Ummm…Ewwww! Nasty Monkey Alert!

Last week I took my two simians to a house of bounce called Monkey Joe’s.  If you don’t have kids and you aren’t familiar with these Tiggerific jumping stations, just call to mind the moon jumps that you can usually find at any state fair multiply that by eleventy-one, add a few money-sucking games of chance (as in there’s no chance you’ll win), and a nice sugar bar complete with tongue-dye ICEEs, and sugar-comas on a stick (cotton candy), and you’ll have an idea of what it’s like.

Someone got smart – obviously a mother in need of a break – and turned the world onto indoor bouncing playgrounds.  And since babies gotta bounce, the idea took off.  It’s sort of like watching a life-size pinball game with added danger – kids ricochet off inflatables at the speed of sugar while parents practice collision management.

While we were there I noticed a sign in the bathroom that was a bit disturbing.

Wash your hands after touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean exposed arms.

Umm….EWWW!  I’m not exactly sure what goes on in the bathrooms at Monkey Joe’s – I mean I know monkeys are nasty and kids are a close second, but…really?

First, just the fact that it specifies human body parts is bothersome.  What else would be in MJ’s – maybe real monkeys are allowed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  I just don’t know.

Running a close second – they are sure to point out that at times one might encounter in the MJ toilet area bare body parts that aren’t in fact hands, or ex posed arms.  Well, we are all aware that some, ahem, parts are exposed as one goes about one’s monkey business but I’m hoping like all get out here that not much touching is going on – this is a kid’s place for heaven’s sake.

Maybe I’m reading too much into this whole thing.  But for the record, I saw no exposed parts while in the bathroom.  I did, however, feel like going home to take a shower after reading that sign.  NAS-TEE!

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