[This is from February, and dated by the implication that everyone I know isn't already on reader - it's just the closest thing to a post that I've got in my drafts folder right now]
Maybe a week ago, I was talking to my brother and somehow boglins came up, in a “hey, what were those little monster things called? Do you remember that?” It turns out, EVERYONE remembers Boglins, and is surprised that anyone else does. Now I’m experiencing ridiculous Boglin synchronicity, which seems like a subject too specific for the synchronicity effect to even kick in (it reminds of the year where my sister and I were being haunted by Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister - we still both sort of flinch every time we see him). Anyway, there was an adorable post about tarsiers at Zooillogix, which was notable not only for its mention of tarsiers, which featured prominently in our AWESOME vacation that got completely trumped by other news in terms of things we talk about, but also for the astute parallel between tarsiers and boglins. So I shared it in google reader (which, really, you should all use), and Shaun promptly re-shared it, saying, “how in the world did anyone remember boglins?”
So here’s the wikipedia article on boglins, if you need a refresher. When I read the article, I was seriously puzzled by the advertising slogan: “If you take us home, we’ll kiss your Aunt Martha, we’ll eat your peas, and we hope you know lots of girls.” I couldn’t figure out if it meant that boglins were brown-nosing serial dating pests who ate all your fresh produce, or what. Watching the commercial on youtube cleared up the meaning, though:
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If it makes you feel better, I’ve never seen or heard of these things. So it’s at least obscure to me.
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