Today... I stand against the Tickle Monster

http://www.parentdish.com/2008/09/07/tickle-monster-banned-from-park?icid=100214839x1208729170x1200511154

It came to my attention today that lawyer Charles R. Douglas, a self appointed 'Tickle Monster,' has been banned from a park in Illinois. Mr. Douglas had a habit of asking parents if he could tickle their children. It landed him in court.

Quoth the story-

"The fifty-eight-year-old says that he has played the "tickle monster" game with children for years and enjoys hearing them laugh. It's "a joking thing that I do," he said of the game, adding that he never touches a child without the parent's permission. Douglas is understandably upset about the matter and calls the charges "the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen."

You have to be shitting me, buddy. Random guy approaches you and asks to tickle your children? Aside from asking first, how is that NOT every parent's worst nightmare. Christ, that's MY worst nightmare.

Maybe his intentions are harmless. Maybe he gets his rocks off tickling little kid's balls. I don't know, and I don't care.