Isn't that interesting.
I wrote a post back in June about how a certain "Dora" toy looked kind of phallic. [Read it here]
That post upset one of my readers, who chewed me out for twisting innocent things. That led to a lengthy follow up post. [Here]
Now I'm sure that I've lost Don as a reader of my site forever. So it goes. However, I just saw this today over at BoingBoing: Phallic toy alert: Dora Aquapet.
For those of you not inclined to follow links, here's what it looks like:
So my question is, what is up with the Dora toy designers? Sure, sure, I bet they did not mean to make that toy look like a cock any more than they did the other toy. But come on! Get someone on staff in either QA or RND with a dirty mind and a willingness to point out the absurd, would you?
That post upset one of my readers, who chewed me out for twisting innocent things. That led to a lengthy follow up post. [Here]
Now I'm sure that I've lost Don as a reader of my site forever. So it goes. However, I just saw this today over at BoingBoing: Phallic toy alert: Dora Aquapet.
For those of you not inclined to follow links, here's what it looks like:
So my question is, what is up with the Dora toy designers? Sure, sure, I bet they did not mean to make that toy look like a cock any more than they did the other toy. But come on! Get someone on staff in either QA or RND with a dirty mind and a willingness to point out the absurd, would you?
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And I'm not just seeing that because I have sex on the brain. :p
Oh, wait! That's pretty goddamned dick-shaped. Are those yellow things infections? Horrifying.
I will give the designers the benefit of the doubt, though. I once worked on a show where the very repressed and single designer kept designing very phallic items. (costume helmets, etc) The Id wants to get laid, and even if that person lives like a monk, the desires manifests somehow.
I bet somewhere in China is a VERY unhappy toy designer.
ROFL! I knew I needed to come back here and read the comments!