Saturday, August 1, 2009

girls and their toys

As a father of boys, I consider myself lucky. When it comes to buying toys for my kids, I know if I get them something I think is cool, they'll be totally happy. Spaceships, super heroes, dinosaurs, pirates — none of this is a stretch for me. But what about all the fathers of girls out there?

I have a friend. A single father of an adorable little 4-year old girl. He loves her, and of course like any father wants her to be happy. He mans up and doesn't balk when she wants unicorns and princesses and frilly dresses and all manner of girly things. So he didn't think twice about buying her a pink princess bubble wand. All hearts and flowers and little stars, it looked perfectly innocent and completely girly. Everything seemed right in her little pink princess world. Then he turned it upside down.



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25 comments:

  1. Looks maybe like a little something for her mother.

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  2. What do you wish for with that wand?

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  3. O... M... G.

    Wow. Um. Does the "pink princess bubble wand" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) require AA batteries, perchance?

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  4. Just the sort of thing every girl wants to blow.

    *cough*

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  5. Do I spy a reservoir tip?

    Egads.

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  6. Oh my. That's awesome. I mean, her dad should take that away.

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  7. You know how mom has to clean up the toys? Well, this helps make that process go by a little more smoothly.

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  8. ............

    {laughs hysterically}

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  9. Can you ask your friend where he got that? 'cause I think I could really go for some...um...bubbles right about now.

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  10. Holy hell, I'd like to see what kind of bubbles come out of that wand.

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  11. OMG - a toy manufacturer out there is having a laugh about this right now. How could that possibly be a coincidence?

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  12. Is it wrong that I just got a little tingly?

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  13. That is a very big wand.

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  14. Tell him to try shopping for her at Toys R Us rather than Eden's Fantasies. ROFL!

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  15. ooohhhh!!! Moonie wants a bubble wand just like that ;)

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  16. Umm...yeah. Does it come in any other colors? The pink might stand out if I tried to hide it...from my daughter...yeah, from her.

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  17. omg where do I get one? I mean for my daughter.. you know? since its a magic wand and all....

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  18. So, it's a complete accident that the flower's vines look like, um....blood vessels, right?

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