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Thursday, September 17, 2009

My Daughter Joined A Cult

My daughter has joined a cult. She is becoming totally brainwashed. I'm not sure what to do.

Her cult leader is charming, charismatic and unique in his appearance. He sings songs, uses rhymes and has lots of friends in his presence at all times. He is short, hairy and has an enchanting laugh that draws you in.

Since being a part of this cult, my Vivian has starting calling nearly every inanimate object by the first name of the leader. She is drawn to any color and skin type that closely resembles this dictator.

With a straight face, she will move around in circles and sway from side to side at the sheer mention of his name. She will freeze in her steps upon hearing his theme song.

Often she will sit down as close to the cult leader and his followers as she can. This means becoming cross-eyed by being in a proximity not recommended by any optometrist.

She talks to me about this figure all the time. If I try to change the subject (or channel), she screams, cries and throws her body on the floor uncontrollably.

How do I show her how to break free from this monster? How can I separate my kid from this thing that has taken over our television, our playtime and our lives?

If you see this person, please notify your local authorities. He is armed and dangerous!



And please, whatever you do, run away if you hear him say, "Hi, welcome to _____'s world!" Because it's all downhill after that and I don't want my readers joining his cult too.

15 comments:

Lee the Hot Flash Queen said...

I am laughing! We were all about Elmo, just be grateful it is not Barney! Can't stand that purple dinosaur, and banned him from my house!!

Eva Gallant said...

Too cute! My grandson was into Elmo big time!

Diane said...

My daughter finally left that cult, but my son at age 7 can still get sucked in by that little dance and song he does! :O)

DebraLSchubert said...

OMG - I LOOOVVVVEEEE Elmo!!! Your daughter's got great taste in cult leaders.;-)

Marguerite said...

It's just a stage, Mandy! That's what my mother always used to say to my father, when he'd be flipping out over whatever cult we were in at the time. Cheers!

warmchocmilk said...

We have a couple members of the cult in our house too!

David Noceti said...

My mother decided that it wasn't enough to see the cult leader on screen and bought our son an animatronic cult leader so that he could try to brainwash our son 24/7. But the cult is not as strong as the power of Stubborn Dad, especially when Stubborn Dad controls the supply of batteries. I'm heading the cult off at the pass while the little guy is still too small to know what he's missing.

prashant said...

She is really so cute ..
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JennyMac said...

Oh, we have an Elmo backpack for our munchkin that is almost as tall as he is. And a regular Elmo. And "Baby Elmo"

and Elmo "tickle hands"
and about 40 Elmo books.

What did he do when he "met" Elmo?
CRIED HIS EYES OUT.

"that elmo is tooooooooo big"
exact words.

Stereos and Souffles said...

I keep seeing the commercial for the Elmo hands, creepy. And at the end of the commercial he goes all gangsta and says yeah boyyyyyy. I'm sure that's just what parents want their kids saying.

Kim said...

We haven't been recruited yet but I'm sure it's in my near future. At least it's educational and not as annoying as the big purple dinosaur!!

septembermom said...

Do you ever run out of cleverness? You really know how to entertain us with these fun posts. I'll be on the lookout for that red furry brain washer!

mckay8276 said...

Your blog about the elmo obsession is just too cute! I do agree with the hot flash queen! Thank god it's not barney!

Debbie said...

I think you nailed it! Fortunately, this is one cult they grow out of. But not before it sucks up a large chunk of your money.

Crissy said...

LMBO!!!