My Nonsensical Thought of the Day

Hidden surprises

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There have been many toy manufacturers who have profited from marketing hidden surprises.

The makers of the LOL doll made millions selling cheaply made, three-inch figurines covered in layers of paper and extensive packaging. Next followed the “5 Surprise” line, where children must unwrap and unpeel mystery miniatures from each capsule.

When Neno ripped apart his Christmas present yesterday and tore out its innards, we discovered the makers of Frisco Latex squeaky toys had the same idea.

I’ll leave it to your imagination how Doug has been spending the past twenty-four hours modeling, demonstrating, and displaying these squeaky apparatuses.

I apologize for the crassness behind my last two posts. But I have no control over the material that comes my way.

Yellow pages

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Half of my neighbors still haven’t picked up their yellow pages, which were deposited at the base of their mailboxes two weeks ago.

Which got me to thinking, as my two dogs sniffed and whizzed on every property along my street–

The printed edition of Encyclopedia Britannica was put out to pasture in 2012, when the company made the decision to go digital.

#1: Doesn’t the phone book warrant the same funeral as Encyclopedia Britannica?

#2: Do children of the ‘80s still have bragging rights for being able to spell “encyclopedia”?

#3: When my dog pisses on your *yellow* pages, it’s no harm, no foul. Correct?