Mom: Garfield Toy Makes Obscene Gesture

dribbles · Post by **dribbles** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:58 am

http://www.local6.com/news/3569230/detail.html

some people are crazy.

Post by **bio** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:29 am

That reminds me of the Cookie Monster t-shirts that Kmart recalled back in '98

Time To Truck

Kmart in the USA is recalling talking children's T-shirts because of what they say out loud. The shirts show the "Sesame Street" character Cookie Monster. When the child pushes a button on the front, Mr. Monster says, "Time to truck." But a Kmart manager in Lakewood, Colo., confirms "truck" doesn't sound all that clear. "It definitely comes out with an 'f'," she says. The foul-mouthed shirt came to the attention of Kmart after a complaint by angry parents who said their 19-month-old son picked up a "dirty word" from his T-shirt. (Source: UPI)

Pigman · Post by **Pigman** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:34 am

Thought Police absolutely scare me. How about Mommy tell her OWN child that giving the finger to people is not allowed in their family?

This Mommy is gonna have a tough time trying to keep the big bad world away from her kids...

Personal responsibility = 0

Let's just have the whole world change to suite OUR needs...

Post by **bio** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:38 am

Pigman wrote:Personal responsibility = 0

That's the American way!

People don't find fault with their own decisions/actions. If something bad happens because they chose to imitate something stupid they saw (or failed to follow directions, or use common sense)... they sue.

dribbles · Post by **dribbles** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:50 am

thing i didn't understand was why the child said garfield was doing something wrong?

where did the child learn the finger already?

to many people sue in the USA. i was watching "airline" and someone at new york said they were gonna sue becuase they were late for the flight but the plane was still grounded and they weren't allowed through to departures.

my question is where did this mentality come from in the USA? its starting in the UK and it drives me crazy.

people at my friends work the got bumped from a bus in their car very lightly (no damage to car). they were laughing about it afterwords. said they were going to claim for whiplash and have been back and forward to the doctors of late

Encap · Post by **Encap** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:11 pm

TIME TO FUCK!

dribbles · Post by **dribbles** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:16 pm

Encap wrote:TIME TO FUCK!

? damn this forum is dead.

bugfreezer · Post by **bugfreezer** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:29 pm

dribbles wrote:
Encap wrote:TIME TO FUCK!
? damn this forum is dead.

This thread, anyway. What was that all about???

Post by **bio** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:12 am

If you read my post, that's what the Cookie Monster t-shirt sounded like it said.

It was supposed to say "Time to truck"... but the recording was so poor that it sounded like (and children repeated) "Time to fuck".

That's why Kmart recalled the talking t-shirts.

bugfreezer · Post by **bugfreezer** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:14 am

bio wrote:If you read my post, that's what the Cookie Monster t-shirt sounded like it said....

I got that bit - it was the way that sub-section was delivered that flummoxed me. I am re-reading the thread and I thought that what Cookie Monster allegedly said was made clear at the beginning. I initially interpreted Encap's seemingly Tourette's-flavored response as intended to defuse the thread's progressively serious tone, albeit in a strange way. I cannot speak for dribbles (though the contrast between his comment on encap and his own avatar made me chuckle), but I thought it a bit strange.

Encap, I meant no offense.

Encap · Post by **Encap** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:55 am

I tend to kill conversation that way a lot.

dribbles · Post by **dribbles** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:37 am

ohhhh.

i forgot. it just seemed well, unexpected. it didn't click straight away.