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And on the Subject of Toys
I suppose it's gratifying to hear that the Peekaboo pole dancing kit (complete with fake money and little pink garter) has been removed from the "toys and games" section of its company's website. (I realize the company claims that this is a toy for adults, but really... the packaging suggests otherwise.)
If you really DO want to get it, you can find this thing still on the Tesco website (it is a UK company) in the "fitness" section.
The really astonishing thing about this is not so much that people might have a problem with encouraging their grammar school aged kids to take up pole dancing (and garter wearing, for that matter), but that anyone thought this would be a good idea for a toy in the first place. Is there any way this could be imagined as amusing? I'm actually asking.
And I'm also wondering what sort of protective language one can find in the pole dancing pole's assembly instructions about how liable Tesco would be if the pole decided to retract at a crucial moment causing some little acrobat to land on her (or his, let's be fair) head. (Heaven forbid.)
(Many thanks to S. for sending this story my way.)
posted by Elise at 8:55 AM
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