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When it comes to searching for ideal kids鈥� gifts to leave under the yuletide tree, parents (and grandparents) have cautionary tales: some Christmas presents, they warn, are downright infuriating for adults.

That鈥檚 what writer Jessica Delfino found while surveying 100 other parents about otherwise popular kids鈥� gifts they found 鈥渢oo loud,鈥� 鈥渢oo sticky鈥� or downright 鈥渄epressing.鈥� In a piece published in The New York Times, Delfino provides that might tempt their way into your home.

The Dori Monson Show took umbrage with No. 3 on the list: an ant farm. Not only did Dori dream of getting this gift when he was a kid, he bought it as an adult (more than once) 鈥� supposedly for his own daughters.

鈥淚 love those ants. All they do is work. They build tunnels. One grain of sand at a time,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 thinking about sending a bunch of ants to Sound Transit.鈥�

But one of Delfino鈥檚 toy-testers reviewed it this way: 鈥淚 thought it鈥檇 be fun to watch their little society build,鈥� she said. 鈥淚nstead, it became a daily reminder of the Sisyphean futility of life as they slowly buried their dead until there was one ant left wandering a horrorscape alone, wishing for the sweet embrace of death to take her, too.鈥�

Ouch.

Delfino鈥檚 Top 10 list of Most Annoying Kids鈥� Toys looks like this:

1. Talking baby walker
2. Slime
3. Ant farm
4. Play-Doh
5. Glitter shaker
6. Talking puzzle
7. Rock tumbler
8. Kinetic sand
9. Harmonica
10. Furby

Dori鈥檚 listeners had their own thoughts on the subject. Many agreed that Furby belonged on the list. In the late 1990s, this electronic robotic toy with an owl-like appearance grabbed kids wish-lists by storm. More than 40 million Furbies were sold over nearly three years.

Listeners鈥� texts pouring into Dori鈥檚 Friday show also included these gift peeves:

• 鈥淐lacking/popping lawn mower鈥� and 鈥淭hat push/pull toy with popping balls (Steve in Duvall and Sandy in Olympia)
• 鈥淭ickle Me Elmo鈥� (from the 425, 206, and more)
• 鈥淧erfection and Operation (board games) drove me crazy!鈥� (from the 425)
• 鈥淏op It鈥� (from the 253)
• 鈥淎irsoft guns. It鈥檚 been 15 years since my kids played with them and I鈥檓 still finding little plastic beads all over the place, inside and outside!鈥� (from the 253)
• 鈥淣erf guns are fun when you have one, but (not) if it鈥檚 just kids having them and you鈥檙e getting hit in the face鈥︹�� (from Chris in the 808).

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