October 5, 2006

If This Volvo's A-Rockin...[And Chances Are It Is]

More breaking news from the self-promoting surveys department: The sponsor this time: the Yes Insurance Company of Great Britain. The topic: oh, the most popular cars to have sex in. The least surprising finding: different words for everything in England....
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Is Elmo Talking To Elmo? Martin Scorsese's Sesame Streets

Not sure why Morgan Freeman is doing the voiceover for this, but it's pretty damn funny. Watch it when the kids are asleep, though, unless you really want them to hear Elmo talking like that to the fish. Sesame Streets...
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Next Up On FOXNews: 85% Of Dads Obsessed With 'Sexpot Dolls/Characters?'

Last week I received a press release about a new study on parental skanktoy fatigue:...an overwhelming majority of mothers believe that many dolls available for young girls today are too provocative. The research says these mothers would like to see...
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From Mattel's Top Secret TMXXV Elmo Motion Capture R&D Lab In Bangalore

Of course, when they finally release the doll here, the PC police will probably make them cut the bit at the end where he fires up a butt... "Little Superstar" [youtube via deadspin, of all places] dude on sofa: Rajinikanth...
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Terrible Allergic Reaction Behind Him, Terrell Owens Writes Children's Book

According to the press release excerpt at GalleyCat, Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Terrell Owens' children's book [for 3-5yo's], titled Little T Learns To Share, "uses adorable illustrations and rhyming text to show one boy learning to share his new football...
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Super-folding Quicksmart Stroller Spotted In Maine

We generally give the Baby Industrial Complex a thorough drubbing around here, but when they get a product right, I'm happy to give it the credit it deserves. In such cases, we then redirect our drub toward the siloed bureaucracies...
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L¹Atelier de Joel Robuchon at The Four Seasons, 57 E. 57th St Between Madison & Park - CLOSE ENOUGH

"No diaper table in the men's room. However, you can go downstairs to the massive individual bathrooms servicing the hotel. Plenty of room to change diapers. And you can use their freshly-pressed linens as baby wipes." Scouted by metrodad. Note:...
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