When I was helping my three-year-old son get dressed this morning, he picked up his underwear and said, “Look, Mommy, Spongebob Squarepants.” Long pause. “Spongebob is a big cheese.” Long pause. “I don’t know what his friend is.”
“Me either,” I replied, looking at the pink blob who is Spongebob’s friend. “But you’re right, Spongebob does look like a big cheese.”
Of course, certain persons out there have decided that Spongebob is a decadent influence, because he’s (gasp) gay. I think people who feel the need to assign a sexual preference to children’s cartoon characters are the real sickos. Although I must admit being a bit irritated by how difficult it is to find children’s underwear that doesn’t feature cartoon characters (what happened to plain, old tighty whiteys?).
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