(Guyism)
As you get ready to go Christmas shopping for the little ones, be thankful you won’t find toys like this in the aisles any longer.
Guyism compiles 10 toys with presumably unintentional sexual or otherwise politically incorrect connotations, many of which seem to have been taken off the primary market.
As a sample, we’ll examine the pictured Dora the Explorer Aquapet, which was once listed on Amazon. No Dora toy has ever brought out more of the adventurer’s explorer side.
Also on the list are an Osama bin Laden-themed cell phone, a plush priest doll and an inflatable Wolverine with a blow-up valve exactly where Cyclops would want it.
10 toys that will permanently screw up your kid [Guyism via Yahoo]
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Sure would be nice if I didn’t get a ‘Connect to Facebook’ screen when I click the link.
I despise facebook & all its little “like/dislike” buttons on everything. I deleted m account a hide ago & make sure I blacklist all things facebook in my browser.
Enjoy living off the grid. I think all the people who think they can avoid facebook are funny… it’s part of our lives!
Somehow I have managed to avoid Facebook since it came out
and I am none the worse for it.
Is your motto: Individuality is fine as long as everyone does it together?
Your life maybe…..
Are you serious? You really can’t imagine functioning without a Facebook account?
The internet, and life itself, have been around a lot longer than Facebook has, and there are lots of people who manage to navigate both of the former without the latter.
It’s kind of sad that you don’t realize that.
If you use Adblock Plus, you can block the external facebook scripts that make that work.
I didn’t force my way past the facebook gatekeepers, but it may have been cribbed from an article on cracked.com in april: Possibly NSFW
http://www.cracked.com/article_18494_15-unintentionally-perverted-toys-children.html
It won’t let me see the links without authorizing a facebook application. Lame!
I use NoScript and AdBlock and had no problems reading it.
Blocked by work since it’s a facebook app. Full of total win – not!
It’s a battery powered rocket ship that will take Dora to places she has never been to before.
Yes, Yes, YES!!!!
The y in the first yes should be lower case.
Otherwise, carry on.
I suppose it’s “water”-proof, too?
Really? A facebook connection?
Quality work.
Uh…yeah…so what’s up with the Facebook crap?
Wtf, connect to facebook? Really?
Someone brave enough to ‘Connect’ want to post the list here?
If you click the Yahoo link you can see the page without having to log in to FB. Thanks for more of your upstanding work Phil!
I take that back. The Yahoo site is now messed up as well.
I didn’t have any issue with the Yahoo link. Fussbudgets.
No, the Yahoo site links you to the FB link site as well, so it’s not fixed.
The Yahoo link doesn’t give the article, just links to the article and the damned facebook gatekeeper.
You can go directly to the guyism.com website: http://guyism.com/humor/toys-that-will-permanently-screw-up-your-kid.html
Thanks for the link
Unfortunately, it appears to be blocked at work.
Can’t get in because of the Facebook thing, but if the list doesn’t contain the infamous Hello Kitty ‘personal massage device’ then they’ve missed one of the classics of that kind of toy/device.
http://newsmo.inof/buzz/ is what the status bar identifies the link as, but clicking it takes me to a facebook app page.
Even if FB wasn’t shit canned by the company firewall, why link to an article that requires scaling a registration/membership wall? I hate those things.
http://guyism.com/humor/toys-that-will-permanently-screw-up-your-kid.html
Why the hell would Phil submit a Facebook link of this story when a quick Google search can find the source?
I doubt it was done on purpose since the link is now fixed. Maybe he found it through Facebook originally and didn’t realize it would go through like that. We all make mistakes.
Thank you for the direct link.
This may be the correct article. It has the Dora penis thing.
http://guyism.com/humor/toys-that-will-permanently-screw-up-your-kid.html
There is NO WAY I’m going to give those kind of permissions to my personal information to see this article. FOR SHAME on the Consumerist, who supposedly has the best interest of it’s readers in mind.
t’s nt Cnsmrst, t’s Phl. Bt tht’s Cnsmrst’s flt fr nt gttng rd f hm whn h’s bvsl hck. vryn shld -ml Mg nd Bn bt Phl. CB.
Oh leave him be. Is it that hard to say no to the Facebook app?
Besides, I never even saw it, perhaps its my Firefox and Adblock
Yeah, somethings not right there since undoubtedly the website will suck in all the information from your Facebook account. Interesting, but I think I’ll pass.
Hmm, something else I clicked in a different article also went to facebook. Looks like you’ve been hacked or something.
Looks like on of those common Facebook scam pages. Way to go Phil! The URL shows eznewss which I can’t find anything about so I’m going with scammy page.
I’ll just wait and read about it in CookSource.
Bravo. Nice callback joke.
Well played….
did consumerist get hacked?
Everyone should e-mail the hell out of Meg and Ben about this. This site preaches getting companies to listen to you. If you don’t like Phil or his poor linking skills, let them know!
even the article is kind of lame. the author grabbed an assortment of funny items from years past posts on other sites. I mean, half of those he lifted right off engrish.com.
In other news Phil is also the first moron to break his TV with Kinect
http://kotaku.com/5682343/the-first-moron-to-break-his-tv-with-kinect
seeing as how many hits the wii stories got, I have a feeling that this one might have been fabricated to generate traffic. just a hunch
Yea pretty crappy I need to connect to facebook for this, guess its not worth reading.
You get an F for linking to a Facebook application authorization page.
Oh, I get it… this is take old articles and bring them back to life week, a twisted turn on that story with the woman and the copyright infringement!
I’ve seen most of these items before, and actually have the Punisher figure on a shelf in my office. Yes, we noticed that he could be put in that position almost immediately, but it is actually supposed to transform into a gun, not just be Frank Castle with a “crotch cannon”
Thanks to IT-Princess for the direct link
*adjusts tiara* so very welcome.
I’m surprised I even got the Facebook thing; that’s normally blocked at my desk.
Ehhh, I forgot to add I can’t get on Yahoo here either (beyond stupid) so I guess I’ll have to wait until lunchtime or when I go home.
And I could use a laugh too!
Yeah I am not connecting anything to facebook. Scam
not going to join your facebook scoundrel gang
Blocked by work, category “Adult.” Thanks, Consumerist.
Tried the Yahoo link, blocked by work for “Social networking.” Cool.
blocked as bad reputation and malicious.
Yeah the ads on the site are of questionable NSFW status as well.
Goodness gracious, people. The link problem was a boo-boo that got fixed. Get a grip.
And the content IS “adult.” Everyone can look at the linked site on their personal computers at home.
This story is WAY old. Gizmodo reported it in 2006. Slow news day I guess.
http://gizmodo.com/215803/dora-aquapet-pets-heavy
The funny thing is that most Christians will take one look at God-Jesus and say “That makes absolute no sense at all.”
*absolutely
Now I know the real reason they call it X-mas
Dear Gawd. I may never let my kids out of the house again.
I like these guys
http://tinyurl.com/2dq42fn
Someone should write a story about how often people repackage the exact same pictures into a new blog post.
How could they forget the Oozinator?