Mom-101: If 1 Million Monkeys Sat Down At Typewriters...

8.03.2007

If 1 Million Monkeys Sat Down At Typewriters...

...or similarly, one 2 year-old with nascent small motor skills sat down with a pen and paper, what are the scientific odds that she'd create this:

54 Comments:

Stephanie Wilson she/her @babysteph said...: You're naughty. Or am I totally reading into this wrong?

Steph; 8/3/07, 5:56 PM
Doodaddy said...: I see a 1989 Toyota Camry. Why, what do *you* see in that picture?; 8/3/07, 6:32 PM
anniemom said...: Holy phallic Rorscach, Batman! WAY cool.; 8/3/07, 6:44 PM
kirida said...: I see something naughty, too. But my maturity's pretty nascent, too.; 8/3/07, 7:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Ok, that made me laugh like a man it was so deep. It kinda scared me.

But, MAN, that's funny!; 8/3/07, 7:08 PM
BITE MY COOKIE said...: amazingly uncircumsized.
and totally almost proportionate.
got any good art preschools in your neighborhood?; 8/3/07, 7:25 PM
Anonymous said...: Looks like she's been spending some time with Mominatrix.; 8/3/07, 7:26 PM
sarah doow said...: Oh ok, NOW I see it.
Man, I am just so slow, I mean, innocent.; 8/3/07, 7:27 PM
Anonymous said...: alternatively it could be Florida.

you know, the state of Hanging Chad; 8/3/07, 7:33 PM
sam {temptingmama} said...: Bwahahaha!

Smart cookie.

Maybe she's trying to tell you something, no?; 8/3/07, 7:38 PM
Lawyer Mama said...: Baaaahaaaaaa!

You've got to keep that pink dildo away from the kiddos.; 8/3/07, 7:39 PM
Gray Matter Matters said...: Hmmmm...tell Nate I'm impressed, but next time he might want to just put out a bowl of fruit for her to draw.; 8/3/07, 7:52 PM
AndreAnna said...: Very impressive. Maybe a career in Davidian sculpting is up her alley.; 8/3/07, 8:07 PM
Motherhood Uncensored said...: The comments are hilarious.

I thought she spelled IV.

HEH.; 8/3/07, 8:25 PM
tracey.becker1@gmail.com said...: Oh. Oh my. Oh my word.; 8/3/07, 8:27 PM
Chicky Chicky Baby said...: I had to turn my laptop over, but I finally see it. Impressive.; 8/3/07, 8:46 PM
Unknown said...: It took me a second of looking, but I just about lost my coke out my nose when I caught it! Too funny! This should be saved for your inapproriate baby book!; 8/3/07, 9:16 PM
Anonymous said...: If your next post contains a shaky depiction of a vagina, I'm going to be concerned. :); 8/3/07, 9:25 PM
Blog Owner said...: Wow, kids on the east coast DO get a better education.; 8/3/07, 9:47 PM
Kyla said...: I laughed for a long time, and then I had to show my husband. He cocked his head to the side and said "Wow. That's really...ummm...accurate. Wow." And burst into fits of laughter.

Thalia's got skillz. ;); 8/3/07, 10:03 PM
Mom101 said...: Kyla:

Heh. Hehheh.

You said "cocked."; 8/3/07, 10:09 PM
Heather Hartwig said...: And I thought my two year old was a genius because she started drawing the letter S this week, but she is clearly way behind the curve.; 8/3/07, 10:09 PM
Christina said...: Yes, it's a lovely Florida, with a slightly misshapen panhandle...oh wait.

Yeah. Pretty lifelike drawing there.; 8/3/07, 10:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Looks like a mitten to me, but what do I know? *heh*; 8/3/07, 10:49 PM
Girlplustwo said...: the kid rocks.; 8/3/07, 11:49 PM
Kyla said...: Hahahaha. I sure did. *lol*; 8/4/07, 12:53 AM
Heather said...: Maybe she's been playing in your bedside table? ;-); 8/4/07, 1:11 AM
Anonymous said...: A future Mapplethorpe?; 8/4/07, 7:26 AM
Damselfly said...: Um. That's a hand, right? ;); 8/4/07, 11:25 AM
zchamu said...: It's Sweden and Norway in a mirror, right? :|; 8/4/07, 2:15 PM
Mahlers On Safari said...: It makes me wonder what she's seeing around the house...; 8/4/07, 4:13 PM
Bon said...: erm, perhaps she wants to visit Nova Scotia?

or perhaps she's been watching daddy shower. one or the other, definitely. ;); 8/4/07, 4:23 PM
Victoria said...: I thought for sure it was a cursive F U! bwahahaha; 8/4/07, 6:47 PM
misguidedmommy said...: is it bad that turns me on...in my defense i'm pregnant, everything turns me on; 8/4/07, 7:33 PM
LTYM said...: Well, at least she's already got a good sense of proportion...; 8/4/07, 7:33 PM
Unknown said...: I'm not a drama queen, I assure you. This IS funny as everyone says, however, I am a bit concerned. My partner is a Children's Social Worker and she deals with children who are sexually abused among many other horrible things. Please don't misunderstand. I'm only saying that this is inappropriate for a child her age, despite the fact that it's funny. How does she know what a penis looks like?? Something to think about.; 8/4/07, 9:04 PM
Kris said...: Lucy's Mom-I don't think she actually meant to draw a penis. Kids just draw. Lord knows my kids have drawn some strange looking things. I wouldn't really put a whole lot into what a 2 year old draws. They really don't have enough hand coordination to draw something like that on purpose.; 8/4/07, 9:29 PM
Jaelithe said...: Yeah, Lucy's Mom-- most two-year-olds don't have enough fine motor control yet to actually create accurate representative drawings. They do, however, like to scribble a lot. If Thalia were one of the rare exceptions who do have the control to draw well at this age, she would also be able to draw other things, like cars or dogs or ice cream cones. I am fairly certain this is an accident.

A HILARIOUS accident.

(Does the fact that it took me a full minute to see it mean I am not getting enough action?); 8/4/07, 10:58 PM
Kris said...: Does the fact that I saw it right away make me dirty minded? *blush* LMAO!; 8/5/07, 12:14 AM
mamatulip said...: A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste. ;); 8/5/07, 8:51 AM
Kelly said...: Looking slightly turgid, slightly flaccid.

(And I thank you for the opportunity to use both of those words in a sentence. It was fun!); 8/5/07, 12:12 PM
motherbumper said...: Got to keep the art teacher on her toes (or in this case, mommy). Her grasp of still life is amazing.; 8/5/07, 12:39 PM
~HS said...: (Oh my, the blog police, lol)

Anyway, it was a 2 year old's scribble. It's us that's twisted.

And I've always thought Florida was a bit phallic.

I remember when my son was eight and he brought me a magazine he said had porn in it. It was a National Geographic!!; 8/5/07, 12:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Hmm...uncircumcized? I thought you guys were Jewish.; 8/5/07, 2:04 PM
Her Bad Mother said...: WonderBaby would like to bid on that work. It's a near-perfect portrait of Toadstool, the Phallic Lovey.

What should we open at? Two cookies and an Elmo sticker?; 8/5/07, 2:30 PM
Anonymous said...: the hanging chad florida comment! fuckin' hilarious. i can't stop laughing.

your kid is a total rockstar. i couldn't have drawn that better myself!; 8/5/07, 2:39 PM
Cristina said...: LOL. What an arteest!; 8/5/07, 2:39 PM
Blog said...: You HAVE to frame that...!; 8/5/07, 3:45 PM
Villagepig said...: Sweet jesus! the little girl wonder drew a voel! :-)

Good on her..

A; 8/5/07, 4:59 PM
Unknown said...: that's italy, right? or south america? tex-ass?

love the way the careless scribble over to the right makes this drawing all come to a head. (oor er!); 8/5/07, 7:20 PM
Fairly Odd Mother said...: I see "FU".

Is this a quiz?; 8/6/07, 9:20 AM
BOSSY said...: No fair. Bossy is in a seashore library scarfing teh free internets and now you've made her laugh so hard she's going to be kicked out.; 8/6/07, 5:10 PM
Ruth Dynamite said...: I would so totally frame that. She's gifted alright.; 8/9/07, 8:22 PM
J said...: That's one for the baby book.; 8/22/07, 6:22 PM