For this month's Rolling on the Floor Laughing (ROFL) award, I awarded Mr. Nice Guy, another NYC daddy blogger who consistently cracks me up. His post, "Official Nice Guy Endorsement: Parenting!" was probably the funniest thing I read all month. He reviews Parenting magazine and shows it for what it is: the mommy version of Seventeen. I can only imagine what he might have done to skewer Cookie.
In this episode, Mr. Nice Guy finds himself suddenly receiving a subscription to Parenting, even though he never asked for one, and immediately uncovers the truth about Parenting:
...with its beautiful baby doll-models and 22-year-old coke-skinny covermoms. february's issue in particular caught old eagle-eye nice guy's attention for a couple reasons. first of all: have you ever looked at the cover, directly above the bold printed "PARENTING?" no? take a gander some time. there, hovering over the magazine's very name, you will read this line: "what matters to moms."
oh, no. they di'n't.
oh yes they did! PARENTING magazine puts it right above their own name: parenthood is for girls!
That's one smart dude.
Congratulations, Mr. Nice Guy, and thanks for making me laugh out loud in an otherwise cold and dreary month. You can find a complete list of winners over at Izzymom and Mommy Off the Record.
