Just so you know, those things were around years ago and have morphed into something totally new and different today! LOL That thing made me thing of these little harnesses that my Dad used to put my brother and I in (I was like 5 and my brother 4) when he took us to the Zoo or other public places. Yeah, these nice little harnesses with clips in the back so we couldn't get ourselves out, and it had a curly cord on it (like an old-school phone cord) with an elastic velcro band that my Dad would put around his wrist. I don't know if he ever slug us around like that, but Lord knows he was probably tempted! HA! I will so have to send that link to him! LOL Oh, and yeah, that still have those things today, except they are disguised as stuffed animal bookbags and they have more of a leash looking sort of thing for the parents to hang on to, like reins. HA again!
That was a good one, I like that! (And yes, I laughed a lot! My kid thought it was absolutely hilarious too!)
Mindy
"Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what he thinks they ought to be." -William Hazlitt
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