Remember the Amy Poehler skit on Saturday Night Live where two of her children wore mop-inspired onesies? The idea started in as a joke in a book of Japanese chindogu (or useless inventions). SNL followed up with the Poehler skit, and then, well, then the jump happened. The Baby Mop became a real thing.
Created by Better Than Pants, the mop-covered romper is fashioned to get the most out of baby's crawl across the floor. Selling for $40, the "invention" received yet another nod on a recent episode of SNL's Weekend Update. Try to follow the confusing back story from comedy to reality and back again at The Huffington Post.
What do you think of this idea? We had to chuckle when Seth Meyers, speaking of the real deal pictured above, said, "It's great if you've ever wondered, 'how can I get all this dirt and bacteria off the floor and onto my baby?'".
(Images: Better Than Pants)
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I'm sorry, but isn't this a bit unsanitary?
I find this gross and too expensive to be a gag gift.
$40 for a cheap onesie with mops on it??? Are they out of their minds?
A good reason to have triplets and get the whole house clean.
It's funny in that silly, gag gift kind of way...but also really gross..."Yeah, I was gonna clean the floors my baby likes to play on, but instead I left them dirty and dusty. Two birds with one stone, right?"
Ick.
I'm a pretty indifferent housekeeper now, but when my son was crawling, I mopped the floor and vacuumed daily.
This is very funny - and makes me smile :)
Soon there will be a post showing little Swiffer's nursery. Soon, someone will name their kid Swiffer. Actually, it's better than some (poor) kid names I've seen here.
Some of your comments crack me up. :D
could be funny in a way.. but it's not good for the baby. s/he could end up eating whatever catches on the "mop".
Finally, a use for small humans that goes beyond their future salary-earning potential!
I can just see the baby crawling all over the floor, then sitting up and picking the gunk off the mops and eating it. Yuk. Good jokes are often a flop in translation to real life.
Many many years ago I saw Joan Rivers in Las Vegas and she joked about tying sponges to her infant daughter's knees, then throwing her stuffed toy across the kitchen.
This is disgusting. Trying to use a baby to clean the floor. Grab a f*** mop and clean it yourself!
lol! clearly its a gag gift.
but some of the comments are cracking me up.
I made one as a gift. It cost me $12 - $5 for the onesie and $7 for a chenille mop.
In the OLDen days, kids were called Moppets. Now I think I know why.
I wonder what Gerber thinks about this (ridiculously expensive) little gag gift with its name on it.
I think gerber is pissed they only charge $5 for it at walmart and these guys are making a killing!
Not going to lie . . . if someone gave this to me, I'd probably use it.
So, so gross. And so wrong. Gag gift or not, someone somewhere is spraying crap all over their floor and telling their kid to get cleaning. Eww!
Too many folks on AT have no sense of humor or recognition of the absurd. Sad.
Confession: I clicked on this just b/c I knew the comments would make for a good read.
Bah ha ha hilarious.
Me too :P
oooh i love how dirty your floors are folks. really if your baby could pull gunk off this mop onesie then they could still get that gunk with or with out the onesie. clean your dirty floors! ....with a baby mop ;D