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Archive for December, 2005

Why do toy manufacturers hate parents?  

When my son brought me this to open for him, of course I agreed. But when I saw the packaging — the evil, evil packaging — I looked him in the eye and almost told him, “Son, there is no possible way this can be opened. It was obviously intended only to be [...]

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Robot Vacuum Cleaner  

Son: Dad, look what I made!
Me: Wow, that’s cool.
Son: It sucks and it walks.
Me: Oh… huh? Is it… is it a… robot vacuum cleaner?
Son: Yah, Dad! You got it!

Whew.

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Welcome, Call For Help viewers  

The Flickr Toys are right this way. Have fun!

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Welcome, Popular Photography readers!  

If you’re here looking for the Mosaic Maker, you’ll find it at http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr. Thanks for dropping by. Have fun!

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A moment of arms race zen  

Sounds of playing coming from the other room suddenly stop. I wander in to see the boy climbing the stairs. He stops at the top and looks at me. “Where you going, son?” I ask. He replies, “To find a weapon.” He continues to his toy box. His older [...]

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