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Following the writing of my most previous post eulogizing the great glory days of G. I. Joes . . . some child left a G. I. Joe in the children's department of the book store where I work. And now the Fun Time Have Begun.

I've been amusing myself with arranging various scenarios for this Joe in which he steals some random object out of the desk and makes a daring getaway, using other various objects as grappling hooks etc. He climbs up the side of the computer or one of the displays behind my desk, while an ugly little Simpson toy--a creature I can't stand, but he's pointing and is all bug-eyed as though in terror--shouts "Stop! Thief!" Okay, he doesn't shout it. He just holds up a hot pink sign that says it while pointing at the Joe.

Yesterday, I left him stealing a silver ring, and the Simpson toy was mighty distressed. And the only person showing remote interest was a plastic turtle with an inane smile on its face. Not a lot of help to be  got from there.

So far no one has commented on my little scenarios, and I begin to suspect that I am the only one amused by these antics. But I live in hope!

It is the children's department after all.