From the Daily Mail:

Mrs Ralph, 57, a civil servant, said: 'I bought the packet of five multi-coloured knickers. Because they are in a packet, you can't see the writing "Dive In" on them.

'I was extremely shocked when I saw what was on them and I don't believe Disney or anyone else is so stupid not to realise the implications of the wording they chose.

'You let your children watch all these programmes, which are innocent and nice.

'But the merchandising that runs alongside them is the complete opposite. It's sexually suggestive, inappropriate and wholeheartedly wrong in some cases.

Disney has issued the following statement:

"Unfortunately, an oversight was made and the text on the underwear was used out context,” Disney said in a statement. “This product will not be part of any forthcoming collections and the remaining product has been removed from shelves.”

That's probably for the best.

Outrage at High School Musical knickers for young girls emblazoned with the words 'Dive In' [Daily Mail]

Disney says no to ‘Musical’ panties [Reuters via Fark]

The panties, which were sold in the juniors department, seemed to suggest that girls don't need money, they just need a sugar daddy — in this case Santa Claus.

The hipster briefs — carrying the slogan "Who needs credit cards ..." on the front and "When you have Santa" on the derriere — caused an uproar among parents, who called for the $2.96 drawers to be pulled off the racks.

"We have directed our stores to remove this merchandise from our shelves," Linda Brown Blakely, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart, told FOXNews.com Wednesday.

Since Walmart has chosen to pull these panties from their shelves, we can only assume that a tsunami of pantie sighting pictures will soon be washing up on the shores of our inbox. (That sounds really dirty, doesn't it?)

Wal-Mart Yanks Pink 'Credit Card' Panties Off Shelves [FoxNews] (Thanks, John!)
(Photo:Feministing)

PREVIOUSLY: Walmart "Junior" Panties Suggest That Your Genitals Are Better Than Credit Cards

While we can't disagree with the strict literal interpretation of the message, perhaps Walmart should consider printing it on a wallet, rather than on panties meant for teenage girls. The whole prostitution angle is clouding the message of fiscal responsibility. Hey, it's just a suggestion.

(Photo:Feministing)(Thanks,Tormolen!)

Like some other activists, Billy and his gang are mad that Victoria's Secret mails over a 1 million catalogs a day, 25% of the paper for which comes from the Great Boreal Forest in Canada, one of the world's largest endangered forests, as reported by TIME in 2005.

Unlike some other activists, the irreverence of Reverend Billy's is actually funny. A recent post on their site about how tight they were with Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (RIP) says, "...he would tell us to "Go down to Ground Zero and preach the 1st Amendment!" And we'd say, "You come with us Kurt, we'll send a car!" And he'd say, "I'll be with you in spirit. I'm tired."

The video really starts kicking around 2:00 when Reverend Billy starts exorcising the "clear cutting demons" from the cash register. — BEN POPKEN

SoHo Victoria's Secret Intervention 2006 (Thanks to Triteon!)

PREVIOUSLY: Victoria's Secret Sucks: 1 Million Catalogs Mailed Per Day

Finally! A pair of panties that portends the ghastly, hirsute reality below.

The product description (translated from German to pidgin) of the Winterfell Pubic Hair panties: "It looks like somebody forgot a small tuft! But it doesn't matter anyway since her lover likes it cosy and thinks of her fur to be shamelessly sexy. From now on Flokati and Co. can get lost!"

These are a great gift, not only for friends looking for a guiltless way to break up with their boyfriends, but also for mothers and grandmothers. "Pour vous, grandmere!"

Winterfell Pubic Hair Panties [Miss Geshick & Lady Lapsus]