were hovering over me as if`the gift I had in my hand was the last gift on the planet. On one stupid Spiderman car I must have removed 15 of those damned things! One of my daughter’s dolls came with a foot long twisty that wove its way in and around the dolls ankles as if the person packing the doll had a night job as a dominatrix. I was surprised I didn’t see a red ball gag in the doll’s mouth. I guess I didn’t know the “safe word” because I almost told my daughter that the cardboard backing was part of the doll and should not be removed.

Give me assembly instructions written in Japanese any day!

Imponderable

Posted by danleone on December 26th, 2006

What the hell does the “close door” button do on an elevator? Never in my life have I seen it actually close the door. I assume it is merely a distraction put there by the elevatorologists in order to delude the occupants into believing they are in fact in control of their destiny…even if for a second. The reality being that the button is connected to nothing.

What I don’t want for Christmas….

Posted by danleone on December 10th, 2006

I was breaking my lifelong commitment never to walk into a mall after Thanksgiving. My son and I were looking for a small gift for him because he earned his brown belt in karate. I came across this and I can, without a doubt, state that I don’t want to see this in my stocking!

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