One day I'll get around to writing a serious blog post, not today. This weekend one of my daughters had a birthday party, she turned two. One of the gifts was a play stroller for a small baby doll made by some company for Disney. There is a tag attached to the back of the stroller, much like those attached to a pillow, stating: Warning: Entaglement hazard, keep away from young children, do not place around neck. I was as shocked as the day I was old enough to understand that something was strange about Smurfette being the only female Smurf in the village; maybe they asexually reproduce by rubbing that nub on their posteriors, if not...... Anyway, who do they expect to play with this toy, Michael Jackson is playing with kids, not the toys. And of course to don't put a stroller around you neck! As a parent, I have enough frustrations without this stupidity. Dora is so repetitive that I feel like Rainman wandering around my house repeating the crap in my head "gate, lake, tall tower....gate, lake, tall tower". Not to mention the pathetic villian, Swiper. What a sad little man you are if being told 3 times "no swipping" will deter you deviant ways. I hate that show, but let's get back to the subject.
This, my friends, is a result of lawsuits getting out of hand in America. The woman that got pissed about the Taco Bell dog, the woman that got burned by coffee at McDonald's (hot coffee, who would have thought), the millions of people that sue doctors and hospitals for no reason and run up the cost of health care. Every one is so scared of getting sued that stupid labels get put on toys and you have to sign you life away to ski or get medical help. This type of stuff make me want to start drinking and cursing again. Instead, I think maybe I'll sue Victoria Secrets for making women insecure and trying to make me believe that lingere looks best on a woman. My wife is beautiful, but I would rather see the lingere on the floor by the bed than on her.