Thursday, April 4, 2013

They should really have a warning about this sort of thing.

Morning. I'm prepping lunches for the kids. Claire "finishes" (a spurious distinction, but whatever) and departs for the living room.  Five minutes later, screams.  My daughter runs in, crying and clutching a mini toy car to her head.  She's blubbering something I cannot understand. Then she grabs hold of my leg and hugs me with both hands.

The toy car is still hanging from her hair.  And I can hear its wee motor straining.

Hoo boy.  So I fumble for the off switch. Then I spend five minutes unwrapping her locks from the axles, only to be greeted by a handful of hair.

Indemnifying disclaimer: The hair that was lost? I didn't rip it out, Claire did.
Damning disclaimer: Had Claire not done it first, I clearly would have done
even more damage.

So we've long since discarded the packaging for this gift, and I have no clue whether the product disclaimers warned "Please keep this from the long hairs atop a toddler's head" or "Warning: allowing the car to take a batter-assisted summit of a 2-year ofd's mane will invalidate the warranty." I suspect not.

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