So. I’ve been faffing about on Etsy & WAHM sites, a’lookin & a’dreamin about fluffy mail, and I’ve made an interesting discovery.
What ARE they I hear you ask? Circus tents for pet fleas? The new craze in fashionable hats for Barbie?
Nope.
They are small cones of fabric that people actually buy (…and for someone to buy it, remember, someone has to make it…) to place over their baby boy’s genitals during a nappy change, to prevent a well-aimed stream of urine splashing them in the face.
Never mind a flannel, a strategically placed wipe or even speeding the hell up with the nappy changes, what you need right there is a Peepee Teepee, a Weewee Tent, a Caution Cap or a Sprinkle Stopper (I WISH I were making these up…).
I find the whole concept, obviously, terribly amusing & feel there will be a wave of even more embarrassed than usual young men blushing over the slideshows at their 21st birthday parties in 21 years time.
I have linked the pictures. Just don’t tell me if you buy some, & I won’t ask.
PS, The first commenter to come up with a better name than the ones mentioned above wins not goods, not money, but my undying admiration.
PPS, There is a frikkin game about them!!!
Oh.My.God. I have a boy and yet i still find this idea ridiculous, amusing, and even a liitle disturbing. You don't need sprinkle stoppers, just ninja-like reflexes!
ReplyDeleteA 'tinkle trap'?
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. That's mad! That's crazy! that's just down right funny! What kind of person uses these??
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Laughed out loud at this post :-D
ReplyDeleteWhy? Why? Why?
Seriously...who thought this up??
Oh that is sooo funny! I don't have any little fellas only princesses so shouldn't really laugh!!! I too found something fairly amusing whilst browsing etsy recently! Come on over today to check out my find of the month! You will get a kick out of it I think! Sophie x
ReplyDeleteWhat on earth!?!?
ReplyDeleteSeriously...how hard is it to have a wipe or flat nappy on hand.
Thanks for the laugh this morning!
P - Plainly
ReplyDeleteI - Inessential
S - Slash
S - Stoppers
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How ridiculous, I have seen them and thought to myslef what a bloody waste of money!
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I wonder if they make bigger ones for ye olde gentlemen in nursing homes who have...ahem...lost a little control?
Puh-lease! I can't believe there are such things...it's called spare nappies or wipes, peeps!
Thank you for the laugh...
xNess
PS. My word verification is conics - perfect, eh?
hehee, heard this on the radio the other week but hadn't seen them, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteif I showed that to Aidan he'd probably say it was a willy hat.
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Widdle wizard? - you know I'm not going to be able to get this out of my head?!?!
ReplyDeletehahahaha that's so funny!
ReplyDeleteGood on them (the makers) I reckon! They're cute fabrics, and if they can find a market for an *ahem* completely useless product like that...
I could never come up with a better names than those mentioned. The pee in the face is just part of parenting. At first I thought you were going to say for discrete public nappy changing which would be even more disturbing.
ReplyDeleteOh goodness. I have 3 boys and have never EVER been pee'd on. You just leave the soiled nappy folded up covering the tackle while you get the new one ready to do a lightening quick swap. Its like a brain teaser, good for the mind and reflexes hahaha eventually you learn to recognise the sly smile before the stream of urine ;c)
ReplyDeleteThat's hilarious!..but after 3 boys boys, I'm thinking, very practical...
ReplyDeletehaha, love it... thank goodness I have girls.
ReplyDeleteIt's just a little "wee house"!!!
ReplyDeleteThe only incident we ever had was a disappearing wee. Our first did an enormous arching stream and I couldn't find where it landed. Not a sign anywhere. Until about an hour later when I reached into the gaping pocket of my oversize cardigan for a tissue and found a pile of pee soaked tissues. Suffice to say they went in the bin and the cardy went in the wash :-)
I'm in fits of laughter here! Thankfully I've never been peed on thanks to some wonderful nappy changing lessons in NICU BUT I have to say it's the most original idea I've ever seen - no suggestions from me though :D
ReplyDeletepeenee pyramid? Funny, post. I had no idea what it was. Having a son I never encountered a wee in the face, so this seems like the most absurdly ridiculous thing I've come across. Come on people! The world's gone mad!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm up off the floor after almost peeing myself laughing ... how freaking ridiculouls are they???
ReplyDeleteBUT ... how freaking marvelous you are Vic for seeking them out and for doing such a brilliant post!!!!! xo.
What about miss a piss!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously ridiculous!!!
that's ridiculous! ewan still hasn't peed on me and he's 7 months old! HAHA!
ReplyDeletehaha, doodle dodger? Yep, absolutely useless, it def doesn't cut down washing! The the wee would run all the way back over the baby! I get pee'd on a bit as a maternal child health nurse, god, get over it people, it's sterile after all! I think motherhood comes with 'stupid' across the forehead, sometimes!
ReplyDeleteha, people are creative with their names- your post had me laughing and puzzled and now the comments have me laughing again. For me, part of the pleasure of crafting stripping things back- not bloody, creating unnessary produts. Fair dickum. I reckon they are odd.
ReplyDeleteMy validation work is 'nonse' I would like to add 'ence'!
This is so funny! Well, someone has to come up with new products and everything useful seems to have been invented already, so why not Sprinkle Stoppers?
ReplyDeleteLOL. I just wanted to type "Oh. My. God.", too.
ReplyDeleteThat's ALL you can say about THAT!!!
Surely these should be on regretsy?
ReplyDeleteHaha. Thanks for sharing. I think...
....and a game as well..... priceless!
ReplyDeleteNo way! Get out. . .
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