I always knew those pegged jeans would come back to bite us in the butt.
February 17, 2010
…And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
DAY 8
Setting: 1980s, Earth
…And God looked down upon what he had created and was not pleased. “These people!” God said. “They are spending wildly and unwisely. Just look at all those Swatch watches and Tupperware parties. It is now time to show them the error of their ways.”
And so God introduced a new creation, one He believed would finally and quickly demonstrate to people how foolishly they were wasting their money. It was a creation, He predicted, that would end the problem once and for all. It was:
THE CLAW MACHINE
Unfortunately, God may have given His people a little too much credit. Turns out that as soon as one generation learns its Claw Machine lesson, another one comes along and needs some firm, costly educating, all over again.
Everyone blames the recession on the mortgage industry, but God? As always, He knows better.
***The winner of the Linaloos.com giveaway is Val! Yay, Val!
February 17, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Oh my God that claw machine! I used to be totally and completely obsessed with that thing!!
February 17, 2010 at 10:12 pm
I am so crazily good at the claw machine. Kids used to give me their money at arcades in the 80s to win them styrofoam pellet-filled stuffed animals. How do I word that for my resume?
February 18, 2010 at 7:24 am
I have collected a mountain of shapeless skill crane prizes in my life (all of which eventually went in the garbage). And what do I have to show for it? Just braggin rights. I am the Skill Crane Master!
February 18, 2010 at 8:09 am
Ah, the Claw. It so depends on the machine! My daughter used to be addicted, but she wisely found a Claw that would yield some paydirt.
Very funny!
February 18, 2010 at 9:38 am
Thanks for the fun giveaway, and thanks to Linaloos, too! With this lucky streak I may need to take on the claw machine…
February 18, 2010 at 9:47 am
$0.75 to win a $.0.10 prize makes sense. Right? And I was a Business major. Go figure.
PL&L
February 18, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Those things are a cash suck! I can’t remember a time that I’ve won any of the crap that lives inside them.
February 18, 2010 at 9:45 pm
OMG. Avery is crazy obsessed with these things. But she always wants to know where the green aliens are. Thanks, Toy Story!
February 22, 2010 at 9:04 pm
My little brothers used to try to stick their skinny little arms up in there to reach the toys. It never worked, and several times they came close to being stuck in there forever.
March 3, 2010 at 7:14 pm
As soon as this (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31152683&id=1222876027) happened, Bekah said I had to comment on this post.
March 11, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Here’s the crazy thing…my son Nino is like some kind of Claw Machine Genius. He cannot play it without winning. Have you seen that Sponge Bob episode where Sponge Bob wins over and over and over and Squidward is like DYING of jealousy? And then Sponge Bob tells Squidward to “be the claw” and he finally wins due to SB’s help? Like my son is totally Sponge Bob. And I am Squidward. “Be the claw, Mami,” he tells me. It’s freaky.