Porn surfing tip #24: If your keyword search includes the name BARBIE, you might actually get content that pertains to the doll, and not a bubbly, enhanced stripper. Found out first hand at approximately 12:34am last night. And actually I was glad I did. The 2005 Associate Press article was quite the read. It was all about the meaning behind kids torturing their Barbie dolls.
Apparently UK researchers from the University of Bath surveyed 100 kids about toys in general. What they found was that the children had strong negative reactions (hatred, violence, etc.) to Barbie. The top tortures the kids admitted to were shaving her head, decapitation, burning, and my personal favorite – microwaving.
Now if you (mommy blogger) caught your little one nuking Ms. Blond Ambition you might think you’d need to reserve a space on a doc’s couch stat. However, Bath researchers disagree. They simply see it as a sign of an older child using their imagination to discard an “excessive commodity” they have no use for. Not unlike when fat, lazy Americans crush empty beer cans. The Brits’ words, not mine.
I hope they don't graduate to other life forms...like the family pet!
ReplyDeleteI never did that to my Barbies. I just liked using markers to color their hair or apply makeup.
ReplyDeleteIf my kids had destroyed toys, for any reason, I would have removed the remaining toys and not replaced them. Guess that's why my house is crammed full of all the childhood toys!
ReplyDeleteMy brothers used to pull Barbies head off. You can never get those things back on! Legs sure but heads...once they are off they are off!
ReplyDeleteMicrowaving Barbie, huh? Wow. I never did that. Wait. I don't think we had microwaves back then. Yup. That would explain it.
ReplyDeletemy brother used to hold my barbies under the treadmill so that their noses and boobs got shaved down. Bastard.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping for a video.... lol
ReplyDeletewow who would have though miss perfect barbie would be tourchered lol
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