Yesterday was another crazy Christmas - lots of chaos, big fun. Although it seems as if every single year getting the kids' toys out of their packages is more painful than ever! Here's Theresa displaying her new Sharpay action figure. If you don't know who Sharpay is, you obviously don't have any girl children!
Here's a closer look at the package. What you don't see is that every millimeter of this doll is tied, screwed and otherwise permanently adhered to the package!
Here's the inside of another doll's package (Annika's "Tracy Turnblad" action figure). See how many ties they use to strap down the doll? What are they afraid of? That the doll will get up and walk away on its own like in some sort of horror movie? Actually, "The Living Doll", an episode of the Twilight Zone with Telly Savalas getting terrorized by a doll, scared the living daylights out of me as a child.
On the back of the package, the ties are tangled, twisted, and in most cases supplemented with string and tape. I got lots of impaled and sore fingers trying to get them loose.
Here's the microphone from Charlie's "singing spiderman". That's pretty bizarre, eh? Anyway, see how they inserted that plastic tie through the microphone? That's another sadistic manufacturer's trick in order to inflict pain on fathers worldwide. The only way to dislodge that thing was to use my teeth and pull until my maximum pain threshold was reached.
But when I look at how much fun my little angels are having, my pain and suffering seems to drift away...
Happy holidays and have a great New Year! |
