The Bad Moms Club

Are Schools Trying To Make Students Hate Educational Institutions? Because It Sure Looks That Way.

Last week I was exploding over the incredible overreaction of one school principal who made a nine-year old boy cry while threatening him with suspension because he was carrying a two-inch long LEGO gun at school. In my opinion, that principal took the zero-tolerance gun policy to the extreme and now it appears she has brethren in art of overreaction at other schools.

Alexa Gomez, age twelve, doodled on her desk with erasable pen and was hauled out of school to the police station in handcuffs for her offence.

HANDCUFFED. TO A POLICE STATION.

YouTubeorama Aloha Edition: Bad Moms Like Banjo Duos

Finally, a banjo duo that doesn't conjure up flashbacks of Deliverance for me.

Sorry. I have some really bad cultural references.

Anyway. This video has it all -- crotched cute critters, banjos, Hawaiian-inspired music -- therefore it will be on heavy rotation in this household today.

If The Toy Description Has The Words 'Russian Roulette' In It? Automatic Fail

Before I read the description I was working under the assumption that this toy was just a massive translation c*ck-up or something.

But I don't really see how someone misinterpreted 'Russian Roulette' since the description sounds pretty much in tune with the definition for that particular method of death. All I really know about this toy is: TOY FAIL.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Bad Moms Love Fake Werner Herzog

Remember Werner Herzog reads Curious George?

Herzog (not really) is back at it again and this time it is the childhood classic Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel.

Be Careful What You Name Your Child

How absolutely insane would it be to discover your name translates to something completely unacceptable to say in another language?

And when I say insane, I mean how crazy it must be to realize that your name is basically smut in Arabic, yet you grew up hearing it your entire life without a clue.

By the way, do you know how hard it was to write that first paragraph without using the phrase 'How much would it suck to discover your name...'? It was very difficult to not say 'suck'.

And why would I even care if I use that phrase? You'll see.

Should The Zero Tolerance In School Gun Policy Mean Exactly That?

A nine-year-old boy was almost suspended from school over a small toy gun -- like the one in the image to the left -- because the school has a zero tolerance gun policy.

No one really thinks that this toy is really a gun, right?

So the boy was threatened with a school suspension in order to scare him into not packing anything larger, or perhaps more lead-filled, upon his return? Because maybe this kind of reaction could be the first step to driving him to do just that.

From The Bad Canucks Club: Baby Brain, Myth Or Misinterpreted?

In today's "why did anyone even manage to get funded for this study" news, it turns out that baby brain is a myth. You know, that whole thing whereby you get pregnant and you all of a sudden forget how to spell your name? That thing we all lived through? Yes. Myth. Aren't you glad someone told you that? Wow. Sure cleared up all that mental chow mein I've been regurgitating for well over a year now.

Except, their definition of baby brain was apparently different than mine. Someone out there apparently believed that the act of getting pregnant or having a baby actually made women stupider, rather than just forgetful.

This was worth a study?

Continue reading this post (by Shannon of ThreeSeven and ecochick) at Canada Moms Blog...

Rainbow Pancakes Need Unicorn Syrup

The mom who created these gets five stars and two thumbs up from my kid, who now will not stop demanding that we look at these photos AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN and PLEASE MOMMY CAN WE MAAAAKE THEM?!?!:

Bad Moms Love Good Ideas: How To Avoid The Unhappy Meal

When I read Bryan Young's article about the conflicted feelings he has around the upcoming Star Wars collector toys coming out at the end of this month, I understood exactly what he was talking about.

The conflict is not about the toys per se -they are cool little toys that Star Wars fans will be happy to add to their collections (we all have our nerd habits so cut me some slack) - but about how these toys are being released to the public: as a toy in a McDonald's Happy Meals.

Dear Huggies GoodNites: Bad Advertising Means ALWAYS Having To Say You're Sorry

So the ad agency that made those horrible, skeevy Korean Huggies ads? They e-mailed us about the post that we wrote about their horrible, skeevy ad. They are very sad about that post: