h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

What I'd like for Christmas: an electric cattle prod, a side-handled baton, and two hours in a cell with the little tw*t who almost killed me last week.

With his car, or bare hands?

"It's a bad idea. It promotes teenage pregnancy. What would an 8-year-old or 12-year-old get out of that doll baby?" asked Sabrina Fagan, 29, of Philadelphia, waiting to buy a huge toy car because 7-year-old Khalil had made the honor roll.

"There's enough teenagers getting pregnant as it is. I think they're glamorizing it, and it's horrible," said Jackie Ellis, 43, of Philadelphia. "I work in maternity and I see 10-, 11-, 12-year-olds coming in pregnant - and they're crying because they don't even know what's going on."

"Most girls want to be like Barbie" or her friends, said Kenya Williams, 29, buying a life-sized baby doll and another gift for daughters Alexis, 9, and Kiera, 7. "Maybe if they would have put them all together as a family, it might be a little different, but alone it sends out the wrong message.""

For God's sake folks... Its a DOLL!!!!!!!!!!

Life-sized dolls?

I think there would be a market for that, and
not just for children.

Ewwwwww...

No. They are barbie-sized (or smaller, in the case of the baby.....)

I am offended because the clothes can be taken off the dolls... It will tell kids that clothes can be removed. If God had wanted us to be naked, He'd have made us that way.

There is also the safety issue. Kids might try and take their bellies off when they see that Midge's belly can be removed.

For Heaven's sake..... What the heck do they think dolls ar for?!? I am sure parent's 50 years ago didn't think "Oh, we can't give little Jane a baby doll!!! The next thing you know, she will be off trying to have one.!"

Baby dolls are for exercising nurturing instincts that most kids, girls especially, have (at least until they start burying them in the sandbox and dropping them into the toilet....). Of course, these are the same parents who buy their kids Lawn Darts, Supersoakers, and Nintendo..... Better to have them practice killing people than to have them want to cuddle a baby.

They will get plenty of practice at killing
people when they get old enough to become
National Guardsmen.

Cuddling babies? The way the world is going,
there will be precious few babies to cuddle
by the time today's toddlers grow up.

Sorry, I get gloomy thoughts this time of year.

Dear, oh dear. You certainly do...

I meant to add... Pat, pat, pat....

(That always helps me)

Never underestimate the influence of the moral minority, never underestimate the capability of public opinion to go along with the wave of utter b*ll*cks.

McCarthyism... satanic lyrics in songs played backwards... Tinky Winky is the gay Teletubby... Saddam was responsible for 9/11

Ironic, isn't it.

If imagined play with a doll were so strong as to lead a child to think how wonderful it would be to have a baby, then why are they not worried about baby-dolls in general.

These idiots don't consider that a doll where the child plays the care-giver one-on-one with the doll would be much more likely to instill the desire to have a baby (not that I am saying it would) than the child would when playing "Mommy" sort of third party.

Why not take it one step further? The twisted logic at work here would lead one to conclude that children should not be around pregnant women or babies at all. No one under the age of 20 should touch a baby....

My niece used to play "having a baby" when she was around 4 years old. She'd put the baby doll under her shirt, lie down, pop the baby out from under her shirt, and show off her new baby. I'm shocked that she thought of this herself. What is this world coming to?

No one seems to be worried about the dolls that
little boys play with. G.I. Joe, for instance.

My Dad had *major* issues with it! He wouldn't let my older brother have GI Joes or wear sandals ... apparently both would have made him a "sissy." He gave up by the time my younger brother came around.

Back when "All in the Family" was popular, and "Meathead" and Gloria had Joey, they came out with a "Baby Joey" doll. Baby Joey was anatomically correct (well, sort of). Then, I think it was Mattel came out with a "boy" doll and a "girl" doll.

That year, I was 15 and had a gigantic crush on my brother's best friend Martin who had a English accent. That year, my sister got a "boy" doll for Christmas. Christmas morning, Martin came to our door and when I let him in, my sister ran up and screamed "Look Martin! My doll has a penis!! Wanna SEE???!?!?"

I nearly died.


http://www.bigredtoybox.com/cgi-bin/toynfo.pl?condolindex

We bought one of these for my daughter (as a joke). I don't think she found the joke as amusing as we did: http://www.feralcheryl.com.au/

I think this sort of issue says reams about these people's lack of skill, lack of effectiveness, and lack of imagination as a parent, in that they don't believe they can successfully teach their children about such matters.

Or maybe they just don't give their kids the trust that kids should be given in order grow up as decent human beings.

I wasn't, and look at me

Maybe they are just complete morons....

Anatomical correctness, meet political correctness.

Incomplete morons can be pretty bad, too.

"If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry." -- Dave Barry

If GOD had wanted us to be able to touch our toes, he would have put then on our knees

"If God had wanted us to be concise, He wouldn't have given us so many fonts." - Dave Barry

"If God had wanted us to be vegetarians, he would not have made all the animals out of meat." ~John Cleese

If God had wanted us to be the only life in the universe, He would have made it smaller.

If God had wanted us to be sissies He wouldn't have made winter.

if God had wanted us to be taken seriously he would have, you know, given us brains.

If God had wanted us to be metric, Jesus would have had ten disciples!

If God had wanted us to be beneath the surface of the ocean, He would never have put eels down there. Dave Barry

If God had wanted us to be European, he wouldn’t have created the Channel --- Margaret Thatcher

If God had wanted us to be thin, he wouldn't have invented the Big Mac.

If God had wanted us to be vegetarians, he would have made animals out of broccoli.

If God had wanted us to be uncircumcised, we'd all be born with foreskins. --J.D. Ahmanson

If God had wanted us to be tolerant, he would have given us the 10 Suggestions.

If God had wanted us to be getting up early, He'd have made morning much, much later.

If God had wanted us to be dull, she wouldn't have given us adjectives.

If God had intended us to be rich he would never have given us the stock market.

"If God had intended us to be athletes, he would have given us jockstraps." -Sir Ian McKellen

If God had meant us to be perfect, he never would have given us a delete key.

If God had meant us to be gardeners, he wouldn't have given us concrete.

If God had not intended us to get high, He wouldn't have invented pot.... what was I saying?