making things difficult…
Ok, so these Safety Tats have been making the blog rounds the past few days. They’re temporary tattoos you put on your kids when you go to large public places like airports or amusement parks. You write a phone number on the tattoo and then when your kid gets lost, someone will be able to get Junior back to you.
It’s a brilliant idea. No, really. But I’ll give you another brilliant idea that we use every time we go to those child-losing type places. It’s called “just write the number on your kid’s arm.” I tend to use a Sharpie because I always have one with me. I do not always have a set of $20 kid tattoos, along with a damp washcloth for application with me. I do not have time for this shit. Do you? No. You remember as you’re leaving the van (or standing in line at the security gate) that you need to scribble something on your kid, you do it, people look at you in abject horror (except that one wide-eyed mom who’s thinking “She’s. brilliant!”) and you move on with life.
Go ahead and draw a butterfly too if you really feel you must.
4 comments January 22nd, 2008