Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Perils of Colorblindedness


For Dave's Father's Day present, we got him one of those laser beam leveler things. You know what I mean - they're for when you need a long, straight line on the wall. All you do is place it on the wall, turn it on and a red beam flashes across the wall. Voila! A perfect gift for the dad who is going to hang curtains on Father's Day. At least it's the perfect gift for all dads who aren't colorblind.

The kids were pretty excited to see the beam flash on the wall, so Dave put in the batteries, placed it on the sage green kitchen wall, and turned it on. As we all oohed and aaahed, he got a funny look on his face. I looked at him, looked at the red beam on the green wall and burst out laughing. (As did he, quite sheepishly.) Apparently, they should make a laser beam thing especially for those men who are colorblind, or they should at least have a warning label on the package.

The kids have enjoyed playing with it though - the picture above was taken while John sat on Dave's lap and flashed the beam all around the room.

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