The Uncatchable Water Snake

The Uncatchable Water Snake.

Unlike those 'easy to catch' real water snakes, this one is hard to catch. Unless you stumble into some run down deli to buy some smokes or baby food. Then there is a good possibility you can get this poorly made item that is not painted... but still should probably have a lead paint warning.

The Uncatchable Water Snake.

See, I only have one photo of this item so get used to it. I am going to have to show it again and again.

The Uncatchable Water Snake.


See!

Anyway, I played with one of these when I was a lad. I remember it was called Mr. Wiggles. One of my cousins asked if I wanted to 'play with Mr. Wiggles' and being naive I thought Mr. Wiggles was some weird old guy in a trench coat.

After finding out Mr. Wiggles was a toy I agreed to play with him anyway. So we played catch... or should I say we played 'drop.'

Because this thing was impossible to get a grip on. Someone would toss it at you and you would try and hold onto it and it would wriggle around just like Rambo did when those cops tried to fingerprint him.

And so, Mr. Wiggles was my first brush with the toy that is now being sold as The Uncatchable Water Snake.


There it is. I like that the designers choose to decorate the box with butterflies and bumblebees rather than actual water snakes.

I also like that it is "SQUEEZABLE!" and "SAFETY!"


Most importantly, the good folks that make The Uncatchable Water Snake caution us: To avoid the sharp matter and point.

Ahhh, to think of all the time I have wasted avoiding The Noid and pinching 'an inch.'


I really love the box for The Uncatchable Water Snake.


But one thing puzzled me. It says "12 pcs"

At first I thought 'pcs' was short for 'pieces' but then I thought "How lazy do you have to be to abbreviate a word that's six letters long." And if you DO have to abbreviate it, why use HALF of the letters in the word.


No. It must mean something else. So I checked the Acronym Finder. The had 200+ options (you can just scroll down... there isn't a test):

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Programme on Chemical Safety *****
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Pinckney Community Schools *****
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Pretty Cool Stuff *****
Parents and Children S *****
Powder Coated Steel *****
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Poor Customer Service ****
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Point Contact Spectroscopy ****
Philadelphia Classical Symphony ****
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Protection and Community Services ****
Population Communication Services ***
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Personal Computer System ***
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Phone Companies Serving ***
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Patient Clinical Summary ***
Portland Christian Schools ***
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Parts Components and Services ***
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partition communication subsystem ***
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Punjabi Cultural Society ***
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People Creating Success ***
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Positive Christian Singles ***
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Park Christian School ***
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Parkview Center School (Saint Paul, MN) ***
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pacific coast swimming ***
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Pressure Core Sampler ***
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Pullman Christian School ***
Project Counselling Service ***
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Premium Customer Service ***
Princeton Charter School ***
Personal Computer Serial ***
Position Control System ***
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Patient Care Systems ***
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PTZ Camera Sony ***
Petroleum Card Services ***
Petroleum Contaminated Soils ***
Prices on Sprint ***
Pipeline Compliance System ***
Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore ***

I think they either meant 12 "per carton size" or 12 "pelvic congestion syndrome."