Things that are shaped like babies

HELLO!

Happy Almost Fourth of July, everyone! Don't you just love holidays? I can taste shower beers and jello shots and potato salad as if they're on my plate right now. I can smell fresh cut grass, and I feel the sun beating down on me, causing me to sweat, and then, subsequently, look around to see if anyone else is sweating because ladies don't sweat do they?

I am heading out of town this weekend for my second, annual, American-Pride-Fest chez Carly in good 'ol Tunkhannock, PA. I am pretty sure I spelled the name of that town right. Yes, it's a real place. GOD. You people should get out more.

Anyway, something that has been coming up recently for me (read: twice in the last week...so what if I exaggerate?) are things that are shaped like babies. What? Yeah.

If you had asked me a couple of weeks ago, 'Oh hey, Becky. What are some things that are shaped like babies?' I would have probably stared at you and then said 'Wait, what? Sorry. I wasn't listening'. And then you would have asked me again, and then I would have said 'Oh, what? Babies? Babies are shaped like babies...' and given you a look like you're stupid.

But apparently, there's a whole market of baby shaped things out there, that are NOT babies. I am constantly impressed and scared by humanity...

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Things that are shaped like babies

1) Babies. Look, I can't not include this item even though it seems fairly obvious. OH...though now that I think about it...I'm talking about human babies here and not, like, baby otters or unicorns. I guess I should have been more specific from the beginning. I hope you read this far and are having an 'aha!' moment right now re: this. 'Oh you mean she's not taking about anteater babies and baby humans and baby kittens? Because those things are not shaped similarly. I feel SO RELIEVED'.


2) Gummy candy. HMM. My coworker brought in a bunch of candy that was left over from his son's baby naming last week. Included in the heap-o-candy were sweet-tart-tasting candies that were shaped like legos, blue and pink gumballs, and gummy candy shaped like babies. What? That seems messed up, doesn't it? I mean...I ate them, obviously, because I really like gummy candy...but whereas on a scale of 1-10 I normally enjoy gummy candies at an 11, with this particular batch I was only able to enjoy them at a 7.5. I mean, it's wrong to eat babies, right? Except veal. I think veal is OK (and delicious nom nom)

3) Soap. Sandy sent me a link to a page while we were at work lat week. The page had pictures of random, gruesome type things that are shaped like babies (which, inspired this post to be honest). One of the things shaped like babies was soap. Nothing clean-feeling about that. yucky

4) Candle-stick holders. UM, really? Tea lights are just fine by me thankyouverymuch.

5) Cookie cutters. HMM...this might actually be a great product. I have a Connecticut shaped cookie cutter (anyone remember the cookie - turned - biscuit fiasco of 2009? what up), which, couple with this fetus shaped cookie cutter could create QUITE the party platter.

6) I should just post the link to the page and you can see for yourselves.

In conclusion, I need to go sit in a padded room, listen to my headphones and rock back and forth for a while. HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WEEKEND EVERYONE (though...maybe this is a bit premature cuz I think I'm going to have time to blog tomorrow am at work...if you get my drift)