Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/28/we-grew-up-and-it-is-over-de.html
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they don’t make jingles like that anymore. damn. so good.
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…And I don’t want to be killed by some Private Equity asset strippers.
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“Gee whiz!”
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You can’t afford to be merc’d by PE asset strippers! That’s only for those who can afford the VIP lounge and a bottle of Dom.
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Speak for yourself. I have it on high authority I act like a petulant teenager.
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One way or another, isn’t that how more and more Americans are being forced to “grow up”?
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The alternative, is once a toysrus kid, always a toysrus kid, they even said it them selves. Peter pan it up. Age is a number, growing up is optional.
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Easy to say, with all that sweet child-actor money (and parents who didn’t steal it).
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Don’t grow up, there’s no going back.
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That’s a pretty stacked kid cast:
- Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley
- Scott Nemes from It’s Garry Shandling’s Show (and hotshot TV producer)
- Janet from Bevery Hills 90210
- Steve Urkel
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Brilliant jingle. You can still come to the Canadian Toys “R” Us, but everything will be half French, not Spanish. For everything else, there’s eBay.
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The trick is to pick an age you’re good at, and stick with it.
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There is a crucial distinction between child-like and childish. The less mature the adult, the more likely they are to get them confused.
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“Youth is fleeting. However, immaturity can last a lifetime!”
- On a birthday card from my mother-in-law (I can handle the truth!)
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wise words from the Doctor himself.
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No. I’m not dealing with it. I still wish I was a Toy R Us kid.
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Pardon my cultural ignorance but I am unable to figure out the connection to Tom Waits.
