Elmo Doll Wants To Kill Child, We Still Want To Kill Elmo

This 2-year-old boy loves his Elmo, but the feeling isn’t mutual. After replacing the batteries of his PC-syncing Elmo Knows Your Name toy, it awoke with a new vocabulary: the phrase, “Kill James?” So what was the child’s reaction? He repeats it, getting an enviable early start on his life of self-loathing awaiting ahead.

As the news report states, the mother is conflicted as how best to deal with the situation. “Melissa has dilemma, this Elmo is her son’s favourite toy…[but it wants to kill him].” [TBO via gearlog]