Jinkies! Another Blog!

The Punkin has developed a serious love affair with Scooby Doo and that's OK with us. Her daddy and I grew up watching those meddling kids and we're encouraging her infatuation. A group of kids working together and thinking critically to figure out problems? Scooby Doo's producers didn't intend it to be educational television, but you can do much worse with children's television these days.

Scooby Doo doesn't teach the skills of critical thinking, but it does set an example kids can begin with, namely, if something doesn't make sense, investigate it. So, in the spirit of Scooby Doo, I've looked at the clues and come up with my own conclusions which I'd like to share (all in good fun).
1) The Mystery, Inc. gang are all trust fund babies. Think about it... They travel the world solving mysteries, but never seem to work or get paid. The money is coming from somewhere.

2) Probably from the bank accounts of their big-shot lawyer parents. Ever notice how many of the "clues" found by Scooby and company involve breaking and entering? They must be awful confident that someone is going to bail them out of jail.

3) Laws do not apply to the Scooby Doo Gang, not even the laws of physics. Not only are they never arrested for B&E, but the physics police never comes after them, not matter how blatantly they break the law. One of my favorite examples is a scene in which an ironing board is laid across the top of a washing machine and a fan is placed at the back of it. The ironing board gives the washing machine enough lift to zip around like a low flying airplane with Shaggy riding on top. Orville and Wilbur probably wish they'd had it so easy.

OK, that's three...that's a good number to stop on. I'm sure as we watch more and more Scooby Doo, I'll come up with more pithy observations. Until then, I think I'll go have a Scooby Snack.