PARANOIA, DANGER, AND CHILDREN'S SAFETY

Just a bunch of silly images to share. Mostly dealing with safety issues and worry.



This is the first fire prevention poster I've seen where it actually depicts a child aflame.



These kids are headed for a hospital stay.



I can hear her now, "Hey mister, look at the pretty waterfall, hee hee!!"







This is horrible. The little girl got attacked by bees for being naughty. I bet Jesus spanks like my mom did.



This is why I don't let my kids play by the river.



The reason they are so angry is because they were molested as cubs.



"Don't worry little girl, Jesus won't spank you hard. He pulls his punches, I swear."





Whatever happened to baking soda and vinegar?



"I warned you boys to be careful with that atomic energy playset. Don't worry, we will get a new cat"







It's all fun and games till someone gets their eye gouged out.

LABYRINTH TOYS

I was looking for some gift items at Entertainment Earth and I ran across these new Labyrinth collectibles. Dang I would love these.


This is a plush replica of one of the door knockers. It would be a lot cooler if it wasn't a glorified stuffed animal, and if they made the other one for a pair.


These are the Jareth and Hoggle action figures that come together as a set. Fricken' awesome!


This is the 12" Jareth the Goblin King figure, it comes with additional hand holding a crystal ball, and it talks!! Here is a list of the crap it says:

"Go back to your room. Play with your toys and your costumes."

"I've brought you a gift; it's a crystal, nothing more. But if you turn it this way and look into it, it'll show you your dreams."

"But this is not a gift for an ordinary girl."

"Do you want it?"

"Don't defy me."

"You have 13 hours in which to solve the labyrinth."

"It's further than you think. Time is short."


This is the 9" plush talking Ludo that says, "Smells baaaad!" and "Sara friend?". I wish they would have made an action figure instead of a dumb stuffed animal. I guess I should be glad they made Labyrinth collectibles at all.
Also they have a replica of the bracelet that Sara gives Hoggle but last I checked it was all sold out.

LONGBOARDS

My brother John started building longboards in his garage as a hobby. He wanted to starts skateboarding again this summer and since he is highly skilled at carpentry and woodwork he figured he could make a longboard for himself. He actually did such a nice job that he ended up making a bunch of them. He gave one to my son Jack and they both bought wheels, trucks, and bearings to complete them. He also had me paint one for him.








That's my bro.

MESSAGE FROM DAVE?

A strange coincidence? I'm thinking that my friend Dave sent me a reply from the other side. Hear me out.
About three weeks ago you will see by my blog post was the day I visited my old pal Dave Crew's grave, and I left him a gift. Since we both loved Garbage Pail Kids cards and traded together as kids I stuck the card "HAVE A NICE DAVE" on his gravestone.



A couple days ago I was fooling around on Ebay buying and selling and I found out that some Garbage Pail Kids stuff was being released and sold from the Topps Vault. Every once and a while they sell original art or production materials from Topps and they usually sell relatively fast and for a high price.

There was a large number of "blue line proofs" being sold for different cards and each one came with a certificate of authenticity and Topps hologram and stuff. The blue line proof is used in the printing process to make sure the color is correct along with magenta, cyan, etc...
Anyway, Topps has had these items in the "vault" and decided to sell a bunch on Ebay for collectors. Since there is only one of each in existance the bidding can get intense.

I figured I would give it a shot and see if maybe I could win myself one. I bid on lots of these in the hope of winning one but was outbid every time. A card dealer was buying them up like crazy and then selling them back for $200+ a piece. I got sick of trying and gave up. I set a maximum bid on all the ones that were left and went out for the evening.

The next day when I checked Ebay I was surprised to see that I actually won one of the auctions so I looked to see which card I had gotten. The only one I had won the bid on was the same card I had put on Dave's gravestone!



Out of 720 different cards, it seems like an odd chance that the same card I gave to him happened to be the card I won. Later on that evening I just came to the realization that Dave was just giving thanks from the other side. Somehow he worked out a way to send me an obvious sign. I plan on framing it when I get it in the mail, and every time I look at it I won't be able to help but think of Dave. Thanks bud, message received.