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RSS Feed Around the World05. 10. 09. - 17:00
Mums boycott dildo toy
Parents are boycotting a children's toy manufacturer after it launched a play puppet for toddlers - shaped just like a dildo.
Makers Wild Planet launched the 'Aquapet' in Germany this month which is supposed to give youngsters hours of innocent fun.
But furious mums have called for it to be withdrawn because it looks just like a vibrator.
"Childhood should be innocent. There's no reason for it to be this shape and no parent should buy anything from this company until they take it off the shelves," said one.
Austrian Times
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kido696 wrote on 07. 10. 2009 from louisiana about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
Get your damn mind out of the gutter...how and the hell does a little one know what a dildo is do you leave yours out....grow up..
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Kim wrote on 12. 10. 2009 from USA about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
You must be a gay man and a member of NAMBLA if you like this toy.
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Stacy wrote on 07. 10. 2009 from Yakima, Wa about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
If you click on read story, it does show you a picture. These moms are apparently either way too into their own toys that this is all they can think about, or they are just looking for a reason to complain about something. They say that childhood should be innocent, well unless you are teaching your child what "dildo's" look like, why would they ever think anything other than it being a toy. Any toddler that is going to see this as anything other than a play toy obviously has greater issues at hand.
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Julie wrote on 07. 10. 2009 from USA about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
Ha. How Freudian. I really do not think this looks like a vibrator. I mean, yeah, if you look at it a certain way, but do you actually think a five year old will be?
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Pennie wrote on 07. 10. 2009 from Spokane about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
I agree with all of you....it looks like nothing more than a cute childs toy! Unbelievable....Has this person or persons ever seen an actual dildo??!!!!!
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Heather wrote on 07. 10. 2009 from U.S. about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
Even though this does look similar (and not"just like") a dildo, there is no way a child would know what a dildo looks like anyway. So there is really no reason to be upeset. When "The Little Mermaid" was first released, the cover had an actual penis on it. My sister anid I never noticed until we were in our late teens and our parents pointed it out. Stuff like this goes right over kids' heads. But parents will have to explain what the huge deal is, if parents make a huge deal.
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lildo wrote on 07. 10. 2009 from nyc about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
that's the *shortest* dildo I've ever seen!!!
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Pubble wrote on 06. 10. 2009 from Texas about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
Pic is working fine here. It's not so much a dildo as a toy with testicles. It is definitely funny looking.
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Cailly wrote on 06. 10. 2009 from Winchester about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
OMGosh! That is too funny! It is just a cute little toy, which had these women never said anything I never would have thought it looked phalic at all. Those moms do have one thing on their mind.... and need to get over it! I mean in the words of Charlie Brown "Oh Good Grief!"
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dimjim wrote on 06. 10. 2009 from north of scotland about "Mums boycott dildo toy..."
you took the words right out of my mouth....sexually repressed,and also confused, i think,because i have never seen a vibrator like that on the market!.lol
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