New Rule: Bat Out Of Mattel

New Rule: The media must stop trying to excite me over Barbie turning 50 ...

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[AbstractImp]

06:06 PM on 03/24/2009

Hey, Bill - off topic - but, in your Speaker Series 2009, is it possible to get audio of only one side ?

My stomach cannot take listening to Mister Ann Coulter . . .

[superfrog]

03:39 PM on 03/21/2009

I'm still waiting for the new purity Barbie with pledge ring.

[MissElaineous]

03:40 AM on 03/19/2009

Sorry, a man over 50 doesn't get to use the word "cougar". Not yours, Bill.

[Think82]

04:39 PM on 03/18/2009

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[deepfreezevideo]

08:45 AM on 03/18/2009

Wasn't there an old Barbie joke about how a little girl wanted a Barbie Doll and a GI Joe doll?
The mom says, "oh I think you meant a Ken Doll, dear...Barbie comes with Ken".
No Mommy, the little girl replies, "Barbie doesn't come with Ken, which is why she wants the GI Joe Doll."

[digital]

07:54 AM on 03/18/2009

Bill FYI:

If Barbie were scaled into real life proportions, she would be 5 feet, 9 inches, (1.75 m) measuring 36-18-33. According to research by the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the requisite 17 to 22 percent of body fat required to menstruate.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006032310828

LOL

[deepfreezevideo]

08:46 AM on 03/18/2009

A girl with Barbie's hectic schedule has to worry about things like plastic menstruation too?
No way!

[PepeLepew]

08:57 PM on 03/17/2009

Phew!
All my daughter wants is a Coraline doll!

[zola77]

07:52 PM on 03/17/2009

I want the old Dora back!

[kellygrrrl]

04:04 PM on 03/17/2009

Mattel is spending today defending their new Tween Dora
attempting to calm the criticism that she is too "S e x y"

(this from the company who spent millions to fight MGA over Bratz dolls which they called a "Slu tty Barbie")

[BoVandy]

10:05 AM on 03/18/2009

the fact that anyone feels the need to complain about Dora's "sexyness" is a good illustration as to why we are a nation of morons

[JinChicago]

05:55 PM on 03/18/2009

the fact that little KIDS dolls have makeup and skimpy clothes isnt a better illustration? especially considering PARENTS make the purchase?

[drumz]

03:22 PM on 03/17/2009

good one!

[smillis19]

02:23 PM on 03/17/2009

That hit the nail right on the head and made me laugh so hard Coca Cola came out of my nose

[JimBozo]

04:42 PM on 03/17/2009

Head Bangin' Barbie's fairly slutty, too. My daughter wants one. She's 23, so I guess it's OK.

That and other interesting old and new Barbies at:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/185536

My favorite is the Carol Burnett as Scarlett O'Hara Barbie, in the dress made from drapes- including the curtain rod. Very odd-looking.

[Isis N]

10:31 PM on 03/21/2009

Yes, the Head Bangin' Barbie is fairly cool... She reminds me of a mix of Pauley Perrette (of NCIS) and the character Simi Parthenopaeus from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter© Series... I wish I could afford one!

[protagonia]

05:37 AM on 03/24/2009

Carol saw it in the window and just had to have it.