Barney the Purple Dinosaur Really is That Bad
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A couple of months ago, a friend gave my son a couple of Barney books.
Her: These are for your son. Enjoy!
(Translation: I was too embarrassed to give them to the thrift store, i feel eco-evil tossing them in the trash, and I sure don’t want them in my house. Here, you have them. Bwahahahahhaha!)
Me: Thank you!
(Translation: Thanky… Oh geez, Barney?!? How could you do this to me?)
Of course, my toddler totally fell in love with Barney and his hideous singing friends and it’s part of the reason I recently had my TV disconnected. The primary reason was serious lack of cash and no time to ever watch anything, but no Barney is a major advantage of no cable.
Kid’s television is almost universally annoying to adults. Barney, Caillou, Elmo and Thomas the Train comprise my personal hit-list of squeaky, whiney voices and inanely cheerful characters who all make me want to rip the cable out of the TV. Oh, wait, I kinda already did that.
Anyway, there’s must be some parents in the army who feel the same way I do about Barney. The US military’s most overused torture song is Barney’s I Love You song. Playing loud music on repeat with no respite, is, apparently, an officially sanctioned technique to make prisoners talk.
Imagine hearing that over and over again at full volume for a couple of days and I’m not surprised prisoners begin to loose their minds and get willing to talk. Just typing the last sentences got that obnoxious song stuck in my mind. (By the way - the cure for a song stuck in your head, is listening to another song, preferable loudly, to obliterate/replace it. I don’t want you to suffer.)
So, if you don’t want to go for the final solution and unhook your TV, I invite you to use the comment space below to vent, scream and shout at your child’s favorite television character. Please let it all out. Phew.
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Kimberly says...
I hate to admit it, but my husband and I actually like Thomas the Train and Bob the Builder. Our baby is only a few weeks old, but I’m sure I’d get sick of them when he wants to watch stuff like that non-stop. Good job on losing the TV. Sadly, I think I’m too addicted to mine to do that.
Melissa H says...
Anything becomes annoying if you listen to it too many times in a row… read a preteen who has found the one song that explains their existence right then. I remember when my stepson got his first CD player Santa lacked the foresight to buy more than one CD. ( Actually I think Mrs Claus may have said something along the lines of ” He’s only over here every other weekend. How many CDs does he need to start with?”) After the zillionth time listening to a song it all just becomes noise. Now with our 8 month old infant I find my self humming and whistling tunes that are played on her little toys. How is that for annoying?
Ashlee says...
I love this!! I am having my first child and I grew up watching Barney. As i got older i could not stand the song and joined in with classmates who made up new versions that would probably had me bent over my mothers knee!! So my household will be anti-barney from the Jump!