American Excess and Fourth of July Shennanegans

[prisoner_24601]

So we were at my parents house this weekend for the fourth of July holiday. They have one of those satellite dishes with the eight million channels including scads of pay per view pr0n and sports networks. We were flipping through to see what was on and ran across this hilarity. I was so entertained that I had to take a picture so I could share it with you all.



Yes. That's right. There is a pay per view porn channel called "Teez" which shows a porno called "Big Honkin' Cans."

Proof that USA is a hilarious and awesome place.

Over all it was a pretty good weekend. In a fitting tribute to American excess, my son drove his horrendously expensive toy car that my parents bought him for Christmas around their yard. I'm kind of amazed (and horrified) that my parents bought him this. I mean he's four. Four. And this is such a ridiculously excessive gift for someone who is four. I will say that he had a good time and they got a kick out of watching him drive it. And I know that a lot of this is compensation for the fact that we were dirt poor when we grew up, and now that they have some money they want to spoil their grandchildren which is why I broke down and allowed this.



I also have to admit that I'm slightly bitter about this. This toy car cost about four times the amount that my parents spent on my first car a 1972 Orange Toyota Corolla that they paid a whopping $150 bucks for. Keep in mind, I was driving it in 1993 (it had 200,000 miles on it). I shouldn't gripe though. Even though she only had four gears and a top speed of about 45 MPH, Vitamin C was a pretty kickass car. And hey, we didn't even have a real furnace in our house, so really I was lucky to even have a car at all.




I'm afraid to discover what ridiculously expensive gift they'll buy for my daughter when she gets older.

*facepalm*

Comments

[midnight-hawk.livejournal.com]

Looks like Ivy is disturbed by Pepsi cans, or maybe just fizzy pop. I share the feeling.

[siujerkjai.livejournal.com]

Vitamin C! ahahahahaha *wipes tear* For some reason, I find that hilarious.

Tell Eric it's easier to drive if the helmet isn't covering one eye.

And I don't think Ivy is disturbed by the Pepsi can. I think she wantses it, precious!

[kosiah.livejournal.com]

I just keep staring at the picture of Ivy going awwwwww. Perhaps I r a simple lass.

But I do agree, no point getting her an expensive present until she is no longer entertained by a can of diet pepsi. And going by my own spawn experience, that can take several years. At least!!

And god, that is not a car, that's a golf cart! If I had that car, I could drive around my neighborhood and not be crippled! I am impressed.

[fezastwin.livejournal.com]

I'm with Ivy, that does not look like a regular Pepsi can to me either.

What the heck are all those funky symbols on the can?

And compare the size of the can to the size of the kid! That's One Big Honkin' Can!