Zing Zing Zingbah says, "Happy New Year!"
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Heather talks about public tantrums (from kids) on today's Momversation.
- Bedtime, Leta lingering defiantly in the hallway. Jon: "If you want fart stories, you better get in bed RIGHT NOW."
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1. Kat said:
You make me sick.
(Just kidding, happy new years!)
2. madison said:
wow, first?
3. shy said:
that's a scary looking thing.
4. Karen said:
That is one of the scariest things I've ever seen.
5. Humbah said:
Right back atcha. Wheeeee!
6. Buh said:
happy new year!!!
7. AM said:
Boobah?
8. Lisa said:
Wow I'm in the top ten...
That is one scary looking um, thing, what the heck is it supposed to be anyway?!?
9. Fiona said:
Cute! Where's the purple one?
10. pao said:
that's a funny looking toy. what is it? happy new year, heather. :-) and to chuck, jon, and leta too.
11. maxigumee said:
Oh my gosh. I saw one of those at Target yesterday. They're creepy! :P
12. Geremy F said:
That thing scares me.
13. Kathleen said:
I'm not sure which is worse. That thing, or the Limbo Elmo someone gave our 2-year-old.
14. Annecat said:
Happy New Year Dooce - may it bring nothing but happiness to you and your family!
Pimpled penis indeed...scary ;)
15. Jennifer in Kansas City said:
We were at Target yesterday & I squeezed one of those. It's really creepy how they come up out of their little neck sac. Way too phallic. Oh well, at least you get your own, uh, time when these creatures are on tv. ;) Happy New Year from Kansas City!
16. Danielle said:
HA!
Man, those eyes are something else. And the weird hands... guess they only get to have 3 semi-fingers; guess they are tridactyl.
Happy New Year to everyone!
I hope that 2005 is even better than 2004 for all of you.
17. August95 said:
Happy New Year Everyone. Enjoy the day.
18. coffeegirl said:
Yesterday I passed an entire aisle of those in Target, and I squeezed every single Boobah's right hand until the whole store was filled with the Satanic sounds of Boobah. Because I'm evil like that. (insert villainous laugh) MUHUHUHUHUHAHAHA!
19. bushra said:
you never where you are with the boohbahs, innit.
20. Dianne said:
So that's what BooBah looks like! You're right it (he? she? Bueller?) looks just like a penis! LOL
21. Danielle said:
Unlike mickey mouse, who only has 4 fingers.
Guess Mickey is a step up from Zing Zing Zingbah.
22. christy said:
That's so sad - it has ghonorrea. What a way to start the New Year.
23. icexe said:
who the hell came up with the idea of multi-colored penises that propel themselves around using farts anyway? i just knew all us kids who grew up in the 1980's would one day get back at society with something like this.
24. SEK said:
My son completely freaked out and starting crying when he saw one of those the other day, but I'm glad Leta likes it.
Happy New Year!
25. Colleen from NJ said:
At first glance, I thought it was some kind of Play-Doh pleasure toy. We don't do Boobah in this here house.
26. kate said:
i have a 14 month old...and i'm only too familiar with the wacky- scary-world of boombah...and the story people...
i have been brain washed...and can recite all the small catchy phrases...
soooooo scary...
look what i can do...
ffffffftttttttt.......
happy new year...
why do 14 month olds wake up so early...every morning...even the day after new year's..?
riddle me that...
kate
27. midwifegoddessannie said:
WTF??? WHAT IS THAT??
28. closet metro said:
Yikes, a pimply dick with eyes!
(That thing makes me so glad my kid is seven.)
29. Jennifer said:
Ohmigod that might be the scariest children's toy ever! Glad it makes Leta happy.
Happy new year!
30. kEma said:
GOsh this thing is ugly! It resembles blotched cucumber yukkk
i wonder how kids like this
31. susanna said:
thanks for keeping us all laughing Heather. What would we housebound moms do without you?
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32. tickled said:
Aaak! A pox on its penile little head!
33. Beth said:
Last night I dreamed I'd start 2005 with good wishes from an orange uncircumsized penis, and look what I get!
Happy New Year, Zing Zing Zingbah!
34. Circus Kelli said:
Happy New Year to you all, Dooce!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOBAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
That's creepy with a capital CREEP.
35. courtney said:
That is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen. But, if it keeps the little one from screaming and distracts her long enough for you to convene the procedure, then I guess it has its purpose in life. Happy New Year!
36. Danielle said:
I just realized that Mickey Mouse is going to be the grand marshal at the Tournament of Roses parade starting in a couple of minutes.
Now, do you think there will be a Boobah float to tie all of the weirdness together?
hmmmmm... somehow I doubt it.
but it would be strange if that did happen. almost as strange as dreaming about Boobah, Beth. ;)
37. bb said:
I have no idea what the craze with that is..
38. Karen said:
I just spent entirely too long on boohbah.com. It sucked me in...
39. Iraida said:
Booh bahs are freaking creepy. They Looks like weenies. Happy New Year :D
40. Gordon said:
I got one of those Hallmark "Wish You a Merry Christmas" snowmen. I open to suggestion on what to do with it.
41. bushra said:
i meant, you never know where you are with the boohbahs, innit. (see what i mean?)
it's no surprise that the boohbahs are from the same people behind the teletubbies...
42. Kahli said:
Penile allergy?
Happy New Year and buenos dias to all those managing and staffing and subscribing to the Blurbodoocery!
Cheers!
And to anybody in the Salt Lake Metro Area whom (whom)has a drunk looking snow angel in your yard.
Sorry, that was me... sooooo lame she is, so lame.
I have no idea how many I slobbered on the neighborhood...
All the best of the 05 to all y'all.
Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee... I love you....
43. Gooooder said:
Almost as scary as Furbies!
44. syd said:
I bought my 9 month old neice the same exact toy. She loved it as much as we did. Especially when it made the farting sound. It may be scary and weird but the babe's sure do like it :) Happy New Year!
45. butterstar said:
And I thought teletubbies were evil when they came out. They ain't nothin'.
I am soo glad I don't have cable right now. SO GLAD.
And I'm also quite glad my three year old doesn't know there's a Limbo Elmo out there to BUY. It's bad enough she interrupts my valuable internet time to play the damn game on sesamestreet.com.
Have a boobah-free 2005, to those who wish it. To those who use it as a distraction for your wee one so you can go have sneaky boobah sex, have a boobah-filled 2005.
46. Kathryn said:
Goddamm, that is not what I want to see when finally rousing myself after a night of vomitting, New Years Eve style. And why why why must it have warts all over its face??
47. Moxie said:
Zing Zing needs to go get those genital warts burnt off.
48. becca said:
Happy New Year!
We have no Boombahs in our house (and am happy, as they seem sort of like a creepy toy that would come to life in a 1980's movie), but we do get roused every morning by a dancing Elmo. So it's a draw.
49. Scott said:
These things may scare an entire generation of females away from the male genitalia. Yikes!
Happy New Year everyone.
50. paige said:
Oh God, it DOES look like an uncircumsized penis!
*shudder*
51. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Kiss my ass, you little orange bastard!
52. Sara from WI said:
Do I detect a pile of new Fisher Price plastic toys in the background? They'll look so nice in your living room!
53. Shiz said:
Scary.
It looks like someone made a toy out of a sesame seed bun.
54. jm said:
OHG! WTF??!
This SO proves the ethological theory that humans are drawn to creatures with unusually large eyes below the midline of a large rounded head shape. (Yes, I am a Social Psychology geekess.) Because I cannot explain kids' attraction to this...um...thing in any other way.
I wonder what other whacked out characters someone could make that have the "large eyes" list of characteristics going on. Hmmm. I'm no artist, but I'm getting out my sketchpad...
55. GMM said:
As if it has human-like eyes. How creepy. Happy New Year!!
56. Angie M said:
If we're looking at Boobah, does that mean you're up to what I think you're up to?
57. Ehle said:
And it's Tennessee orange... I'll bet it makes a lot of annoying sounds, too.
58. sarcastic journalist said:
i think it looks like a penis because all those parents are having sex during the show...
59. Erin said:
My friend bought the pink one for her two year old son (the obligatory STD jokes were made about it, of course.) Every time I go over to their house, I hear "Erin! Bee boo! Erin! Bee BOOOO!" and that fucking toy will go flying past my head.
He also thinks that Teletubbies are a branch of "Bee Boo," perhaps some distant cousins. Man.
60. Julie said:
AaaaaHhhhh!
Must remove my eyeballs and scrub them clean.
61. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
I look at that figurine and I think to myself that some demented children's television programmer was looking at his own unit and he said, "Hey! That would make a great PBS show!"
62. Gillian said:
I'm surprised you and Jon can actually have sex while those things are dancing around your television screen. That'd totally turn me off.
63. Holy Schmidt said:
I guess it's no worse than most of us watching HR Puff-n-stuff or Fragle Rock when we were little. What about those Seseme Street charachters, I think they were aliens, that only moved around and said "meep, meep, meep, meep"? Those were about as scary.
64. Miguel said:
Where's Leta? I wanted to see Leta
:( :( :(
65. Stephanie said:
Those things scare me!
66. Closet Metro said:
Scott - You may be right. Thank God that we're memebers of the Sesame Street generation and not the Boobah generation. I don't need any more challenges in my love life.
67. Scott said:
Metro - Word. However, it may come in handy for when you actually don't want to go out with a woman and don't know how to turn her down nicely. Just whip out your Boobah and the girl will run screaming for the hills.
I picture a scene like this somewhere in the future:
Girl: "I just can't! It looks like a Boobah."
Guy: "Would it help if it wasn't Orange?"
Girl: "I just can't stop seeing those freaky eyes staring at me."
Guy: "Damn you Boobah. Khhhhaaaaaannnnnn!"
68. e said:
hmmm, seeing that gives me the sudden urge to participate in the procedure ;-)
69. amberlyn said:
you know, i feel qualified in saying this because i have no children, but my friend does. and what i think is that kids are always going to be fascinated with brightly colored things that move and make weird/interesting noises. i base this BRILLIANT THEORY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THOUGHT OF BEFORE on my friend's kid, who is absolutely fascinated by the daft punk "around the world" video. you could parade two tons of ice cream and a dancing clown in front of her: she will not be shaken from that video. i hope this means she'll become a cool indie director one day, and not a heroin addict or something.
70. Closet Metro said:
Scott - Then again, this just might be a subliminal way to make the ladies a little more comfortable with Litte Richard: "It kind of reminds me of my favorite toy when I was a little kid..."
71. reh said:
Boohbah is the Hebrew word for doll. It is totally not okay for them to give a Hebrew name to an uncircumcised penis. That is all.
72. Jena said:
Leta looks a little funny today...
wait.
WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!
73. Amber said:
lol that really cracks me up, Dooce.
74. Seajay said:
We got our son the yellow one. He stared at it for a bit and then reached over and poked it.
Happy new year!
75. Girl.A said:
It's the Pooka Monster!
76. becky said:
Kids do seem to love the craziest toys. I got my niece a Whoozit for Xmas. Everyone thought it looked like a scary clown, but she loves it! I will have to look into a Boohbah toy for her next gift.
Happy New Year Dooce!
http://store.babycenter.com/product/toys/by_age/0_6month/4485
77. Stacey said:
I hope that large orange uncircumcised penis thing kept Leta amused for a couple minutes so you and Jon could uhh "ring" in the new year.
;)
78. Peggasus said:
Holy shit. I never thought anything would make me appreciate Barney, but that thing may well have done it.
79. shy me said:
ARGH!
80. efrain said:
BOOOOOHHHBAAAHHH!!!
81. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Look at the fur on that thing! It looks like Richie Cunningham's crotch.
82. JulieT said:
Dear God.
83. George Lover said:
Happy New Year to the Dooce family!
84. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Boohbah. . .Ribbed for her pleasure. . .
85. Girl.A said:
Oh there's a creep in the cellar that I'm gonna let in
There's a hole in his brain where his mind should've been
When he starts talkin' backwards your head starts to spin
And he really freaks me out when he peels off his skin, yow!
Oh there's a creep in the cellar with his hands in the air
And he lies to his mother but she doesn't care
When the fists are flying backwards and the ballroom is bare
Cause the turkey's talkin' backwards, it'll raise up your hair
Oh there's a creep in the cellar that I'm gonna let...in
86. pinky said:
Heather, I found your site this year and have sat here on some nights and read archives until I was laughing so hard I cried. Thanks for putting it out there like it is; the refreshing twists keep me coming back.
Happy 2005!
87. Ali said:
THAT IS SO FREAKY.
especially when you're hungover and only on about 3 hours sleep.
88. romy said:
heavens.
happy 2005, to all of you.
89. Fran said:
Oh, look. Cowl-neck sweaters are making a comeback. That's one fashion savvy boohbah.
90. Closet Metro said:
Re: Dr. Johnny Fever said at 11:46AM, 01.01.2005: "Look at the fur on that thing! It looks like Richie Cunningham’s crotch."
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Dr. Johnny Fever, living proof that an imagination is a bad and dangerous thing.
91. Mary in Sacramento said:
This is some freaky shit... from Boohbah.com
>>The Boohbahs represent the imaginative power and light which allows children to control the screen action by the use of the magic word “Boohbahâ€, and send presents into an imaginary Storyworld for the Storypeople - Grandmamma, Grandpappa, Mrs Lady, Mr Man, Brother and Sister, Auntie and Little Dog Fido to play with and make a story in partnership with them. We hear the children intervening in the screen action by the sound of their blowing and their use of the word “Boohbahâ€. This motivates the action and moves the story along. Only Little Dog Fido is not wholly in their control!<<
I TOLD you they were evil beings set on World Domination, but did anyone listen? Nooooo! Look what happened to poor Grandmamma and Grandpappa and Mrs Lady and Mr Man! Brainwashed!!
Death to BoohBah!
92. Brian Behrend said:
Those things are so disturbing. Is the television show as odd as the toys?
93. Renae said:
Mr. Man?!
Boohbah controls THE MAN! Holy shit!
94. Jess said:
creepy. just. plain. creepy.
95. Taylor said:
That scares the shit out of me but I bought the videos for my friend's daughter anyways.
96. Saladwhore said:
When the page loaded, my cat was sitting here. She saw that thing and ran!
97. jenB said:
Boooooooooooooooo bah.
Little Dog Fido!
I love the fuzzy dancing penises.
and you, lovely Heather.
hoorah for Heather and penises!!!
98. Amanda B. said:
Ack! Looks like a tool for teaching kids about the horrors of syphilis.
"That burning sensation when you pee is in fact NOT your new super-power."
Merry New Year to all. And thanks for all of the smiles.
99. Lavanotes said:
My son has that same exact one. BOOOOOH baaaah to you too!
100. Liz said:
Eeeek! That thing is creepy!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Um, and Happy New Year to you too, you strange orange wobbly thingie...
101. Jill said:
that is ridiculously scary. I WANT ONE.
102. Closet Metro said:
AmandaB. - what would be the name of a superhero whose super-power is burning pee? InfernoDick? Captain FireHose?
103. Janie said:
That is truly, truly disturbing.
Happy 2005!
104. Girl.A said:
HotBoiling UrineMan
105. Danielle said:
Burnin' Urine Man
106. Danielle said:
say it five times fast and you are almost bound to say
Burnin' Yearnin' Man
107. christine said:
ewwwwww someone said "necksack" *shiver*
108. Closet Metro said:
Burnin' Urine Man's arch-enemy: Satan's Q-tip
109. Girl.A said:
aperture-enemy
Satan The Urologist
110. Molly said:
It DOES look like the head of a penis.
111. Christy said:
The British never cease to amaze me...
112. Uncle Brian said:
Happy New Year! Boobah, who or should I say, what is it? I can pick some up for you Colleen......
113. Megan said:
I'm a little afraid.
114. Cammie said:
Hey, when those things do that dance sequence, I can't keep up with them. Hop hop hop hop still. Hop hop hop hop still. Hop hop hop hop still. I get all out of breath.
AND when I saw Cirque Du Soliel, they had little chinese girls doing the same dance sequence and I was thinking "Where have I seen this before?"
115. Kristine said:
This make me so happy that my kids are older. I lived through Barney and Tinky Winky...I don't think I could have made it through this without being hospitalized.
116. Sarah said:
Ew, head herpes.
117. Carrie said:
Happy New Year to you! And to Jon, Leta, and Chuck, of course!
118. Sarah said:
Geez a lot of people post here!!!
Those things freak me out! My neice has a blue one and my daughter saw it and wanted one but so far I've avoided it..thank God.
Happy New Year!!!
119. Wendy said:
It's sad to admit that the only thing that can hold my 8 month old son's attention for more than 4.5 seconds are giant dancing technicolored penises that swing their giant scrotal sacks in happy little circles. I'm still trying to figure out if the farts they use to propell themselves across the sky smell as glittery as they look, and WHY ON EARTH they entrap kids in magnetic forcefield circles and force them to perform weird physical feats. I'm SO GLAD I dont own one. *shiver*
120. The other Paula said:
That thing is scary. Please, someone hold me.
121. twisteduterus said:
that is sooo wrong in more ways than one
i'll take the Burt and Ernie controvery of a few years back instead please
dag
122. Psycho Kitty said:
I'd scream but I'm frozen in terror.
123. Amanda B. said:
*covers the other Paula's eyes*
Captain Clap?
124. Amanda said:
The children here in England loves those scary coloured hairy penis looking dolls. I don't get it.
They scare me.
125. courtney said:
http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
This site is great. It's designed for the little toddlers who can't do anything with the computers except bang on the keys and click the mouse randomly. The beauty is, the elements on screen respond to that randomness.
Now, realize that I have no children, and found this on my own, and PLAYED WITH IT FOR 20 MINUTES to fully understand the text-less, brightly colored, random noises and sights.
Help. Please help.
126. Julie said:
Not only does it look like a penis, it looks like the Boobah penis has a raging venereal disease. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse than Barney or Teletubbies...
Happy New Year, Armstrongs!
127. thehonestpaula said:
That is the most revolting toy I've ever seen...but if my kids had wanted one, I would have scoured the ends of the earth to get it for them. Thankfully, they're old enough to not want an orange, pimpled, furry phallus. Wait till their 40...just kidding.
128. thehonestpaula said:
wait till THEY'RE 40. too much beer.
129. honestyrain said:
my zing zing zing bah sends regards to your zing zing zing bah.
all hail.
130. Kirkus said:
I saw one of these in a Sex Toy shop the other day as I was shopping for some new toys for the new gurlfiend....
131. Renee said:
Wow, so THAT'S what a Boobah looks like! Now I'm kind of curious to see the show. It's like a car accident. You know you probably shouldn't look, but you just can't help it!
Since you said we should feel free to post links...here's a link to my internet radio station: http://www.gimmenoise.com I get a lot of email from people saying it helps them get through their day at work.
132. JulieT said:
Even Leta will eventually think this thing is fucking weird. The fur on it... it reminds me of one of those rainbow-colored hairy-looking dusters.
133. Somebody said:
Is it wrong that he reminds me of a french tickler?
134. George Lover said:
Do we know it's a "he"?
135. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Of course we know it's a "he." Look at it. If that's not an orange penis with straight (as opposed to curly) pubes, I don't know what it is.
136. Cheryl said:
Oh mi gosh those boobah things... I know how much joy they bring Heather and John-- so I will refrain from saying anything bad about them!! Happy 2005!
137. Megan said:
Did that thing come with a condom? God forbid it reproduces in your house.
138. Matthew said:
We're having twins in June (our first) - is that orange thing something I'm going to need to get familiar with?
139. blondzila said:
courtney
thanks. That site.
I'm now having seizures. Fuck that site is just TOOOOOO strange.
But strangely compelling....must...fight...farts...
no, wait, that was the Wendy's chili.
Sorry bout that.
Boobah's still are really really strange. Like someone else said, I never thought I'd be grateful for Barney, but there you have it.
140. Darcie said:
I had been keeping Boombah from my toddler. Quite frankly, they scared me. He finally discovered them today and was mezmerized. It was stunning. I might have to TiVo the entire season.
141. Girl.A said:
Do the boohbah facial markings seem to anyone else like a hybrid of ritual tribal facial scarring patterns (ala The Color Purple) crossed with penile beading?
I was at Border's this weekend and happened to flip thru Tommy Lee's autobiography to a page describing him looking at someone else's beaded boohbah.
Unlike these pbs show boohbahs, I think people (such as the Yakuza) "normally" put the beads or pearls in the shaft not the head... OUCH!
http://metaflesh.com/educate/mod.php?pgt=D&modtype=1050
http://www.absolution.co.nz/glossary.htm
142. Alyssa said:
Those things are crazy. My three year old sister loves those things.
I swear they look like scrotums....with a slight...uhhh..affliction.
143. Jenny Mahler said:
AHHH! Seriously - those things are so scary.
144. Judy said:
My best friend once chased me through a Target store with one of those dolls, saying "It just wants to give you a hug!" It was terrifying.
145. honest paula said:
Looking back on my kids Christmas' past and how hectic and sometimes anticlimactic they were, it sounds like you had a pretty good Christmas. I hope...?
146. Closet Metro said:
Girl.A continues to frighten me. I'll have a new set of bad dreams tonight.
147. honest paula said:
forgive my pathetic grammar and puntuation. It's hard to tell that i was an English major in my past life.
148. Carrie F. said:
Geez, that thing is freaky. And I thought the E-L-M-O (sings the YMCA tune) doll was annoying and weird. At least it has an off switch. I tell my daughter (18mo) "Oh, sorry Zoe, but Elmo is tired!"
149. Ninotchka said:
Those things scare the sh*t out of me IN THE STORE. I don't know how you can sleep at night with that demon running loose around your house. I hope Chuck is a good demon-toy guard dog.
(GRIN)
Happy New Year to you all!
150. mrs.george #2 said:
Wow, that is one sexy horned little beast. Totally hot.
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152. lexi said:
it looks like it has leprosy
153. GEORGE! said:
That penis has eyes.
You can consider me blogged.
154. Hanna said:
Today I ate at Denny's and realized that it never fails to make me poop. Have you tried that one?
155. Aliesha said:
Boobah freaks me out, but my son loves them. I don't know what strange hold they have over our children, but I have to admit it frightens me.
156. PKD said:
George! has a blog!!
of FRANCE!
157. Lisa said:
Where did you get your kitchen cabinets?
158. Julie said:
Woohoo, GEORGE! has a blog...another one to read when I should be doing work. Or sleeping. Or pretending that I have a life.
159. Becky said:
Hey, GEORGE! --
You snuck that in a little late, so at least 153 people may have missed it in this thread. You know your public awaits, so you should probably pop in again in the morning. (Unless you did that on purpose, just for the fun of seeing how long it takes 2 to become 2000. ;>D) Happy New Year.
160. trisha said:
I was in Johnny's Toys, and a pack of teen-aged boys entered, circled the HUGE display of the Boobahs, and each kid grabbed a couple of Boobahs' hands, and they all squeezed at the same time. It was deafening. And actually pretty cool.
161. Anne said:
CREEPY
162. Alyssa said:
oh my god. My daughter got the E L M O doll for christmas.. she LOVES LOVES him... She knocks him over just to hear him say "Woopsy! A little help here?" then one of us will prop him back up for her to hear "Thank you! HeHe!"
163. JulieT said:
If you get this thing wet, it most certainly will multiply.
164. ranae said:
have you seen the boobah's website? it has enough stuff on there to entertain leta on there for at least a few minutes ;-)
165. Girl.A said:
rip.
166. Sonia said:
It looks like a herbes infected Dick(im having horrible visuals of Darling little Leta chewing that thing)
167. Mary said:
Those eyes can SEE THROUGH MY SOUL.
168. Lindsey's mom said:
I remember when my daughter Lindsey was Leta's age...Teletubbies was her thing. It looks as if Boobah (or Boobies) are Teletubbies going through puberty...if you ask me as a stay-at-home-mom. Heather, check out our web site at www.curesma4lindsey.com she too had difficulty walking etc. it was not an easy issue to deal with...I hear you loud and clear.
Lisa...Lindsey's mom
169. Closet Metro said:
Kristine - you can comment on my bloggie with anything but your ass. Asses should not comment.
170. tom said:
last!!!! um yeah
171. DM said:
Oh Holy God.
I am never having kids. Not if this is what I can expect.
Okay, yeah, I was never having kids before this but still...that is really quite frightening.
172. Kimi said:
Who thinks of this crap? I mean really, who sits around a table with a bunch of adults thinking a diseased looking pee-pee would be a great kid's toy? And, who would agree? I don't get out enough.
173. diyosa said:
My 1 year old is terrified of those things. I got 2 or 3 of them going at the toy store and she took off running.
174. butterstar said:
I can't decide which would be worse--the E-L-M-O or the Chicken Dance Elmo that my kids still plague me with after, what, two years? ughhh. He was useful for scaring off telemarketers, though.
And GEORGE! has a blog! wheee!
175. Misha McMurtray said:
no new picture today?
:(
176. Jill said:
That is the scariest thing I have ever seen!
177. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
That thing makes my tushie hurt.
178. Closet Metro said:
Dr. Johnny - If your tushie hurts, you're not playing with it right. Or using enough lube.
179. jenny said:
As my three year old nephew says, "Boohbah! Eww...they're kind of weird".
Have a wonderful New Year Heather!
180. the other Paula said:
Ugh its still here. I must go hide.
Happy New Year everyone!
181. Amanda B. said:
There is *always* time for lubricant.
182. Closet Metro said:
Amanda B. - What a wonderful attitude. (Mr. B is a lucky man!)
183. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Do you think the makers of Boobah had any idea that discussion of their pimply little weirdos would eventually degrade to the value of lubricant?
184. ginger said:
I can't wait until they come out with Boohbah Sheela-na-gig.
185. ginger (a different one!) said:
Hey, another ginger!
186. Balaji said:
What?! No picture for today!
187. Meggiemoon said:
Courtney - went to that Boobah site to see the horror that are these free-floating scrotums with tiny wart-covered heads. And the noises they make....dear God, the noises! I am way too hungover to play on the Boobah website. I was repulsed, yet fascinated by these little penile playthings. I'll just be sitting over here, rocking in a corner humming "Boooooobahhhhhhhh..." right after which I will forward that site to my friends so that they too, can experience the puffy, free-ball swinging talking testes.
188. Amanda B. said:
Metro- He really is. I'm kinky but kind.
189. mashed peas said:
Boobah is great and all, but what Leta really needs is a Potty with Elmo doll.
190. jen said:
ohmygod! That thing looks like a...
That's a toy? For babies. Babies, NOT grownups?!
Fascinating.
Happy New Year to you Heather & family (especially chuck).
191. Psycho Kitty said:
Heather, hon, how can you not be regular with that Boobah thing in the house? It sure as heck scares the shit outta *me*.
192. Amber said:
Good gravy! That..that...THING! lol
Dooce, where's the new picture?
193. Closet Metro said:
nice ass comment, Girl.A. What'd you eat?
194. Audrey said:
Ew, comment spam.
Hey everybody - let's do the chicken dance with Elmo!
195. JulieT said:
This thing is just not right.
196. Kristine said:
I'm hoping the lack of new picture means we will be soon seeing the new dooce masshead.
Any guesses on what it will be?
197. Kristine said:
AND, how wrong is it to leave THAT picture hanging?
Why not a cute picture of Chuck or Jon...or a picture of Leta eating Chucks ear...or for the most popular George on the internet, GEORGE! picture?
But, we get our 2005 heebie jeebies picture out the way.
198. Kristine said:
hee hee, i said, 'masshead'
Girl A was channeling through me for a moment.
Sorry.
199. Heidik81 said:
Dooce - did you know your name means "mild" in French (well, spelled "douce"). HA!
Perhaps you've heard that before....
Anyway, where are you?! I want to see your daily photo!
PS: Thanks to you, I've started my own blog. It's not as high tech as yours, but it's a start. Check it out! heidillydoo.blogspot.com.
I love you dooce!
200. Gia on Guam said:
Christy said:
The British never cease to amaze me…
They have a dessert called Spotted Dick...are you really surprised? LOL
Happy New Year from the Pacific! (It's Jan 3rd here)
201. mrs. george #2 said:
someone call an exterminator and get rid of that creature! we've had to look at it for more than 24 hours... a fate worse than the torture chambers of nazi germany.
202. Kristine said:
no picture for today? that's weird. dooce must be on a day-long pooping streak or something.
203. dr. dave said:
I'm fairly familiar with the uncircumsized wonders that are Boobah, but I never noticed the "bumps" on the...ummm... heads before.
I think they should have those checked out... maybe get some ointment or something.
dr. dave (whose 2 y.o is scared of the Boobahs)
204. Holy Schmidt said:
Must, Kill, The, Boobah!
205. HFS said:
I think they have medication for that...
Happy New Year!
206. Kristine said:
I got another imposter!!
the 4:55 poop strike comment was the imposter.
I would say shit strike...just in case next time you want to quote me.
kristine~who is painfully avoiding anything close to work today.
207. Kristine said:
hee hee, I was thinking...if I had wrote the comment, I probably would have wrote 'poop steak' or some other random spelling/typo error.
208. tickled said:
Massheads, mastheads--call them what you will. Whatever, *I WANT THEM BACK*!
209. Amanda B. said:
Please. For the love of disease-free Peni everywhere. Please make ZingZing go BuhBye.
210. stacy said:
Go check out a pic of Dooce smiling at crazyus.com. Bee-utiful. Happy New Year Armstrongs!
211. George Lover said:
Ok, that might possibly be the best picture of Jon and Heather I have ever seen (besides the wedding pics). It is a great, great shot--very happy. Ringing in the new year, I suspect.
212. JulieT said:
Dooce is trying to torture us. I can't look at that thing again. Ever. I'm really glad there's a thumbnail on the main page because I'm not coming back here again until the orange furry is gone.
213. shellibells said:
Those make my 1 yr-old nephew do this funcky ocean wave kinda wiggle dance and giggle hysterically. He has the blue one...and I'm just curious, are they SUPPOSED to make fart noises??
214. Gia on Guam said:
Whoa does Jon look like Jason Lee in that Photo!!!
215. Jennifyr said:
My boyfriend and I were in Target yesterday when I saw one of those things... after hearing so many wonderful things about them from you, I had to try it out.
It scared me so bad with it's boo-bah shouting.
I should have learned my lesson from your posts.
216. tickled said:
FYI--Important fact for dooce readers!: The plural of penis is
penes.
217. Kristine said:
Shellibells-
You can't leave comments on your new blog :( and you don't have an email address to email you at listed.
218. Shellibells said:
Get over it Kristine. I don't need pointless comments from commenters like you.
219. kris said:
Jesus H...what in the samhill is that thing.
220. Girl.A said:
thet thars ah varmint.
221. Kristine said:
Shellibells, that was just mean! and if you weren't an imposter, I would be SO mad at you. well, not really...but I would think about being mad.
222. Girl.A said:
kristine your ass can comment on my bloggie anytime
223. Kristine said:
*tacklehug*
Thanks Girl A!!
224. Girl.A said:
ffffffffft.
kristine squeezed me too hard when she hugged me.
225. philihp said:
No picture?!
226. Closet Metro said:
as long as that's where we're at, let me give you some words of wisdom: do not eat burritos for dinner if you are painting a small room...
227. Girl.A said:
...because when methane mixes with gaseous polyvinylchloride it becomes a flatullucinagen
228. Heidi said:
Dooce,
It's so rare that we don't hear from you daily...I hope you are all okay.
229. TracyDee said:
Shit... and I thought the teletubbies were U-G-L-Y...:)
230. Closet Metro said:
if "flatullucinagen" is the technical term for a stench that would make a skunk say "ishkabbible!"
231. Girl.A said:
that brings tears to my eyes
232. Amanda B. said:
Metro and Girl A.-Have you guys heard from DL's baby daddy? I hope he is not still sad.
233. Girl.A said:
Have not heard hide nor hare of him. Sheryl asked the same thing in an email today.
234. Amber said:
Girl.A, that's great. You cracked me up.
235. Closet Metro said:
Amanda B.
No bubbles from the fish here, either.
Just bubbles, from, ummm, burritos.
236. Girl.A said:
How R U Amanda B?
We are gassy.
237. Closet Metro said:
Amanda B. is bloggy!
238. Girl.A said:
QUICK! Someone give her THE HEIMLICH! Or at least pull her finger.
c'mon. You know you want to.
239. Closet Metro said:
I did better than pull her finger, I got to be the first First FIRST commenter on her blog. Someday when she has 80 bazillion goofballs (like us) trying to post comments on her site first like the goofballs here do (us), I'll be all "I didn't have to get up early and hit refresh over and over until the new pic came up and then quick post just the word first that I cut and pasted from Word so that I could post fastest. Because I was the original First, sucka."
240. Kristine said:
CM-
Update your blog ;)
I can only hit refresh so many times!!
Shelibells-I see you caught your comment problem. :)
241. Girl.A said:
Met. Dude.
Sorry. You weren't her first.
the happy new year post.
*bites knuckles. cringes.*
242. mrs. george #2 said:
I got dibs on mouth-to-mouth.
243. gilliebean said:
That thing looks scarier than Teletubbies!
244. Amanda B. said:
Hey Metro and Girl A! I am sad because I have to work tommorow and that scary fubaaa thing is still up there with it's bumps and whatnot.
245. Kristine said:
Hey GEORGE! 86-81 Kings.
246. Sherly said:
Hey Amanda B!! Nice bloggie!
No worries - dooce will return with a photo. Remember the Thxgiving one? It stayed for 2-3 days but it was prettier to look at!
247. Girl.A said:
mrs. george #2 I almost coughed up a NUT laughing at your mouth-to-mouth comment! That's tough cuz I don't have no nuts.
Amanda B, sorry you have to go back to work tomorrow...
248. Amanda B. said:
Sheryl! Hi darlin! I've been missing you.
Thanks Girl A. I am sorry too. I feel very whiney right now.
249. Kristine said:
anyone heard from Rebekah - house of cards?
250. Sherly (soon to be aka La Pixiatrix) said:
Yeah, I have missed you toooooo.
Tough week. Blog design (you too, huh?) and the merge at work began, and of course the extra partying...
251. miss young said:
My God that is the worst thing I've ever had to look at in a long time. but Happy New Year!!
252. mrs. george #2 said:
Girl.A, coughing up a nut would require the heimlich and perhaps even some mouth-on-mouth action... which would be totally cool with me because nuts or no nuts, in my dreams you are a total hottie.
253. GEORGE! said:
WHY WON'T THIS THING JUST DIE ALREADY!
254. GEORGE! said:
WHY IS MY FUTURE WIFE A LESBIAN? Why was I just shouting so much?
255. mrs. george #2 said:
Take your meds, georgie. Atta boy.
256. tory said:
i look at this site every week or so and i find it quite touching with all the kid stuff and very american - but to be talking about 'poop' and zing zing whatever when 150,000 people have been wiped off the earth in the last week just seems so self absorbed... or just american? dooce - i sorta thought you might have something to say
257. GEORGE! said:
Spelunk where the hell are you?
258. mrs. george #2 said:
AT WORK. where are you?
259. Washingtonienne said:
[b]How Wierd Is This?[/b] [i]dooce[/i] is on its way to the OED and Merriam-Webster's: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4115073.stm
Congratulations are in order to the person who coined the term... which would be our Heather, yes?
260. tickled said:
Washingtonienne-- YES indeedy! I just e-mailed the BBC News site, telling them that Our Dooce really should have been given credit for that coinage. Provided them with both her e- and snailmail addresses, so she may yet hear from them.
Geez! It's not every day that a young mama invents a word that makes it into the world's foremost lingua franca!
261. AM said:
Tory - Yet here YOU are...
262. Aubrey's mom said:
Doooooooooooce!!...where are you??
263. Closet Metro said:
Dooce - Please make Opie Cunningham's diseased wee-wee go away. Please!
264. Kathleen said:
Awww!!!! I was hoping you'd get the purple one. Zumbah is the best!
265. Liz said:
Where on earth is Dooce? I am starting to suffer withdrawl.
266. Colleen from NJ said:
IT'S STILL THERE. ewwwww.