I can't even...
Daddy! Fix iiiiiiit!
Seriously, I can't even guess how they get these slinkies in this kind of state in the first place. I might stand a better chance of unravelling it if I knew how it was created.
I Miss Monster Sookie
What's a Monster Sookie ? There's probably two parts to that question. The first being, what's a sookie ? That's our name for pacifiers or soothers or whathaveyou. I have no idea where the name came from, but I'm pretty sure I gave it too them when James was in the special care unit just after he was born and it was probably based on the sound he was making with the one the nurses had given him while he was there. So what's a Monster sookie? That picture over there. Brenda and Steve bought one for James well before he was old enough to actually use it (it only comes in one size, which is, I think, intended for six-month-olds). We didn't really get a lot of use out of it until just last year when I was Han Solo for Halloween and James got to be my Li'l Chewbacca co-pilot. Exceptionally adorable. Last summer we brought out the outfits again for the Ottawa Comic Con. When I was wandering around just as Han Solo I had maybe a half-dozen peopl
Black magic. Give up. Buy a new one. You will be God in their eyes.
ReplyDeleteI managed to sort it out again, though I did consider just quietly disposing of it and telling them I'd fixed it later when I had a replacement ready. I worry, though, that their ability to twist these into impossible shapes may exceed my ability to go to the dollar store.
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