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This mood ring was a special edition created by a second-rate toy manufacturer. Never before have a virtual pet and a mood ring combined in one and the reasons for that remain vague. What made this product even odder was that the cover over the "gem stone" had a camouflage design printed over it. The product was called moodRingBaby. The logo was mimicking the convention computer programmers use to name functions: The first letter in every new word after the first word is capitalized. This reasoning seems a bit farfetched considering the (assumed) target audience for this product. Perhaps it was supposed to reference the computer chip glued under the "gem stone." In any case, the days of the moodRingBaby were short and sad and two weeks after it dropped into the market, the product was pulled off the shelves, packaged and shipped wholesale to a third-world nation for recouping the initial investment. I learned that off a hard drive I found in Silicon Canyon. Even though the moodRingBaby was a very weak solution it was still better then nothing. By the time I realized the excruciating disturbances that may result from extreme solitude during my lonesome travels, most of my financial resources for the treasure hunt where already allocated towards other purposes. The only solution I was able to scoop up from a $1.99 bargain basket at Duane Reade was this moodRingBaby. It wasn't great but It was better then nothing. These are the specs:
[ • The moodRingBaby in action: navigation > location > nowhereness ]
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The activation procedure for the moodRingBaby follows the routine of a Knock-Knock joke with a few exceptions. First and most obvious is the opening line. Instead of Knock-Knock it opens with a ring-ring sound generated by the moodRingBaby itself. Then the user is encouraged to respond with the traditional question: "Who's there?" At this point the moodRingBaby's reply is unpredictable. It is assumed that each of these toys has a different bank of words. Since the object mentioned in this tale is defected it restores to using primarily three syllables/words: ya, me and the 3rd alternates foods: potato, tomato, cake, etc. Next follows the user's reply: Adding to the syllable or word the ending "who." Thus the phonetic result is yahoo, mehoo, cakehoo, etc. In rare occasions the result make sense. From then on the moodRingBaby takes off in a rage of cussing plunging into a disturbing style of story telling. |
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