I failed to mention that

I failed to mention that the Chappaqua party was also in celebration of my aunt’s and baby cousin’s birthdays. My baby cousin turned six and received approximately 1,457 gifts from all her friends. We were all pretty floored by the mounds of presents, but she was very polite and opened each one in turn, with a little note of praise for each one. “Oh, a paint-by-numbers. Exactly what I wanted. Ooo: clay. It is always fun to play with clay,” and so forth.

During a break in the gift-opening extravaganza, J and I were sitting on the couch examining all the loot. I picked up one of the games she got, called Elefun. The front of the package is all animated fun and games and butterflies

But a quick look at the actual components of this game painted a slightly different version. One in which objects come flying out of this:

Liz: Ha ha. I see how this could be used for a different sort of game at, say, a bachelorette party.

J: What do you mean?

Liz: What do you mean, what do I mean? Look at the trunk.

J: …

Liz: Things come flying out of the end…

J: huh…

Liz: It’s like a giant penis. You could dress it up like a giant penis and use funny things as the objects.

J: Ooooh! I get it. When you said “bachelorette party” I was thinking you meant you could have girly things flying out of the elephant trunk.

Liz: Girly things? Like what?

J: Oh, I don’t know. Panties.

Find your name, lots of fun! “Elizabeth” is always an all-time favorite, but looks like I’m not as popular as I would have been in 1900. I find it interesting “Willow” doesn’t hit the charts until Buffy. Sorry, Ahe: no games for you.

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