# Gelli Baff or Slime Baff (kids' novelty products) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gelli-baff-or-slime-baff-kids-novelty-products/790736 "2017-07-08T03:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gelli-baff-or-slime-baff-kids-novelty-products/790736/1 "2017-07-08T03:37:34Z")
Yes, these are real products, and sound like every parents’ worst nightmare, except maybe for recorders. 😛 > **[Zimpli Kids Online Store](http://www.zimplistore.com/)** > > Buy your favourite Zimpli Kids products online now! Gelli Baff, Slime Baff and many more! Has anyone here tried or seen these products, or refused to purchase them? :o 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gelli-baff-or-slime-baff-kids-novelty-products/790736/2 "2017-07-08T05:00:43Z")
Ha!! I JUST saw these products yesterday for the first time at a local discount store. I picked up one of each and showed them to my brother, the person who has kids, and he reluctantly put them in our cart. When we got to the checkout he changed his mind. He didn’t want to “go down that road.” I dunno looks totally fun to me, a woman without kids. The dad of the 5 and 7 year olds chickened out. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gelli-baff-or-slime-baff-kids-novelty-products/790736/3 "2017-07-08T07:19:46Z")
“Baff”? Their target audience is comprised of toddlers? Smart people should forgo the stuff with the cutesy name and [make their own slime](http://www.elmers.com/slime) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gelli-baff-or-slime-baff-kids-novelty-products/790736/4 "2017-07-09T02:56:30Z")
I follow several live kitten rescue cams, and they all unofficially use the term “baff” for the mama cat licking her kittens, for various reasons. Do they still do “Jello Jumps” for charity? I haven’t heard about them for a long time; my brother participated in at least one when he was younger. You pay a fee to jump into a vat of Jello, and worry about the cleanup later. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gelli-baff-or-slime-baff-kids-novelty-products/790736/5 "2017-07-09T03:29:47Z")
This stuff has been on the kid’s YouTube for at least a year. Probably Europe. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gelli-baff-or-slime-baff-kids-novelty-products/790736/6 "2017-07-15T01:37:47Z")
Sounds fun to me, actually. I mean, only enough to try once, but still. Reminds me of science club experiments I never could actually do at home.