So, I had the TV on while I was eating lunch, mostly ignoring whatever news program was going on. ...until a story about striking hotel workers came on, and I caught a glimpse of a Giant Inflatable Rat in the background!! It was HUGE! Like 12 feet tall! My first thought (if you know me at all, you'll know what my first thought was!) was that it could literally swallow me whole! Well, it couldn't literally swallow me because it's an inflatable display that doesn't have an opening where its throat would be. But it's big enough to, if it was real! I think my jaw actually hung open as I watched this thing! Why can't we have real live gigantic rats (or other animals - lions and wolves would be preferable) that could eat us? Or just me. They don't need to eat you, assuming you wouldn't want to be eaten. But I want to be, so let it just eat me and you go your own way.

My new obsession in full gear, I Googled "inflatable rat" to see what the deal was on these desirable creatures. Here's a Wiki page about them (with photos so you can see how drastically I got triggered): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflatable_rat

Ah, World, you tease me so ...