one christmas, when i was two maybe three, i got lots and lots of toys from fisher price. i loved fisher price toys. i was so happy that when i opened a present containing yet another toy from fisher price i held it up and gladly exclaimed "ANOTHER FISHER PRICE!!!"
i of course am so fucking old that no one really had cameras. my cute moment of loving my toys was not recorded, it was not magically sent to the corporate offices of fisher price, and i was not the fisher price spokeschild earning money, fame, all the toys i wanted and likely many more addictions than i currently have.
the point of the story is...fisher price now makes an exercise bike for kids. yup, you read that right. we're officially so fat as a society that a toy company made an exercise machine for 2 year olds.
i'm not certain if i should be sad or laughing my ass off...
It's not so much to keep a child in shape as it is to tire them out so that they'll nap. Great for hyper active kids actually.
Posted by: Heather | Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:18 AM
ya know what's also great for hyper active kids? not giving them sugar and paying attention to them instead of throwing them on an exercise bike in front of the tv. i mean, if we're gonna go ahead and be literal and remove all humour we can talk about how sad it is that we keep inventing things that allow us to ignore our children and then wonder why they turn out the way they do.
maybe i didn't present it as humourously as i'd intended, blame that on alcohol and being tired, but exercise bike for kids + imagination + exaggeration = funny.
Posted by: chris | Friday, November 20, 2009 at 02:21 PM
WOW excerise bikes for kids?!? Hadn't seen those before. Sad!
Jenn
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Posted by: jenn | Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at 11:16 AM