Came in to post that one. Seriously, Gandhi would’ve chucked that thing in the Godavari River after about ten seconds. Here it is in action.
The Screaming Rubber Chicken. It lets out a really loud shriek. It’s hilarious for 30 seconds, then annoying as hell.
If one or more children is a toddler, there is an amazing LOW-TECH toy that is directly from the lower depths of Hell. It’s a little push-toy called a “Corn Popper.”
For some reason, kids have a inborn need to run around the room pushing it and laughing like crazy while you are on the phone.
I bet most of these toys have been thrown out into the middle of the yard by frustrated parents.
~VOW
I just saw a couple of these at the store. Not only are they kind of creepy, they will annoy the crap out of any parent. Especially if you get a couple of them. He’ll be a nut case after a couple of days.
Barney the Purple Dinosaur DVDs. * shudder *
I inadvertently linked to the Small Screaming Rubber Chicken- an atrocious error for which I humbly apologize. If you’re going to get a Screaming Rubber Chicken, you simply must get the Large Screaming Rubber Chicken.
They call it a Squawking Rubber Chicken, but it’s more like a scream or shriek- and it’s loud.
I second VOW on the Fisher Price Corn Popper. My aunt bought one for me and told me that it stayed at my parents’ house. My mother now buys one for every toddler she knows!
How about an ant farm? How old is said child? Legos also are good…especially finding them on the floor in bare feet at 3 am…If it is a little one, any of the Talking Elmo creations are good…until parent removes the battery…
Anything with small pieces, naturally…and if it is a little girl, the ever popular Barbie head that will never have the makeup put on it…the make up will cover the girl child, the furniture, girl child’s clothing, the dog, the cat…you name it!!!
I suggest atoy accordion. Nice and loud. It gets even better when Jr. repeatedly pushes the buttons into the body and daddy has to bust out the phillips head to remove a panel to fix it!
You are an evil genius.
How old are the kids? I have a 7-year-old and a 9-year-old. I can name at least 2 annoying gifts from each year of their lives.
The boy is nine. The girl is eight. I’m now leaning toward anything Justin Beiber and some sort of craft kit that has glitter, paint, or play dough in it. Pets are out because I wouldn’t use an animal as a revenge gift. The screaming chicken is no go because it could easily become part of the dad’s band.
I second the T-Pain microphone. It makes me feel like my spine is being torn out.:eek:
My children came home with several of these lovely monkey toys. Drove me up the wall. I ripped one open and removed the voice box, then I threw the rest of them away. I didn’t mind the flying part. I minded the wild screaming every time it hit the wall.
Glitter is good. What I suggest is some kind of “make your own girl goo” kit. Like glitter lip gloss, lotion, or perfume. Not only does that crap get everywhere, it messes up your kitchen and you have to supervise the making project in a desperate bid to not ruin your house with an over run of petroleum jelly.
There’s a t-pain microphone? That’s the worst gift you can give a kid :eek:
I just have to say that the mental image of a heavy metal headbanger covered in glitter, lip gloss, Crayola bubble juice, curled in a fetal position screaming “Make it stop!!!” as they yank the pull string on the Justin Beiber doll for the umpteenth time, is making me giggle so bad I’m lucky I have my own office.
I do hope **ZPGZealot **will let us know what she goes with (and how the friend revenges her back next year :p)
VOW already mentioned it above; but the #1 most annoying toy for several years running (since 1957) is the Fisher Price Corn Popper.
A nice large Lego set insures punctured soles on parental feet during 3AM bathroom breaks.
My son go the flashlight below for his birthday last year. You are supposed to use it at night when you are scared and it will scared the monsters away. After hearing “woof-WOOF-WOOF-woof” two nights in a row and leaping out of bed, he is no longer allowed to use it.
I second the glitter suggestion. That shit gets everywhere. And little girls love it. My sister nearly bought our daughter the Barbie Glitterizer for Christmas last year. Even though she has no plans to have kids (whence I would enact my revenge) she couldn’t risk the bad karma.
Thank you. Longest laugh I’ve had all day.
So true. so very very true. Do they make glitter play-doh?
Oh god I hate play doh.