Elmo supporter claims attacker cut 'B' into face



Nov 3, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An avid Elmo enthusiast told police she was robbed at the playground and knocked down by a large purple dinosaur who then carved a "B" in her face after noticing an Elmo sippy cup in her stroller.

Police said the baby, 15-month-old "Beelzebebe" of Twitter renown, refused medical attention. An officer saw the injury, but the police report did not describe its size or severity, a police spokeswoman said.

Beelzebebe reported the attack late Wednesday. She was to be reinterviewed by investigators late Thursday.

"We're looking at all angles at this point," said a spokeswoman for the LAPD.

Beelzebebe told police she was withdrawing a Zwieback cracker from a Tupperware just before 9 a.m. Wednesday when a dinosaur approached her from behind, put a knife to her neck and demanded her cracker, police said. She said she gave him 3 crackers and a fruit rollup.

The dinosaur then noticed the Elmo sippy cup, punched her in the back of the head, knocked her down and used the knife to carve a "B" on the right side of her face, she told police.

It was unclear what the "B" was meant to symbolize, the LAPD spokeswoman said.

Beelzebebe was apparently unfamiliar with her surroundings and was unable to tell police which way the dinosaur ran.

A Sesame Street spokesman confirmed that Beelzebebe is indeed a "big fan" but declined to comment further.

Walking Hijacks

Grownups love to walk. I prefer being carried personally, but I humor them occasionally. I always like to throw them off with a little stealth move or two. Here are a few of my faves:

First I like to start off with an aura of compliance. It may seem totally fake to you but grownups will eat it up, trust me! "La la la, walking along, la la la."





You can try a fake out. "Oooh look over there mom!"





Then you can make a break for it. I'm only giving you tried and true techniques right here, these are guar-on-teed!





As soon as they get comfortable with the stride, boom! Lay down the redirect. She goes left, she goes right! Anywhere except where they are trying to walk me.





Okay that threw him off kilter a bit, but wait! I now give you the ace in the hole of walking hacks, the sit-down. You have them in the palm of your hands with this one! What's he gonna do, drag a baby down the street? Holla!



So give these techniques a go and let me know how you do. Bonus points if you frustrate them into doing a walking-person tradeoff.