I just told my 6-year old "You can put a DVD in the player as long as it's not....

[QueenOfCalifornia]

...Barbie, My Little Pony or anything with a mermaid in it."

Am I going to Hell?

[malta blue]

1. You'll be wishing for that mermaid later....

Right now, our house is all pokemon all the time. What I wouldn't give for Nemo or Barbie right about now....

[QueenOfCalifornia]

2. Oh noooooo!

I have a son who will be 8 next week -- You can't scare me. I am already there.

I hate Barbie more than all of it but the little pony crap makes me gag....

[malta blue]

3. Ah yes....you ARE already there...it is torture I tell you...

New rules in our house include Survivorman instead of pokemon....it's working right now. We'll see how long it lasts.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

4. Survivor Man

eats bugs and it grosses me out... He says "Mmmmm, this rat on a stick is really good." Okay, Les.... You ARE insane.

[malta blue]

5. At least she is subconsciously learning "survival" skills.

She saw his bum the other day and came running, giggling about Les' tushie.

The one thing about it that I like is that he eats rat on a stick....she never complains about what I feed her. :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

6. 7 years later, my little sister now denies that she ever watched Pokemon.

I know I wasn't the one watching it... so why do I have most of the first season memorized? :P

And for the record, I didn't cry during the episode when Ash let Pikachu go and then Pikachu came back... I just happened to get something in my eye.

Both times that episode was on.

[malta blue]

7. ...

:spray:

Little MB told me she was a "mew" today when I picked her up - no longer a human being but a "mew"
:rofl:

[DarkTirade]

8. Well, better that than a mewtwo

Umm... I mean... I have no idea what that is... O8)

[malta blue]

9. thank goodness for that....

:rofl:

[0rganism]

15. Don't you be dissing on the Pokemon!

Pokemon is actually a hilarious adult-themed show disguised as a kiddy marketing spinoff. You probably haven't figured out the code yet. When you do, the fun begins for you, and your kids will think you're the greatest for digging their stuff.

Seek enlightenment from the masters of Pokemopolis: http://www.pokemopolis.net/pokemopolis.htm

[AlCzervik]

10. i took the voice box out of my daughters Singing Ernie, i just couldn't hear "Old McDonald" again.

"Mammer, Ernie sick" "thats right sweetie, Ernie is sick"

[QueenOfCalifornia]

11. My confession?

I took a Buzz Lightyear toy that made horrible noises and threw it into our canyon -- it would not stop going off and I just hated its noise... There - I admit it. I never confessed to the crime either (until now)

Mom, where is Buzz Lightyear?

I don't know, maybe he flew away.....

[AlCzervik]

12. lol! My kid also had a buzz light year and she ended killing him--with love

she had the large one with the helmet thing that opened so one day while she was in her high chair eating some cheese she stuffed his entire helmet with it "Buzz likes cheese too!" After i spent like and hour trying to de provolone Buzz i gave up and she said "Buzz stinks, Buzz going home to his planet now" and that was that, to infinity and beyond he went.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

19. stinky toys

are as bad as loud toys.

My neighbor gave my son the loudest fire engine thing you have ever heard -- when she heard it all the way from her house, she called to apologize. It has some mystery on-off switch and after pushing and prodding and twisting I usually manage to turn it off... The kids just stick it in a bathroom and shut the door. I hate it and it's batteries never go dead.

[RubyDuby in GA]

20. I took the batteries out of the Leap Frog doll that sings the Alphabet Song

I have also threatened my mother within an inch of her life to approve all noise making toys with me from now on.

I hate this thing:
http://www.leapfrog.com/Primary/Infant/PRD_laleap/LearnAlong153+Leap.jsp

[LibertyLover]

13. When my daughter was 2, her older (by about 22 years) sister

gave her an Elmo toy that made sounds when you stuck noses, etc. on it - sort of a giant red Mr. Potato Head, but Elmo and the damned thing giggled uncontrollably or said stupid things. The second day she had it, we removed the batteries. She was devastated and didn't play with it again. Soon thereafter it went to the Great Toy Heap in the Sky. We still speak to her sister however. Same thing happened to the Hokey Pokey Elmo that some friends gave her. One day soon after she got it, Elmo mysteriously stopped hokey-pokeying. Bummer. One of these days, perhaps in 20 or so years when she is 25 or better, I'll confess.

[Cabcere]

14. When I was a little kid, I used to watch the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas Special

on VHS over and over again. Finally, around February, my mom told me that Rudolph had to go back to the North Pole. :rofl: I'm pretty sure I bought it at the time...and no, I don't think you're going to Hell. :hi:

[SoxFan]

16. Well, technically...

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Don't front on My Little Pony...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gc3ZjkrTZk

[Reciprocity]

18. Thanks for posting this, I needed a good laugh!