Now this story is crazy. British superstore Tesco is selling Stripper poles in the children’s toy aisle.

The Tesco Direct site advertises the kit with the words, “Unleash the sex kitten inside…simply extend the Peekaboo pole inside the tube, slip on the sexy tunes and away you go!

My initial reaction is that this product doesn’t look much different from the packaging of certain Barbies, Bratz, or other toys marketed toward girls. Which actually says a lot more about the state of girls’ toys than it does about this particular product. But it’s supposedly an exercise product for adult women, and now Tesco has agreed to only sell it in the fitness section of its stores. Seems a more acceptable fit in that aisle.

That’s not to say I’m not disturbed by the mere idea of a stripper pole marketed at girls. I just wouldn’t go quite as far as the crazy fundies, who decry the pole’s phallic nature and say it will “destroy children’s innocence.”

 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo’s director said Friday. The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo’s security camera, happened early Wednesday after the boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australia, said zoo director Rex Neindorf. 

The child then went on a killing spree, bashing three lizards to death with a rock, including the zoo’s beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to “Terry,” an 11-foot, 440-pound saltwater crocodile, said Neindorf. The boy also fed several live animals to Terry by throwing them over the two fences surrounding the crocodile’s enclosure, at one point climbing over the outer fence to get closer to the giant reptile. 

HOLD UP! PAUSE.  See, now this is why it’s important for parents to whup their kids’ a$$’s. I’m sorry, but what are the odds that his momma sent him outback to get a branch from the tree when he acted up from time to time? Yea.. that’s what I thought. OK.. back to the regularly scheduled reading.

In the footage, the boy’s face remains largely blank, Neindorf said, adding: “It was like he was playing a game.” 

By the time he was done, 13 animals worth around $5,500 had been killed, including a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, Neindorf said. Although none were considered rare, some are difficult to replace, he said. 

“We’re horrified that anyone can do this and saddened by the age of the child,” Neindorf said. 

Alice Springs police said they are unable to press charges against the boy because of his age. Children under age 10 can’t be charged with criminal offenses in the Northern Territory. His name was not released because of his age. 

Man, all I can do is shake my head on this one.