My Twisted Humour

Prepping the kids?

By Joy ⋅ January 31, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

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We were at Gap Kids today to get some gifts for D’s niece and for my brother’s soon-to-arrive firstborn. Here’s one of the things I got for my near future nephew.

Meet jimmy the dog. He looks so cute, which lured me to buy him.

So innocent. Such a sweet smile. How can you resist that face?

Don’t be fooled! Written on jimmy the dog’s tag is his character profile:

jimmy the dog
hobbies: playing poker
loves: being top dog
favorite food: you name it
best quality: knows when to hold ‘em

Is this what we want to teach our kids? Will someone at Gap explain why poker is the hobby of choice for a kid’s toy? It just doesn’t make sense to me. Were they all drunk? Is this a sick joke?! Are you mocking your children, America?

I think I’ll cross out that tag before packing it up.