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This is a disgrace, but it is encouraged further by dreadful toy companies such as Matel, who to my horror have recently made a boy doll called Derek who comes complete with 12 pairs of shoes for Barbie (if she can manage to get them off him!). You are right Louisiana, you could not make this up!


Derek the Royal Cobbler - yeah right!


http://froogle.google.co.uk/froogle?q=Barbie+Derek+doll+with+shoes&hl=en&um=1&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=title


It is a disgrace. Parenting is a minefield.


Its all filth!

This reminds me of a story a friend in Barcelona told me. He worked in a hotel on Meridiana, one of the main local thoroughfares, and they had a regular customer there, who always insisted on taking the same room. They were rather intrigued, so decided to investigate. Took the room apart, searched everywhere, and finally found...an inflatable woman hidden behind the false ceiling in the bathroom. When they confronted him on his next visit, he insisted that he wanted the 'arrangement' to continue!


Louisiana

dulwichmum Wrote:

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> I shall count them this evening, if you like I can

> send you a PM just in case James reads this and

> realises that I hide some of them in the au pairs

> room!

>

> DM


Oh, I also hide away shoes in different places, so there's never that impression of 'so many shoes', though Mr L always seems to be falling over them. There's one entire chest (3 drawers, stacked shoes) with sandals. Perfect camouflage.


And I have at least two pairs from last year that are still to get an outing (some fairly dressy ones) - just spotted them yesterday. Mr L needs to arrange a suitable outing - dusky pink silk trousers and dressy sandals just won't work on the bike :-S

dulwichmum Wrote:

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> This is a disgrace, but it is encouraged further

> by dreadful toy companies such as Matel, who to my

> horror have recently made a boy doll called Derek

> who comes complete with 12 pairs of shoes for

> Barbie (if she can manage to get them off him!).

> You are right Louisiana, you could not make this

> up!

>

> Derek the Royal Cobbler - yeah right!

>

> http://froogle.google.co.uk/froogle?q=Barbie+Derek

> +doll+with+shoes&hl=en&um=1&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=tit

> le

>

> It is a disgrace. Parenting is a minefield.

>

> Its all filth!


I could not believe this. What kind of warped minds do they have?

Dear Louisiana,


If you think that is bad, please take a look at Barbie and her dog Tanner that eats biscuits, poos them out and then our darling daughters feed the dog the sickening "dog filth" biscuits again.


http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4960468


I was horrified when I saw my baby open her birthday presents! The filth and horror goes on and on though - they have also a cat Mika that piddles in a sand filled 'litter tray'.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mattel-K2771-Barbie-Teresa-Mika/dp/B000ELIXAO


It is a disgrace. My daughter shall never clean up after her pets in reality - why do we have au pairs afterall?


Pass the smelling salts! As a friend pointed out to me recently, they will have bulemic Barbie next, that wolfs down Krispy Kreme do nuts, and then press her tummy and hey presto - she purges!

Dear Louisiana,


I would love to lie and agree with you, but I am afraid that I was given one for Mothers day (yellow is sooo fadish, and will never be a classic) but I have invested in another uber bag since, and I have to say, a girl can really never have enough hand luggage!


Anyhow, my bags have been suffering a huge amount of wear and tear lately, what with having to lug Mr Batdog around with me everywhere ... until he escaped!

This is the bit I like: "He found that fashionable ? to him ? and sexually attractive shoes were to be found in greater abundance in the capital."


It reads as if the lawyer is quibbling with the fashion aspect but taking the sexual attraction as read.


(Sadly, that I like this bit in particular speaks volumes about me.)

Dear Shambles,


It really is him isn't it? He has been dognapped and is living in the USA! Where did you find it?


Louisiana, I would hate to expose myself here - but I have in excess of 70 pairs, many still in the boxes - I just love upmarket boxes, with their little shoe stretching appliances, shoe horns and shoe bags - simply heaven.


I love LK Bennett and Hobbs for workwear, but I recently bought several pairs of strappy Gina sandals and some super black Conolly car shoes - still concealed in the boot of the car. There is a special place in my heart for Jimmy Choo boots (I shall never buy ugly Uggs). Shoe shopping is always a feel good activity as I never feel I have to loose weight to wear new shoes or bags!

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