Sea Corral Larry Circle Skirt- the unmentionable

And now for something that I dislike very much/borderline hate…but hate is such a strong word…so we’ll stick with the “dislike with an absolute passion” category. First let me see if you can guess. This thing is actually a cartoon character. He is yellow, square, spongy and crude. If you haven’t guessed by now, I’m not going to type it.

RIGHT NOW I have an article of clothing IN MY HOUSE with this cartoon character on it. My son received this shirt at his birthday party as a present. I have not put it on him and I don’t intend to put it on him. My husband laughed when I told him with a sad woeful heart what our son had received. I asked him what I should do with it. I don’t have a receipt or else you could bet your bottom dollar it would be exchanged for something more worthy and OUT of my house. I go with the philosophy that if I don’t personally agree with something I should not display it as if I did agree with it. My husband suggested he could wear it for pajamas, but that doesn’t work either because then I’d have to look at his bucktoothed ugly face every night, and I couldn’t bear it. I think I would melt in a puddle of my own goo- like the witch on wizard of oz. I’m melting, melting, melting!

Can you tell how much I dislike this sad excuse for children’s entertainment. And yes, I have seen it many times (one too many I might add)- not by choice, but by circumstance. I just think he and his sad depiction of a pink starfish friend are both crude and ridiculous. Thank goodness my son does not know about him and he likes little toy cars, more than clothes at this point in his life, or I might have a harder time with this then I am presently having.

The mom who innocently purchased this for my son has never seen the show, but her boys somehow know about it, so she thought every little kid would like/know about him. So she gave it out of the niceness of her heart- how nice! Thankfully we only see them on sundays and so she doesn’t know what a dilemma this has caused in my heart. (LOL)

So for now, this shirt sits crumpled and folded up on the floor of our apartment somewhere. no way am I going to take up valuable drawer space for THIS! not this mama, you couldn’t make me, not for $100…maybe for $101, but not $100 (LOL) Because after all I COULD use the extra dollar- we are poor college students with a baby on the way. Better yet, just make a donation if you feel sad for me ;) that way we both feel good about things :-)

I think I will probably give it to salvation army for some other unsuspecting mother to think- “What a deal, a popular childrens show tee for super cheap” If only she knew. Maybe I’ll burn it. Maybe I’ll tie it to a helium inflated balloon with a warning attached “may cause stupidness and loss of brain cells”. What do you think I should do with “IT”?

I’m sure my husbands family is getting a kick out of this post. And for their sake, I’m glad I could brighten your day a little with my misfortune. Feel free to tease me about it, after all what is family for. :-)