40KM & 60KM Street Rugs [A Great Example to Set Young Children]

It’s been a whilst since we’ve posted about anything that gets us hot under the collar, or anything that fits in with the ‘curiosity’ element of TFTS (as one kind reader has pointed out in a mail to us) but, really, we had to do a double take when we came across these Street Rugs which come in 40KM and 60KM versions (yes, we’re posting about rugs – perhaps you had to do a double take of your own).

Designed for those that either really don’t like their young children, or for those that fail to quite make the connection in terms of what an example this is setting in relation to impressionable minds, these Street Rugs are a great way to let your children know that playing in the middle of a road is something to be encouraged (if not encouraged, why buy one?).

Yes, you could argue that these are just rugs (and how many fluffy roads have you come across lately) and, again, you could argue that many give their children toy guns, let them commit massacres on computer games, etc, but there’s just something about these Street Rugs that sits really uneasily with us (and, with respect to the imagery, we suspect we may not be alone).

(There’s ten theoretical bonus points – which account for absolutely nothing – for the first person who adds a comment telling me to ‘get a life’, by the way)