"You can almost see a child in front of the exhibit, gyrating, trying to mimic the seal and saying, 'Well this is pretty cool. Then they go home and they may roll around in the backyard and then they may start to, you know ... run." Paul Boyle, vice president of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, explains how a new exhibit at the New England Aquarium may encourage obese children to exercise.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Same reason I take my niece to strip clubs.
They're more likely to imitate what they see at the Monkey House.
I came here expecting blueberries because I misread the headline.
Maybe go roll around in the backyard?
We already took Violet to the Dejuicing room. Sorry.
The bankrupt state of California has been putting ads on buses to get people to feed their kids blueberries (among other improving blue-themed behaviors), as they are a "megafood" no doubt, and the newly formed California Blueberry Commission (this is not a joke) approves we can be sure.
And we can safely assume they would not be recommending a blubbery foodstuff.
Will Dave Bry just go ahead and apologize for something already so we can start the holiday weekend?
Great idea, until they hit the sloth exhibit.
Or the bonobo.
It seems like only yesterday that people were all about eating seals...
I don't know about this idea. The Batman movies have already taught us where trying to emulate penguins can lead us. That's right, a life of crime.
Maybe they'd drop a few pounds if they cut out the McDonalds and started eating seal, like our friendly neighbors to the North.
Or what hman says. Reading is fundamental.
Oh yeah, great suggestion. My neighbor tried this, but his kids fixed on the bird exhibit instead, and now they crap all over my car whenever I park it on the street.
I think it will just encourage obese kids to play Seal Attack for the Xbox.
er, ON the Xbox.
If Wii developed a "clubbing baby seals" game, the obese kids would burn a few extra calories.