# Barbie: for bloody hell's sake... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 25, 2002, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733 "2002-07-25T10:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/21 "2002-07-25T17:48:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > a Western District of New York case, in which a man sued Satan. The judge decided that, contrary to some people’s belief, hell wasn’t in the Western District of New York, and the court therefore lacked jurisdiction over Satan. Nitpick: it’s in the Western District of [Pennsylvania](http://www.tamerlane.ca/library/cases/humour/mayo_v_satan.htm). ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/22 "2002-07-25T17:52:16Z")
Its Christmas night, and this guy hasn’t bought any gifts for his family yet. He gets gifts for everyone, except his daughter, who really wants the newest Barbie, and a Ken to go with it. The guy figures he’ll save some money and buy them as a set, only he can’t find them. He goes to the clerk and asks “Does Barbie come with Ken?” the clerk replies “No, she fakes it with Ken, she only comes with G.I. Joe” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/23 "2002-07-25T18:05:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kantalooppi \* > \*\*I wonder how many Barbie dolls, at least ones which have been bought, have gone on their faux-lives without Ken topping them at least once. \*\* Not my Barbie dolls, that’s for sure. They were the biggest sluts around. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/24 "2002-07-25T18:13:09Z")
BTW, Barbie is actually NOT a stereotypical bimbo. Some of the careers she’s had: President of the USA Marine Corp UNICEF Ambassador Goodwill Ambassador Teacher Paleontologist Astronaut Vet Doctor Nurse Spy Race car driver Actress Business exec Model Photographer Pediatrician ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/25 "2002-07-25T18:57:35Z")
Aw come on, **Guin** , we all know Barbie slept her way to the top! ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/26 "2002-07-25T19:03:45Z")
Nah she has no riggin for sex, she just cant make up her empty head which career she wants. ---
**Author:** ![Buliwyf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Buliwyf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buliwyf)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/27 "2002-07-25T19:10:12Z")
“I’m a bimbo girl… In a bimbo woooorld My tits are plastic, they’re fantastic” Buliwyf ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/28 "2002-07-25T19:17:53Z")
Yeah, but Ken’s more of an accessory. At least my Ken was. He always wore the same clothes and was just a fuck toy for my Barbies. Hehehee… ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/29 "2002-07-25T19:35:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **BTW, Barbie is actually NOT a stereotypical bimbo. Some of the careers she’s had:** > [@](#): > > President of the USA I could picture that. Talking President Barbie would speak “English, French, and Mexican.” We wouldn’t have to worry that she isn’t too bright and thinks, “Math is hard,” because she would be surrounded by competent advisors. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/30 "2002-07-25T20:28:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamish \* > \*\*Talking President Barbie would speak “English, French, and Mexican.” We wouldn’t have to worry that she isn’t too bright and thinks, “Math is hard,” because she would be surrounded by competent advisors. \*\* Minus the foreign language abilities, isn’t this what the White House is like now? ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/31 "2002-07-25T23:30:19Z")
I was in fifth grade when that song was big, and not one of us (who were pretty much the crowd it was targeted for) noticed any “sexual innuendo.” I mean, I was never a big Barbie fan (I just liked to do their hair) but the song was always fun to sing along to. I think Mattel is just bitching about this for no reason. They gave Barbie the somewhat disreputable image she has now, and are trying to blame it on someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/32 "2002-07-26T00:06:45Z")
I think some people have to get lives… Come on, how many hits has Aqua had recently? That was their 15 minutes of fame. Was it loaded with sexual innuendo? Yes, but let’s just be magnanimous about it and let it go. By dragging it out, Mattel makes itself look even stupider. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/33 "2002-07-26T01:19:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swampbear \* > \*\*Mattel should be thinking about the potential goldmine this can be for them. Magistrate Court Barbie, Superior Court Barbie, US Court of Appeals Barbie, SCOTUS Barbie…a whole judicial Barbie line just waiting to be created! She won’t have to do math and would be so cute in her little black mini judges robe holding her itty bitty judges gavel. Add in a dressed in skintight business suit Personal Assistant Ken, the Judge Barbie courtroom (decorated in pink, of course) complete with DA’s, Defense Attorneys, Court Reporters, juries, news reporters, spectators…a goldmine I tell ya! > > I want a Supreme Court Barbie doll of my very own. \*\* They can sit on the shelf next to the Judge Judy [sup]TM[/sup] Action Figure, now with Gavel Throwing Action [sup]TM[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/34 "2002-07-26T01:52:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Minus the foreign language abilities, isn’t this what the White House is like now? \*\* Whoosh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/35 "2002-07-26T02:06:06Z")
> [@](#): > > President of the USA > Marine Corp > UNICEF Ambassador > Goodwill Ambassador > Teacher > Paleontologist > Astronaut > Vet > Doctor > Nurse > Spy > Race car driver > Actress > Business exec > Model > Photographer > Pediatrician Jesus! Can’t that chick hold down a job for longer than a week? ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/36 "2002-07-26T15:10:25Z")
I feel sorry for the judge on this case ☹ You go to law school, practice law then you become a judge… Only to listen to to a record company and a toy maker argue about a doll. Shouldn’t Judge Judy be presiding on this case? ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/37 "2002-07-26T15:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Minus the foreign language abilities, isn’t this what the White House is like now? \*\* That was the point I was trying to make 😉 Of course, there would be no danger of President Barbie choking on a potato chip. Potato chips interfere with her oil-soaked-cotton-ball diet. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/38 "2002-07-26T16:12:05Z")
I should have went with my first idea: The VP would be the one really in charge. ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/39 "2002-07-26T16:25:06Z")
New SDMB party game: In a reply to any Pit thread of a _ **non-political** _ nature, drop the word ‘president’ into a conversation, then tally the inevitable shots at the current administration, using the following scoring: If the response is a simple variation of ‘(Bush|Ashcroft|Cheney) Sucks’, the response is worth 1 point. If the respondant makes any discernable attempt to tie his shot to the current topic, his response is worth two points. If the response is both clearly tied to the topic _ **and** _ contains a reasonably well-constructed flame, that response is worth three points. You are further advised to e-mail a screen capture to Art Bell, who reportedly runs a brisk trade in such obscure and improbable oddities. 😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733/40 "2002-07-26T16:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Punoqllads \* > \*\*Nitpick: it’s in the Western District of [Pennsylvania](http://www.tamerlane.ca/library/cases/humour/mayo_v_satan.htm). \*\* That makes no sense. If it were the Western District of Pa., then the court would have had jurisdiction. 😛 Sua [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-for-bloody-hells-sake/120733.md?page=3)