Minnie Mouse Is An Idiot

My niece has a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse book that she makes me read to her a lot because she's two and repitition is awesome. I hate this book. I shall paraphrase it for you and then explain why I hate it:

"Once upon a time it was a sunny day and Minnie Mouse wanted to have a picnic. So she made a list of all the things she'd need and sent her friends invitations, asking them each to bring a specific thing to her picnic at noon.
Goofy got his invitation at 11:30 and only had half an hour to boil corn on the cob for everybody.
Daisy got her invitation at 11:45 and only had fifteen minutes to make fruit salad for everybody.
Donald got his invitation at 11:50 and only had ten minutes to make lemonade for everybody.
Mickey got his invitation at 12:00 and had to hurry to the store to get hot dogs, buns and condiments for everybody.
Minnie was sad because she thought nobody was going to show up for her party. But it turned out they were all just running late and then they all had a nice picnic. The end."

First of all, if you want to have a picnic on the day you're planning the picnic, use a telephone to invite people. Don't send invitations in the mail because they won't get there in time. Clearly the postal system in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Land runs on magic because in the real world those invitations wouldn't have arrived the day they were sent out.
Worse than that, though, Minnie doesn't do a damn thing! She decides "I want to have a picnic" and then she makes her friends do all the work. At the end of the book, when she thinks no one is coming, she's sitting sad and alone at a table that's empty apart from a vase of flowers. You know what is not at all necessary for a picnic? Decorations. But that's the only thing Minnie contributed, even though the picnic was her idea.
I have no problem with pot luck but pot luck is free form ("We're having a picnic this weekend; everybody please bring a dish.") and the host brings food, too. This is not a scenario that the book demonstrates.
Minnie is a selfish brat. Another way to paraphrase the book is:

"Once upon a time, Minnie Mouse demanded all her friends bring her food. The end."

Fuck that. She'd deserve it if no one showed up to her picnic.

Be seeing you.
-Sally