Only in a UU Church

November 12, 2007 by Dave.

During our rummage sale at the Medford UU church, among the various old videos in the tape section, there was a copy of “Wild Things” up for sale. I had a great laugh at that one.

Sophia was pretty much planted at the toy section for the duration while I helped on the floor at the sale. Among the toys was a huge laundry bin filled with stuffed animals and beanie babies. Many of them were the usual fare— bears, ponies, dogs, a couple of birds— but there were a few beanie babies that were unusual and some downright strange, including a koala, awolf, a rooster, an anteater, an ostrich, and a pterodactyl (yes, a pterodactyl). My three favorites were a blue and yellow coiled snake, something that I thought was an iguana but turned out to be a chameleon, and a frog. The frog wasn’t a green pond frog, but deep blue with black spots all over it. To me, it looked like one of those hallucinogenic frogs you can get stoned on by licking it. Somehow I pictured in my head the executive marketing meeting about new stuffed animal development. One of the execs finishes snorting a line of blow, jumps up holding his nose and yells, “I GOT IT! We make hallucinogenic toad beanie baby! Kids’ll love it!” and everyone around the table nods in agreement just as the executive goes into convulsions.

An older woman who is like a grandmother to Sophia bought her a beanie baby dog and a swan as a present. I bought her the chameleon and the frog. Although I really bought those for me.

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