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12 Suggestions For A Rebranding Of Toddler Age-Based Stereotyping

by anna on 05.03.2010

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  1. The “Fuck You” Threes
  2. Var: The “Hey, You’re Fucked!” Threes
  3. The “Whole New Ball Game” Threes
  4. The “OK, Fine, You’re The Boss!” Threes
  5. Three: Wheeeeeee!
  6. The “No!!!!!!!! AM NOT! I NOT Three!” Threes
  7. The “Don’t Say That! Don’t SAY. NOT!” Threes
  8. “A-CAUSE I Don’t WAN You Say That!” Threes
  9. The “We Only Call It ‘The Terrible Twos’ To Fuck With Your Head” Threes
  10. The “Well, Actually, We Also Call It ‘The Terrible Twos’ To Fool You Into Thinking You’re Awesome Parents” Threes
  11. The “Because It’s Really Not Terrible At All Twos” Threes
  12. The “Also: To Catch You By Surprise The Day After He Turns Three” Threes

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18. Worst. Cartoon. Character. Catchphrases. Ever.

by anna on 02.08.2010

  1. “Traintastic!” (Koko, Chuggington)
  2. “Oh, man!” (Swiper T. Fox, Dora The Explorer)
  3. “Eat my shorts!” (Bart, The Simpsons)
  4. “He’s a bossy boiler!” (Percy, Thomas & Friends)
  5. “Fire! Fire!” (Beavis and/or Butthead, Beavis & Butthead)
  6. “Okay, gang. Let’s split up and search for clues.” (Freddie, Scooby Doo)
  7. “That wasn’t supposed to happen.” (Widget, Wow Wow Wubbzy!)
  8. “Uh, I think so,” in response to the question, “Can we fix it?” (Lofty the Crane, Bob the Builder)
  9. “This is sewious!” (Ming-Ming, The Wonder Pets)
  10. “And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!” (Villain, Scooby Doo)
  11. “Don’t have a cow, man.” (Bart, The Simpsons)
  12. “You have caused confusion and delay!” (Sir Topham Hat, Thomas & Friends)
  13. “¡Ayúdame! ¡Ayúuuuuuuudame!” (Any Endangered Species In Distress, Go, Diego, Go!)
  14. “¡Ay, caramba!” (Bart, The Simpsons)
  15. “Good grief!” (Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown)
  16. “Cinders and Ashes!” (Thomas, Thomas & Friends)
  17. “Heh heh.” (Beavis and/or Butthead, Beavis & Butthead)
  18. “That’s all, folks!” (Porky the Pig, Looney Tunes)

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25 Rejected Ideas For Best Of 2009 MommyBlogging Lists

by anna on 12.21.2009


[Sour grapes? Probably. Still funny? I think so.]

  1. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Were Available When Bonnie Hunt Needed A Poop-Related Soundbite
  2. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Are Also Featured On Momversation
  3. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Have A Lot Of Fugly Crap In Their Sidebars
  4. Top 50 MommyBloggers With Some Form of Alcoholic Drink Represented In Their Blog Header
  5. Top 50 MommyBloggers Whose Blogs Would Be Devoid Of Content, Were You To Disallow The Words “Breastfeeding” and “Community”
  6. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Object To The Term “Mommy Blogger”
  7. Top 50 MommyBloggers Whose Predominant Blog Color Is Pink
  8. Top 50 MommyBloggers Whose Blogs Would Be Devoid Of Content, Were You To Disallow The Terms “Whisky” or “Etsy”
  9. Top 50 MommyBloggers We’re Thinking We Can Get To Agree To $12/Post, If We Put Them On A “Best Of” List
  10. Top 50 MommyBloggers That Whirlpool Corp. Calls “Fucking Scary”
  11. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Wish Whirlpool Corp. Would Call Them Anything
  12. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Would Never Beg For A Free Pair Of Crocs
  13. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Would Totally Beg For A Free Pair Of Crocs, Just Point Them In The Right Direction
  14. Top 50 Mommybloggers With Slightly More Discretion Than Courtney Love On Facebook
  15. Top 50 MommyBloggers We Forgot To Post In 2006, And So We Copied And Pasted It For 2009 Because Honestly, Who Is Going To Notice?
  16. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Hate Nestle View definition in a new window But Still Buy Toll House Chocolate Chips Because They Are SOOO Good
  17. Top 50 Mommybloggers Who Are Also, Coincidentally, Represented By Federated Media
  18. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Have Done Some Kind Of Promotion For Yummie Tummie View definition in a new window
  19. Top 50 MommyBloggers We Can Confirm Are Mommies, Because They Have Some Mutation Of The Word “Mother” In Their URLs
  20. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Are Speaking At 80 Conferences This Year
  21. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Are On TypePad And Think WordPress Is Scary
  22. Top 50 MommyBloggers We Didn’t Have To Call For A PR Photo, Because We Found One On CNN
  23. Top 50 MommyBloggers With Their Own Twitter Ribbons
  24. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Are Actually Dads, But You Would Have To Read Them To Realize This
  25. Top 50 MommyBloggers Who Do Not Follow @abdpbt View definition in a new window Back On Twitter, Unless It’s Under A Fake Account

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