Thursday, March 19, 2009

UPDATED: Snuggies are pretty much the most offensive thing I have ever seen. In other news, Mantracker is awesome.

Yesterday was B's birthday. Happy birthday, B! And to celebrate the birth of the man of my dreams I got him the king of all home beer brewing kits. I've only seen B that excited a few times. I'm talking borderline pee your pants excited. So I'm pretty sure I hit the present jackpot.

Neither of us realized exactly how much goes into brewing your own beer, and after a quick perusal through the manual, I'm partially convinced that B's first batch could quite possibly poison us both.

Speaking of vomiting, B's mom got him a Snuggie. As it is, I have an inexplicable aversion to fleece blankets. This thing is a fleece blanket WITH SLEEVES. That's just offensive. And now B's mom is going to be all what are you TALKING about? because B's family lives in Massachusetts which is pretty much the same thing is Antarctica so I can see why something like a Snuggie might be a useful evil up there. But even worse, she got me one too, and I pretty much fainted when I opened the package because I totally thought it was going to be filled with cookies. What kind of a SADIST is this woman? I might throw up in my mouth every time I see B shuffling around the apartment with this thing limply hanging from his body.

B, of course, loves it. Touche, B's mom, touche. I'm still waiting for the cookies. And don't even talk to me about Lent.

In other news, the other night B and I discovered Mantracker, which is pretty much the greatest show ever of all those shows that have people running around in the wilderness and, um, making their own fires and stuff. Essentially, two people are released into the wild with a few bare necessities and a head start, and they have about a day to cross the finish line on foot before Mantracker, who by the way, is on a horse, tracks them down and captures them. And Mantracker is pretty much the most bad ass old dude cowboy ever, who usually doesn't have a problem rounding up these flounders. Technically all he has to do is get close enough to them that he probably could trample them with his horse, but if I were a producer on this show, I would totally give Mantracker a large fishing net or some kind of lasso to capture these people with and then he'd have to hog time them and drag them the rest of the way to the finish line in his net of failure.

And after watching one episode, I have decided that I would KICK ASS on this show. Not because I have any particular wilderness skills, per say, but I can run for a long time and also I'm really good at squirming. And each time Mantracker started to close in on these girls I got all giggly and nervous, just like I would when I was a kid playing a game of Free Ya'll whenever someone was closing in to tag me. If I knew I was going to get caught I would be overcome with fits of nervous giggles and I'd eventually have to stop running because I was laughing too hard, which is no way to be taken to jail, let me tell you.

And the other night as Mantracker and his Native American guide were closing in on these two chicks, one of them pulled out a can of pepper spray. PEPPER SPRAY? What are you gonna do? Spray the horse? Good one, chick. You deserved to be captured. When I'm on this show, I'm going to be way more prepared than that. I'm bringing my rape horn. I don't actually have a rape horn, but I would totally get one for Mantracker. And every time he closed in on me, I'd whip out my rape horn and blast him one because you know old people don't do well with startling loud noises and also it would probably spook the horse and then by the time he recovered, I'd be gone. Like a ghost. And you know what I won't be bringing? My Snuggie.

UPDATE: The Snuggie is pretty much a wall of static cling. After wearing it for a full five minutes last night, B was covered with every piece of dog hair that Rooney had ever shed in our entire apartment.

UPDATE: It only took five seconds, however, for me to decide that my libido had quite possibly been irreversibly damaged.

UPDATE: I can't stop looking at that picture of the chick reading the book in her Snuggie. It's kind of like a car accident. Also, if I was an aspiring model, the Snuggie is probably the last thing I'd ever wear for a camera, no matter how strapped for cash I was. I'd sooner wear nothing. I'd be a nudie model. And before you know it I'd be shooting porn because it's probably only inevitable in the nudie biz. And then things would get REALLY ugly around here. All because of the Snuggie.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

You crack me up! I was laughing so hard my nostrils were flaring and began to hurt. Thank you!

Fraulein N said...

OH this is hilarious. Now I must watch Mantracker.

I don't get the Snuggies either. I actually blogged about it at some point. I must say, the commercial for it is giggle-worthy though.

pj said...

I have to find this show - and I agree that the snuggy is ridiculous, yet someone is making millions of that stupid idea.

Anonymous said...

I love my snuggie and you will too Bhan. Greatest. invention. ever.

BOSSY said...

You had Bossy at Pee His Pants.

Anonymous said...

YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT INVITED TO B'S ANNUAL FAMILY SIT AROUND IN YOUR SNUGGIE AND ROAST MARSHMALLOWS ON THE BEACH NIGHT!! and just so you know, we smuggle alot of booze on the beach under our snuggies!!!!!!
you can just stay home and write another blog about your vajayjay

b's mom (forever)

Anonymous said...

I agree - stupid product. But in other news...did you get your space-saving hangers yet??? Do they work?

Anonymous said...

Do they make them in blue?

Anonymous said...

Ok, fine. Snuggies are minions of the Devil. Now, what about the beer kit? what kind was it? Did you go all out and buy him the $5000 self-contained unit? Inquiring minds need to know.

nutmeg said...

The Snuggie is a fucking phenomenon. My kids want them desperately. I think there's cocaine stitched into them or something. As for the beer brewing, Nathan just bottled his first home brew. He designed a label and everything. Don't let your man go over to the dark side. It is incredibly time consuming and that is time he should be massaging your feet!

kel said...

First...really? Does the snuggie suck that bad? Guess I'll save my money since static makes me want to hurl.

Second...thanks for the fab. bday present idea (beer brewing). Let me know if the beer is actually edible. Err.......

Jason Nark said...

It seems as if you're only two steps away from joining a cult once you wear the snuggie. "Would you like to worship the mud god with us?"

"Well, I've already got this thing on. Why not."

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