Things you should not do to your Pleo

We're really enjoying the Pleo manual's list of things you shouldn't do with your Pleo. Officially you should make sure you don't:

• Abuse Pleo
• Get Pleo wet
• Throw, drop, or violently shake Pleo
• Sit on Pleo
• Place Pleo near heat or flames
• Place Pleo in sand, soil, or mud
• Leave Pleo with other pets or animals capable of biting or damaging him
• Risk overheating Pleo by covering him with a blanket during play
• Allow small children to play with Pleo unsupervised

So naturally we had to whip up our own supplemental list. We think you should never, EVER:

• Let Pleo know where you keep the cash
• Taunt happy fun Pleo
• Let Pleo have more than two drinks
• Divulge to Pleo Bush's famous secret family recipe for baked beans
• Pretend that Pleo will love you back
• Feed Pleo after midnight; get it wet
  
• Attempt to housetrain Pleo by rubbing its nose in own e-xcrement
• Call the cops, man, Pleo just needs a place to crash for the night
• Punch Pleo, especially in the gut -- Pleo knows where you live
• Let Pleo continuously check in and out of rehab
• Remove skin, for this is the stuff of nightmares
• Have Pleo spayed or neutered; Despite Bob Barker's incessant recommendations this will not stop the impending robot revolution

Leave your own below. Fear Pleo.

[chainofcommand02 @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:23PM]

Don't let Pleo drunk-dial his ex-dino-girlfriend.

[Brent Summers @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:25PM]

Dont Let Pleo watch "The Land Before Time"

[Adoniteking @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:41PM]

Keep pleo away from robotic mosquitoes...we dont need another extinction..

[R @ Dec 3rd 2007 10:27PM]

I thought an asteroid killed the dinosaurs, not mosquitoes . . .

[Dave @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:30PM]

So basically, they could have just said:

"Don't have any fun with Pleo, at all."

[graham_best @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:31PM]

It's 'feed Pleo AFTER midnight', not before:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins

Or are you trying to get Pleo to turn into a Gremlin?

[Anthony @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:48PM]

For some reason I saw this movie the other day. Man, it scared me when I was a kid. When I saw it last month it looked so fake & crappy I couldn't believe it.

Add to the list: Don't tell Pleo you just want to be friends. It's really uncomfortable & awkward the final two times you see you see Pleo. & then later when you see Pleo in a bar with a new love, you feel really confused. Like you still have feelings for Pleo even though you're the one who broke up.

[Garst @ Dec 3rd 2007 10:18PM]

No, it should be "feed you Pleo after midnight; get it wet"

That is in the thing to "Never, ever" do. So saying "don't feed you after midnight" would be a double negative, and we all know what that means from when we were kids.

[tyler @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:32PM]

"Pleave Pleo with other pets..."
I didn't know there was a such thing as a pleave ... must be some new-fangled branded thing- kind of like the iSomething and whathaveyou...

I must just be getting old.

[mushrooshi @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:32PM]

Never let Pleo play Neopets. It will learn the horrors of how digital pets are treated.

[murray @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:35PM]

Don't tase Pleo, bro.

[LordFarkward @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:25PM]

or at lesat make sure its fall is assisted

[ByronGman @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:37PM]

Do not take Pleo to a natural history museum.

[Slashy the Clown @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:38PM]

Do Not Let Pleo Fondle Your Naughty Bits.

[Ig @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:39PM]

Sounds a lot like Happy Fun Ball.

[fitinferno @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:39PM]

land before time, fine.

jurassic park, no no no!

[Christian Martin @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:44PM]

Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children should avoid
prolonged exposure to [Pleo].

Caution: [Pleo] may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.

[Pleo] contains a liquid core, which if exposed due to rupture
should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.

Do not use [Pleo] on concrete.

Discontinue use of [Pleo] if any of the following occurs:
* Itching
* Vertigo
* Dizziness
* Tingling in extremities
* Loss of balance or coordination
* Slurred speech
* Temporary blindness
* Profuse Sweating
* Heart palpitations

If [Pleo] begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter
and cover head.

[Pleo] may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, [Pleo] should be returned to its special container
and kept under refrigeration.

Failure to do so relieves the makers of [Pleo], Wacky Products
Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of
any and all liability.

Ingredients of [Pleo] include an unknown glowing substance which
fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

[Pleo] has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is
also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt [Pleo].

[Pleo] comes with a lifetime guarantee.

[Christian Martin @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:45PM]

Much love and respect to the late Phil Hartman, by the way.

[p-diddy @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:53PM]

Thank you for reposting the whole thing. Love that commercial.

[tyeo098 @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:52PM]

Amen brother

[Nunavummiut @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:00PM]

This rocks...I'm glad I'm not the only one who picked up on the super happy fun ball joke.

[Christian Martin @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:02PM]

I swear "Do not expose [Pleo] to smooth jazz" was in there, but I guess I made that one up at some point. Dunno.

[IndiaTech @ Dec 4th 2007 2:34AM]

You forgot about the thing about using Pleo and "Erections lasting more than 5 hours..."

[Patrick @ Dec 4th 2007 3:57PM]

Have Pleo read "Side Effects", by Steve Martin.

http://www.compleatsteve.com/essays/side_effects.htm

[Jonathan Keim @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:45PM]

Do NOT let Pleo watch Jurassic Park 1, 2, or 3

[OZHAMMER @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:04PM]

DO not let Pleo root for the Yankees

Do not go swimming less than one hour after playing with Pleo

DO not let Pleo watch or read Dinotopia

[chainofcommand02 @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:07PM]

Do not let Pleo loose on Isla Sorna. Or Las Cinco Muertes.

[jimmyfinch @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:08PM]

Pleo doesn't want to be fed, he wants to hunt. Can't just... suppress 65 million years of gut instinct.

[Jon Doe @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:15PM]

Dude, he's a herbivore. Funny though. :-)

[Wayne @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:08PM]

Do NOT let Pleo join your band in Rock Band.

Do NOT let Pleo borrow your iPod.

Do NOT stare directly at the Pleo.

[Jon Doe @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:09PM]

I really want one of these but it does need to drop under $200 before I drop that kinda bank on a toy.

[DaCheez @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:12PM]

Do NOT attempt to fossilize Pleo. This is expressly forbidden, since you're not supposed to place Pleo in sand, soil, or mud.

[3rdsun @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:12PM]

Do not let Pleo know that he is the last of his kind. He might try to mate with the first thing he comes into contact with, including your hand.

[chainofcommand02 @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:15PM]

Including, but not limited to, your hand....

[tnkgrl @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:16PM]

Dammit I want one...

[Ladderless @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:16PM]

Do not let Pleo vote democrat

[chainofcommand02 @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:22PM]

For some reason I see him voting Libertarian...

[ari pod @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:31PM]

no, pleo would probably vote for mike gravel. or maybe ralph nader and the green party.

do not let pleo liston to "elected" by alice cooper, or expose pleo to heavy metal or anything involving fast head movement.

[Nimajus Bagdonavicius @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:22PM]

Do not show Pleo to creationists.


(Or they might take it as a proof that humans and Dinosaurs continue living together)

[Eddy Alvarez @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:26PM]

lol very funny, almost forgave you for the Zune "review," Mr. Ryan Block.

ok, i got one:

Do not let Pleo play with asteroids or other causes of mass extinction.

[zapot8 @ Dec 4th 2007 10:58AM]

Dude cut him some slack, he was just giving his opinon on it, this is a blog after all. (And, in case you were wondering i'm not an apple fanboy, i'm very much in favor of microsoft.)

[Eddy Alvarez @ Dec 4th 2007 11:03AM]

i was cutting him some slack, thats why i made a joke about it...or is your funny bone incapacitated? ULNAR NERVE PALSY!!! lololol sorry...medical student studying for final exams.

[Bullitt @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:27PM]

1. Don't sexually harass pleo
2. don't teach him to kill all the mac fanbois
3. don't teach him to kill all the microsoft fanbois
4. NEVER EVER LEAVE HIM ALONE WITH A TWO YEAR OLD, EXPLOSIVES, AND BLASTING CAPS AS WELL AS GUNS

Thank You

[Haxxy @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:29PM]

Consult Owner's Manual if Pleo dies; do not flush.

[rodan32 @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:31PM]

Do not feed Pleo after midnight?

[CrazyasIndian @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:33PM]

Please do not think of him/her as a PILF

[Jonathan-DBOSS @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:35PM]

-Don't make Pleo do the Robot.
-Don't make Pleo play dead. (facial security do to potential explosion)
-So, I hear you liek Pleos? (Make it a meme)

[Grey Acumen @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:45PM]

Never let Pleo spell check an article that you are posting on Engadget, or he might "pleave" a few errors uncorrected.

:P

[Reader @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:51PM]

- Do NOT blend Pleo.
- Juck Norris must not encounter Pleo for he must finish what he started and make dinosaurs extinct.
- Do not inform Pleo that it was designed by the same person as Furbies, it will self-destruct if this happens.

[ratnikh @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:58PM]

"Punch Pleo, especially in the gut"
Seriously, that's how Houdini died...

Anyway:

Never, EVER: Let Pleo make shock media like "2Pleos1cup" or "Pleose.cx" or "TubPleo"
*shudder*