Thursday, April 16, 2009

Just wrong.

The other day I was at the wonderful world of Jo-Ann's, and ran across this random item....
So... whoa. a toy pig that poops candy and is a keychain. It claims to be "the super pocket pooper." Is that something that one needs or desires to have? Also, is this for kids or adults? Presumably kids as its toy-like and has candy in it. But seriously, as a parent of those kids, are you encouraging them to eat poop? or even implying that anyone would want to eat poop? or that maybe poop tastes like candy? the whole thing is just odd. and also, with the keychain? not only are you going to eat the poop candy, but you want to carry it around to offer it to your friends? "Hey Friend, want some candy? Let me get Porky Pooper! It's oinking good fun! Friend? Why are you running away, Friend?" And lastly, what about the people in product development sitting around trying to decide what to make next? "I know. let's make a toy that poops, people will love that!" "Oh yeah, yeah Bob, good call!" No. Or maybe they had a few too many bong hits before the meeting and they sent the specs over to production before they sobered up.. or maybe they were just in a big hurry... "Dudes, we need to get a new product done by this afternoon and my kids have a baseball game and Mary has a doctor appointment. Let's just make something out of an animal, everyone loves animals, right?" Bill: "A ham sandwich sure sounds good..." Mary: "Be right back, I have to poop" Sam: "Anyone want some candy?"

I went through every scenario I could think of as to why it came into existence and why people would want it. But, at the end of the day, I bought one. Why? it was totally blogworthy. Maybe that was their plan all along...

2 comments:

Dr. A said...

I would have *loved* this between the ages of 8-11.

EvieG said...

Who doesn't love piles of yummy candy?