Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/15/awestruck-babies-going-through.html
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The car wash used to scare the hell out of me when I was a kid. I was convinced that the jiggly curtain was eating cars.
Came here looking for this. Not disappointed.
I used to be very afraid of anything where you went in on a conveyor and you couldn’t see the other side when you started. Anything could happen in there. Other things I was afraid of:
- Bridges
- The second floor of malls
- Power lines
- Cars passing on the street while I was on foot
- Unexpected tornados
- Invisible, odorless poison gas everywhere
Of fuck, I’m still afraid of all of that stuff, all the time.
What the-
Holy-
THERE’S A GIANT MONSTER OUT THERE!!
You know you have a baby’s full attention when it doesn’t blink for 45 seconds…
Now that’s me in a car wash! Only I’m freaking out because I swear that I hear scratching… YIKES!
I saw that and my brain first read it as “unexpected tomatoes”… tornadoes make more sense, tho.
I guess it depends just how unexpected.
Yep, those would be unexpected!
Do you remember that had a cartoon of that?
And there was a spin off cartoon of the Toxic Avenger, too:
I wonder if either of those are on DVD?
That’s called oxygen. It’s also pretty damn corrosive!
I dunno, I was pretty terrified the first time I went thru one, according to a story my mother enjoys recounting 50 years later…
The sounds and visuals must be very confusing…
[Babies see bubbles outside]
Yay - it’s bath time! Wow, you used way too much soap though.
[Babies realize they are still dry]
Wait, why am I not in the bubbles?
[Brushes pass by the windows]
What the…Snuffy, is that you?
[Rinse begins]
Is it raining now? Where did my bubbles go?
[Dryer starts]
Is that the vacuum cleaner? This is not fun!
Baby: “That’s not right.”