My 7 year old daughter’s room was becoming overrun with toys, papers and other things she has been hoarding. With the influx of new toys this past Christmas I told her we needed to go through her room and downsize. I went around her room and held up one item at a time and asked if we could keep it or get rid of it.
My 5 year old son Bency witnessed us doing this and although he is somewhat of a neat freak and keeps his room extremely tidy he thought this looked like fun and wanted me to join him in his room and do the same thing.
We both went and looked around his room and knew there was nothing there he would be willing to part with but then he thought for a minute and quickly ran and got a decoration off of his dresser.
He said “I definitely want to get rid of this! He stares at me all the time and it’s really creeping me out.”
Big Boy
I was shocked! I was floored! I just couldn’t believe it! My sweet Big Boy that I rescued from a garage sale 20 years ago for 25 cents. The symbol of a beloved restaurant franchise that went out of business in our town when I was in elementary school.
How could this cute little plastic boy be creepy?
Wait…why is he smiling? He does look like he’s up to something. Is he plotting a scheme? Why is he looking at me? Quit looking at me Big Boy!
Okay, Bency’s right. He is kind of creepy!
He is a wee bit freaky!
You’re very brave downsizing with the kids input. Its done when they are not here, here!
Well I have tried that in the past and my daughter has started searching frantically for her word search book that looked to me like it was all filled in but apparently she was using it for something else even though it was all done. (me shaking my head). Now it’s just easier to work with her and see if we can downsize on a few things gradually with a lot of coaxing from me!!
I always thought he was creepy. It is as if he is thinking, “Yes, I spit in you food. What are you going to do about it?”
Did Bency mention that Big Boy talks to him?
haha!!! I’m afraid to even open up that can of worms and ask him!!
Haha! 🙂 But don’t get rid of him! Check him out on Ebay first!
I checked it out and it appears the going rate is about $13.00! Not even close to covering the therapy Bency’s probably going to need since I made him have Big Boy in his room all these years!
Poor Bency. Incidentally, or ironically???? I was AT a Big Boy today and guess what was lining the shelf behind the counter???
That EXACT Big Boy but in newer colors! I kind of got weirded out by his stare…… So many of them….. Just staring…..
I wasn’t even sure if there was any Big Boys still around! And that is very ironic you ate at one today! I miss having it here!
There was ALSO an article on MSN saying it was one of the ten chains going down in sales and likely out. They listed all the closings for the chains in the story. Lots of closings. But this one was newly remodeled. Odd how I never would have noticed any of this if not for your blog. 🙂
Don’t get rid of him, he might be worth something! Big Boy, not Bency (though I’d take him for ya for awhile!) Big Boy might bring you in a little dough…
I checked it out…Big Boy would only bring me about $13.00…it’s not enough to cover Bency’s flight to Iowa!
Rats!
Bency’s definitely right: much like that Elf on the Shelf, Big Boy has got to go!! 🙂
I always thought that Elf on the Shelf guy was creepy looking!
Definitely creepy! He kind of reminds me of Chucky… A wanna-be Chucky. Both my girls are hoarders. Unfortunately, they learn this from their mother…I can’t get rid of anything! I’m very sentimental and nostalgic and I think I have turned Charlotte, my 12 year-old, into a mini-me! Emma, who is 9, really doesn’t care either way.
I know my daughter is just like me as well! I am very sentimental as well and hate throwing anything away because it might have a purpose for later but I kind of want to be the only hoarder in the house!!! It’s just getting too full!!!
My first job was waitressing at the Big Boy in West De Pere. Don’t get rid of Big Boy, give him to me to memorialize my “big break” into the hospitality industry!! LOL! My career path was carved by the footsteps of good ol’ Big Boy…
I forgot about that! The biggest thing I remember about Big Boy was when Dad would bring home buckets of fish and chips after work on Fridays! It was always such a big treat!! I think I only actually ate at Big Boy a handful of times!
I have tried downsizing the boys’ things with their help but they never want to get rid of anything! I don’t like doing it when they are not around, it is their toys afterall, but I do toss the broken and forgotten.
And yeah, Big Boy is rather creepy…
Iris is extremely sentimental plus she is always doing projects! I have thrown out a few things that have sent her into a tizzy because she had plans for it! Recently I found a pile of candy wrappers in her room and threw them out! Apparently she was trying to save up a bunch of them to do an art project! I hate getting in the way of creativity!
Hahahaha – this make me crack up. The boys have a pile of those random and annoying advertisement cards that come in magazines trying to get you to buy more subscriptions. I have no idea what they are planning to do with them but they guard them like they are candy (or something really worth guarding.)
After his appearances in the Austin Powers trilogy, I’m with Bency on this one! Although I find most figurines creepy. I think Child’s Play ruined them for a lot of people! 🙂
Oh, yeah, I forgot about his appearances in Austin Powers! I haven’t seen those in years!
A little creepy. (Our dd made us get rid of our Edward Gorey’s The Gashlycrumb Tinies poster when she became sentient… but that was REALLY creepy for a kid.)
I had to google that poster! Admittedly, I also had to google “sentient”. Holy cow, that poster is really creepy! Bency should be appreciative I only had Big Boy in his room!
My only defence is we bought it before we had children…
I like him! Although I think he would be a nice addition to a kitchen.
He actually would match my kitchen!!
Oh, our house–and especially L’s room–is in need of an overhaul. I’m curious to see what stays and what goes. And maybe, what’s creepy!
It’s amazing how much we accumulate in a year, a month and even a week!
I love it! xx
I figured you would appreciate it!
Too funny. I have to agree with Bency here – plastic staring guys are creepy. I commiserate in your downsizing efforts – we are neck deep at my house. I think my kids are afraid I’ll be getting rid of them next….
Hilarious!!!
Dare I say… blog giveaway? 🙂 Hee hee!
I think I would only have 2 people sign up!!!
I’m afraid that keep most every thing of sentimental value! Just move it off his dresser.
It’s funny because I’ve had it sitting on my computer desk not sure where to put it and Bency came home from school this afternoon and said he wanted Big Boy back now…in his room!
It’s hard to part with something that has been a part of you!
Yay for Bency!
I think big boy is cute and creepy at the same time 🙂 Bency is right! 🙂
I like all kinds of old vintage things….yes, even the creepy looking things!
Don’t get rid of him, could means more to someone else, or Halloween Costume could be made like Big Boy. Auction, maybe? Mtetar
Well, the dilemma has been solved…I had it sitting on my computer desk waiting to figure out a place to put it and Bency came home from school today and said he wanted it back for his room! Apparently he missed it!!!
Good, Bency for thinking it over. Thanks for replying, Melissa.
Oh no! I have mixed feeling on Big Boy. I loved going to the restaurant for burgers and fries. Maybe you should hold off like Chatter Master said, that little guy could be worth big bucks some day!
We’re keeping Big Boy around! I never could have got rid of him…creepy or not, I love that kind of stuff!
Big Boy! For better or for worse, they are still around in some remote locales. I just like the milkshakes and the hot fudge cake sundae thing. Also, I may still own one of these babies–always kept it out of staring range.
Dang! I missed out on the desserts! I only remember the fish and chips!
You are a brave lady to eat fish at Big Boy. But those were simpler times. . .
He’s definitely right….it has eyes that follow you!
They do!! It’s so weird!!
I have to agree. He does seem kind of creepy to me. I don’t know if I could have him in my room!
I had him sitting on my computer desk for a few days….I felt like he was judging me!!!
I can imagine! Isn’t it funny how some things don’t seem at all creepy or strange until something gives you a reason to look at it with a new perspective? I didn’t realize how creepy my stuffed blue puppy I had since I was little looked until my mom gave it back to me when she moved a few years back (it had been living in storage before that). When I was a kid that was the most loving, affectionate expression. Now he just looks like a toy from some Tim Burton kids’ movie!
“Where’s Chucky”? 🙂
haha!!!! Exactly!
My dudes want to save everything! I have tried the “let’s give some toys away to children who need them” and I am met with, “Not now, Mom.” I think you need to eBay the Big Boy – he may be worth a lot more than a quarter now! 🙂
Oh, it’s so hard for these little ones to part with their worldly possessions! I’m hoping when they are finally teenagers the My Little Ponies and Dinosaurs won’t seem so appealing!!
That is hilarious. I can see where he might think it’s a bit creepy. I wouldn’t want Big Boy staring at me if I woke up in the middle of the night. I’ve been to a few Big Boys over the years. A fun diner. Maybe you could put him in a closet and scare a visitor who might hang up a jacket – there’s Big Boy welcoming him! I say this in jest, of course. Why would we want to scare our visitors? Depends who they are.
That is a great idea…Big Boy in the closet!!! I love it!! Now, that is right up my alley!!!! haha!!!! Thanks for this glorious idea!!
Sorry, but I’ve gotta agree with Bency. Big Boy IS very creepy.
Oh, I knew you would be freaked out by this one!!
I agree he’s creepy! I mean, he doesn’t make me want to go in and dine, put it that way…
So I guess it’s in YOUR room now, hey? 🙂
haha!!! Crazily enough it sat on my computer desk for about a week and then my son came to me and requested it back. He said he was missing it!! So now it’s back in his room! I guess having creepy eyes looking at you is more comforting than he thought!!