Billygean.co.uk

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Does Picachu have a light sensor? Answers on a postcard...

I switched the light on as my Dad sat down on the sofa with our dinner.

"Pica!" said a voice in the corner.

My dad raised his eyebrows.

"That's Picachu, Mike's stuffed toy that talks," I said.

"To lights?"

"Well, there is some debate..." I said, dreading the nightly discussion that was coming.

"He does!" Ali said, jumping up and covering Picachu's eyes. Picachu remained silent. "He never does it when people are looking."

"We have video evidence though," Nic said, thrusting her camera phone into my Dad's face. "Pica pica pica," the video went. The video ends in a spectacular finalé with Pica saying "Picaaah pica pica chooo!"

"It's completely random when he makes noises," I said. "He makes a variety. And once, when I walked into the living room, he said 'pica hiya!'"

"I know!" Ali said. "Once I walked behind him and he said 'Pica! Pica! Pica!'"

"The most scary part is when he watches you though and says Pica just as you turn the light out to go to bed. I think there's a light sensor behind his right eye. There's a big bulge. Feel," I said, gesturing to Mike.

"He does not have a fucking light sensor," Mike said, grabbing Picachu. "Look. There are three wires that make three sounds."

He tapped Picachu's head.

"Pica!"

He prodded Pica's back.

"Pica choo!"

He whacked Picachu on his bum.

"Picaaah pica pica chooo!"

"See?" Mike said.

"No, he can totally see. And look," I said, touching Picachu's back as he said "pica!". "He doesn't always make the same sounds, those aren't sensors, he has feelings."

Nik and Ali loudly cheered, both snatching Picachu, covering his eyes and turning him upside down whilst he sqealed.

Mike stood up, picked Picachu up and turned the battery off, much to our collective moaning.

My Dad quietly ate his food in the corner, staring intently at his plate.

"That," I said to him, "is what I have to work with when someone at work asks me what I did last night. Every night."

by billygean.co.uk at 2:43 PM |