Culturegeeks

Oh, I really want to love her site, but I think Jan Whitt taught me that I can’t love romance novels even when I read them in an educational setting. I love trash, but even I have my limits.

Nonetheless, I love her style and sidetrack items. The “Help a Bitch Out” entries are great (I’ve read a lot of books I can’t remember… I’m primed to enjoy this service).

The poopin’ scoopin’ Barbie made me think of Baby Alive. Did any of you have one? It followed the same concept - it came with food that the doll would eat and then excrete. They made the stuff in flavors/scents that seemed edible, but which quickly became disturbing once they’d been through the normal process. I think they must have been assuming they’d get angry calls from the parents of kids who ate the stuff. Listen lady, it’s lime goo… what’s your freakin problem?

The best thing about this doll was its capacity for corruption. My mom once decided it needed a cigarette. The doll puffed like a pro, but the smoke came out of its rear end.

(yes, we reversed it just to see the doll blow smoke).

My niece got the poopin’ scoopin’ Barbie for Christmas. My stepmother hadn’t looked at it too closely, she saw Barbie with a cute dog and bought it. When we showed her the “accessories” and the instructions on the back of the box she was mortified.