# Tesco condemed for selling pole dancing toy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007 "2006-10-26T18:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/1 "2006-10-26T18:17:20Z")
[http://beej.gotdns.com/?q=node/20](http://beej.gotdns.com/?q=node/20) Bwahahahahahaha!!! Although, I do honestly think that this was meant for an older crowd, it is still funny how nowadays it could be so easily misconstrued. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/2 "2006-10-26T18:18:24Z")
[QUOTE=Muad’Dib] [http://beej.gotdns.com/?q=node/20](http://beej.gotdns.com/?q=node/20) Bwahahahahahaha!!! Although, I do honestly think that this was meant for an older crowd, it is still funny how nowadays it could be so easily misconstrued. [/QUOTE] Better link: [Tesco condemned for selling pole dancing toy | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=412195&in_page_id=17) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/3 "2006-10-26T20:53:46Z")
Puts me in mind of a famous Chris Rock bit, where he says ( paraphrasing ) , " Now that I have a baby daughter, my number ONE job is to raise her to stay off the Pole !!! " 😃 :eek: That toy, that is the height of kiddie-whore fashion. How tasteless. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/4 "2006-10-26T21:03:17Z")
Um, this is a joke, or a hoax, right? 'Cause Adrian Rogers (quoted in the article)…he be [dead](http://www.adrianrogers.org/adrianrogers/). Kaput. Finito. He is an ex-Reverend. He’s gone to the great pole dance in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/5 "2006-10-26T21:05:40Z")
That is, the article is a hoax. The product is not. [Here, you pervs.](http://www.peekaboopoledancing.com/index_1.php?currency=USD) It’s very obviously not marketed at kidlets. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/6 "2006-10-26T21:07:28Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Um, this is a joke, or a hoax, right? 'Cause Adrian Rogers (quoted in the article)…he be [dead](http://www.adrianrogers.org/adrianrogers/). Kaput. Finito. He is an ex-Reverend. He’s gone to the great pole dance in the sky. [/QUOTE] His obituary on the same site states that he had a son named Adrian. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/7 "2006-10-26T21:36:45Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] That is, the article is a hoax. The product is not. [Here, you pervs.](http://www.peekaboopoledancing.com/index_1.php?currency=USD) It’s very obviously not marketed at kidlets. [/QUOTE] Wow, there’s even a “Peekabo Home Lap Dancing Kit”. Who knew you needed a kit? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/8 "2006-10-26T21:45:09Z")
Have you seen the [video](http://www.peekaboopoledancing.com/peekaboovid.html)? Watches like an Austin Powers episode. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/9 "2006-10-26T22:20:52Z")
> [@Daily Mail Article](#): > > “It ought to be stopped, it really requires the intervention of members of Parliament. This should only be available to the most depraved people who want to corrupt their children.” That’s a rather interesting statement in the Daily Mail (linked to from the OP’s article). Is the person saying that **only** weirdos should be allowed to buy it? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/10 "2006-10-26T22:38:01Z")
Yeah something is fishy here. Really can’t imagine any parent buying their baby girl a stripper pole… ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/11 "2006-10-26T22:59:36Z")
Classic Daily Mail article… “_Dr Adrian Rogers, of family campaigning group Family Focus_” - Family Who-whatnow? Oh, and he’s a ‘Dr’, so deserves to start a paragraph. _He added: "Children are being encouraged to dance round a pole which is interpreted in the adult world as a phallic symbol._ - Interpreted? I should be analysing the semiotics of pole-dancing, rather than looking at the lovely ladies? _This will be sold to four, five and six-year olds_…who have a credit card? Huh? Still available on the Tesco website: > [@](#): > > Vielle Stimulator: Discreet clitoral stimulator to enhance sexual satisfaction. > > For external use, designed to be worn on the finger. But the priceless bit is the advice: > [@](#): > > Storage: Store in a cool, dry place. Heaven forbid it become warm & moist… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/12 "2006-10-26T23:32:27Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Have you seen the [video](http://www.peekaboopoledancing.com/peekaboovid.html)? Watches like an Austin Powers episode. [/QUOTE] The voiceover and the general style reminds me of Weebl. (not the rocking egg character, the guy who created it) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/13 "2006-10-26T23:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] The voiceover and the general style reminds me of Weebl. (not the rocking egg character, the guy who created it) [/QUOTE] Sounds to me like the commentator off Channel 4 Racing… ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/14 "2006-10-27T00:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] Classic Daily Mail article… [/QUOTE] I’m disturbed that they haven’t got a Heathcoat-Amery to analyse the value of my house in light of this shock outrage. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesco-condemed-for-selling-pole-dancing-toy/378007/15 "2006-10-27T00:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] I’m disturbed that they haven’t got a Heathcoat-Amery to analyse the value of my house in light of this shock outrage. [/QUOTE] Five quid says this weekend’s “health” supplement has something about pole-dancing and osteoperosis.