Rocking With Surfer Bob

As earlier evidenced, I have a predilection for kitsch - the tackier the better. So when I spotted old Surfer Bob here on hols, I was fumbling for the coins faster than a sucker for the slot machines in Vegas. Maybe deep down I figured that if he was "surfing the dashboard with realistic rocking motion" he'd act as a kind of wave gathering totem. It was not to be. Perhaps I hadn't chanted Bob's theme song (helpfully printed on the packaging) with quite the dignity the wave Gods demanded.

"If there's a wave he can ride it, If there's a beach he can find it Surfer Bob, Surfer Bob.
He can hang ten and then he'll do it again, Surfer Bob, Surfer Bob. He's a cool dude with a good attitude, Surfer Bob, Surfer Bob. Bob's on the job! (repeat)"

Surfer Bob is made in China. Perhaps I shouldn't have licked the paint.