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Over a year ago, Elizabeth and I were walking around the ass-end of the Stanford mall when we spotted two small children running in circles around a copy machine inside one of the shops. At the time, I mentioned how hilarious it would be to see a Kinkos staffed entirely by children.

Some time later we were in Piazza’s cruising for groceries when we saw another teeny person pushing a teeny shopping cart. The girl was using the cart for balance and couldn’t bother looking where she was going as she was too busy staring at us. I think it was this cart episode that really crystalized our idea of ‘Baby World.’

We would go about our days and nights, finding examples of life that could be made hilarious simply by replacing adults with small children; baby gas station, baby delicatessen, and of course baby cafe. The key was to have the right age of child, where they still had their ridiculous lack of motor skills, their swollen diaper butts, and their rudimentary grasp of speech.

So imagine my surprise when this morning, while locked in a battle for the ages with some horrendous infection from parts unknown, I find this video. Obviously ‘Baby Landlord’ is a scenario we would’ve come to with time, and I’m glad Will Ferrell got out there to takewhat I’m sure will be a wave of humourless criticism, but I’d just like the record to show that Elizabeth and I were way ahead on this one.

Update: YouTube took the video down, so go enjoy it at the original Funny or Die site.

“Why not swing by and say hello?” I’ll tell you why, because it’s the fucking international airport you fucking idiotic web service! Sure sure Veronica, I think you’re great. So great in fact, that I’ll buy a ticket, suffer through the security screening (”Now just hand over anything made from cotton, sir…”), all so I can see what’s up with you. Christ.

There’s no better way to start a week than with such a genius site as Your Scene Sucks. I can tell you that riding around Seattle can be like a scene kid safari when the wind is right, and now someone has taken the time to chronicle all of the subtle details that differentiate the subspecies.

Seeing as it’s only Monday and this is probably the most entertaining thing you’ll read all day, you might want to stop at the restroom before you dive in.

Alright fine, but I warned you…Dover.