"I've been wanting this FOR YEARS!" proclaims the newly six-year-old boy as he tears open a package containing some stuff none of us have previously heard of. My heart slows, ears pinned back, brain rapidly searching memory banks for historical information on the sort of damage the subject product might do. A few vague thoughts flash but no concrete facts come to mind.
"No Glue, No Mess!" promises the package (in hot pink type that stands out even against the fun, multi-colored, very wordy, packaging) and I begin to relax. Interested, I read about the different things contained in the kit and smiled at some of the things we might build. Little, of course, is all over with popular information: what the stuff can be shaped into, what it can be molded around, what might be stuck in it. He is vocally planning to subject Glubby to a molding session when I noticed the following, at the bottom of the box:
Caution: Product may stain or adhere to fabrics and other surfaces. Avoid contact with eyes, hair, carpet, upholstery, wall, clothing, and varnished surfaces. To remove: scrape off excess and wash with detergent and hot water, repeat if necessary. Do not pre-treat stain or use chlorine, also dry cleaning will not remove stains.
No Mess!?! There is nothing in our house that is not eyes, hair, carpeted, upholstered, a wall, clothing, or varnished! I will need to make my child play with this stuff while naked, bald, and in a concrete cell! Naked, easy. Bald, no problem. Anyone got a concrete cell I can borrow?
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9 comments:
isn't that called "The Basement"?
(not that I want to see poor Glubby subjected to anything like that mysterious product.)
Bathtub? At least he's
Naked, if not bald. At least
no upholstery.
Bathtub! Didn't think
of it. Wonder if that would
get me new towels?
ps - did think of the basement...and all my nice clean laundry, the rug, half my retirement in hockey gear, the walls...
Yeah. But mine isn't. And I have a DS. I'm sooooo cool.
What IS this wonderful stuff? Naked in the forest sounds good.
sounds like jello shots
How about the park? The box did not mention grass or dirt. And anyway it would be the town's problem. I realize it's a bit chilly but kids are hardy.
maybe it's a good summer toy...you can hose 'em off after! do we get a picture?
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