Can you say “will grow up to be a stalker”?
Posted by Isabel on March 20th, 2006. Filed under: They're just my friends.
My best friend May bought her 18 month old daughter a Backstreet Boys book at the dollar store. You know, sort of as a joke. May has never been into the Backstreet Boys. She wouldn’t be able to tell A.J. over Justin Timberlake (those are real names, right?).
This particular book is so awesome. Mostly because it’s really outdated. It is also very descriptive on what things “the boys” like. You know, they like ice cream and girls who make them laugh. Um…right. It says nothing about their penchant for pot and strippers.
Unfortunately for May, her daughter lurves this book. She wants to read it over any other books she has. And this book isn’t very small. It’s “large print”. Which means May can’t really hide it at the bottom of the diaper bag when they go out. Nope, it sits on top for the entire world to see.
This isn’t even the worst of it. There is a picture in the book of a Backstreet Boy (who can be sure which one it is) eating an ice cream cone. This is the picture that May’s daughter likes the most. And how does she show it? By licking the page. Yes, she licks it. I think this is a precursor for making out with her pillow and pretending it’s Nick (he’s one of them, right?). She also likes another picture in the book. But instead of licking that picture, she just points to it and says, “Daddy?!”
I don’t think it gets any better than that. Do you?
March 20th, 2006 at 11:16 am
No, it does not get any better than that. This is one of the FUNNIEST things I have ever read. Ever. Seriously.
March 20th, 2006 at 11:22 am
Oh dear.
March 20th, 2006 at 11:31 am
That is so hysterical. But I am sure I would not think so if it was my daughter.
March 20th, 2006 at 11:41 am
That is just great.
March 20th, 2006 at 11:42 am
Yah this has to rank up there with one of the most hilarious things i’ve read. I can so see a little girl doing that though! Thanks for the laugh!
March 20th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
I laughed out loud with this one. Her mom’s going to have her hands full.
March 20th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
I don’t see anything wrong with that. I drool over my Rob Schneider poster all the time. I’m perfectly normal.
March 20th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
*Note to self: Restrict future purchase of gag gifts to those old enough to get the gag.*
This so hilarious!
March 20th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
That is so cute!!! I want a little girl!
March 20th, 2006 at 1:21 pm
Oh dear…wonder how daddy felt about that. Very cute!
March 20th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
I was a HUGE Backstreet Boys fan and could probably tell you the name of the BSB licking the ice cream cone. I’m not ashamed!
…Well, maybe just a little.
March 20th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
That is a truly frightening story. And by “frightening” I mostly mean “awesome.”
March 20th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
So funny! I would have to hide that book from my husband though. He’s always asking me questions like, “What will we do if Hugo likes Britney Spears when he’s older.”
March 21st, 2006 at 3:19 am
Priceless.
March 21st, 2006 at 8:41 am
I just wanted to say hola, Isabel. I am an ex-Seattle-ite (actually an ex Seattle-area-ite, but I’m too embarrassed to admit where I come from. Okay, okay, I come from Federal Way. There I said it).
But now when I visit I always stay at my friend’s house in the Greenlake area.
I live in Amsterdam now and I’m friends with Joke.
Good luck with the whole childbirthing thing!
March 21st, 2006 at 9:50 am
Oh my gosh! That is the funnist thing and so something that would happen to me if I thougt I was being funnY! I can;t stop laughing!
March 21st, 2006 at 9:51 am
OMG that’s the funniest thing ever. I am laughing so loud right now. That settles it… no BSB book for my little girl, even if I see it on sale!
March 21st, 2006 at 10:49 am
Too funny…
March 21st, 2006 at 10:50 am
I echo everyone else. That is a pretty funny story.
But come on Isabel, get your boy bands together. JT was part of N’SYNC. AJ is the Backstreet Boy. lol
March 21st, 2006 at 11:24 am
I was debating on correcting you about Justin Timberlake being in N*Sync, not Backstreet boys. I didn’t want to embarrass myself by showing that I actually knew that, and… *cough* actuallywenttotheirconcertonce *cough*, but I think I’ve already embarrassed myself enough by typing the band name correctly by including the asterisk… I have no shame.
March 22nd, 2006 at 11:45 am
Heeee. Startin’ ‘em out early.
January 24th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
[...] My friend May has a 2 year old daughter. Babboo loves May’s daughter, as do I. She’s hilarious, and always makes Babboo smile. She says things to him like; baby Babboo want some crackers? And then stuffs crackers in his face. All the while, he smiles and reaches out to her. It’s cute, really. [...]