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I'm not sure where I ever said it was good or bad. Agreed, for the most part. Who is debating? If this is your cause, I think it's a decent one to fight for. I personally am just not loosing sleep over Barbie or children's cough medicine. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Or just buy one of those gelee packs for $5 and keep it in your freezer. Lasts a lifetime. At least Billy's had his for 16 years now. Then you don't have to wabble around looking for the rubbing alcohol. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Did you play with Barbie as a child? I did. I stopped playing with Barbie long before I gave a shit what I looked like or compared myself to other women. I suppose one could argue Barbie is one of the first memories in our subconscious of an ideal woman, but...geez, I had my mom, my stepmom, my school teacher, and my piano teacher who I also played with and they certainly didn't look like Barbie. I'm pretty sure I figured out at some point that Barbie was just a doll. Now, I'm not saying they couldn't at least construct her in actually possible proportions, but... Who said that? I agree with peregrinerose--use it as a tool to teach children for future reference. There's a lot of marketing to adults equally disgusting (I recently posted a "mommy makeover" thread in SC regarding). I would think a healthy understanding of advertising as a child would help them later in life. It's not a bad or lost cause wanting to improve on the status quo. But, in the meantime... Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Actually, I'm pretty sure she didn't mean it as an insult. It certainly wasn't a compliment. I think she's just socially awkward and was stating a personal observation. But, now I'm getting sociological. She's smart cookie. Successful. But weird. If there were a tangible reason (like the obvious to me) for her random behavior I'm confident her husband would have told us. But now this is getting way too serious for me. I was over it two minutes after she said it. It's just such surprises don't come often to me. I truly had no response to that. And that in itself is hard to accomplish. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

I understand where you're coming from. And I'll go ahead and be the broken record and state I did a massive research report on this very subject in college. Not much surprised me, and I don't share your overall views about marketing to kids. But, I still care and admittedly some things (like breast implant ads in Seventeen magazine--a magazine actually targeted to early teens like 13, 14, & 15 and thus its reader's average age is 14) disgusted me. Still, I agree with others a solid foundation must be built in the child by the parent. My parent's were out of town all the time and I was frequently left unsupervised. I even subscribed to Seventeen magazine. Somehow I came out with good grades, no desire for implants, and the ability to see through the crap that is/was often presented to me. My father NEVER caved to my demands. Such marketing to kids works b/c parents like those on Sweet Sixteen DO cave to their children's demands. While both the advertisers themselves AND the parent are to "blame", what are we really blaming them for? The kid has a cough and at the store points out to his mom the cough medicine with the cartoon character on it he saw on a commercial. Mom buys that kind. Child takes it w/out a fuss. I don't see what difference it makes. I don't think there's an epidemic of children sneaking swigs of cough medicine when mommy's not looking b/c the commercial makes it look cool. Now, teens on the other hand. They're scary. I have no idea how they think up doing some of the shit I've heard, seen & read about. It certainly wasn't in a commercial. Seems like mom just wasn't paying attention to the friends little Jimmy was hanging out with (or she just gave birth to a bad egg. It happens.). But, again--that's another can of worms. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

I'm not really upset. It did surprise me, though (and not in a good way). I'm not easily shocked. It was truly a WTF moment. "Did she just...Oh no she didn't." Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

I had no idea, either, when she said it. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

It would be liberating, though, wouldn't it? Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

I think she said it b/c he's a mutt and has unclipped ears & tail (his tail is SO long.) Her dog is a rescue, though, too (from the Humane Society). And I kid, but I do love her dog. We try to steal her away and take her to dog park when we go. But, her dog is so effing scared of dog park. Her dog has no fun, ever. But, her dog is not in a cage and has two kids that play with her and regular feedings so... But, still. Walk you effing dog. Take her to dog park! Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Ha. Ha. You said AMEX isn't accepted. I'll bet it is. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

The funny thing is she liked Cruz(er). But then she started talking gibberish. Something about male dogs and how they always lick their peters. Fucking A. If you could, wouldn't you? I'm just saying. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Here's Cruz. He's spoiled rotten. Sleeps in bed. (I don't allow him to start this way, but somehow always wake up with Billy's arm around me and mine around the dog.) Gets walks & a run daily. Goes to daycare to play all day on Fridays--sometimes Saturdays when we want to play just us. Has food & water out all the time. Gets Greenies & snacks frequently. Likes to eat socks. Plays with cats. Has a big backyard to go ape in. Gets bunches of kisses all the time. Has a big shnooter. Wouldn't you love to be a BND, too??? Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

While, I don't care for the bitch for calling him that, it was really meant to be more of a funny post. Like I really give a shit what she thinks of my dog. Her dog is a tool. I don't even need an acronym. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

That reminds me of a funny commercial. Where the guys says, "'The man' never has to say he's 'the man'. So, if someone says 'I'm the man', they couldn't be." I LOVE that commercial. For the record, I was going to say something else, but decided it sounded WAY too pompous. So, I said "cool" instead. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

will sometimes piss me off, too. I was warned about this (pardon my french) bitch but I didn't get it until now... I LOVE the husband--friend of Billy's. Shows up at our house all the time unannounced. Cracks me up. (I tolerate very few people who show up w/out warning.) The wife is like a ghost. You hear about her. There are sightings. There are stories. But few people see her. So, late (LATE! I'm a morning person, bitch! ) the other night they both show up unannounced. This was the first I'd seen her in--gosh--a year? She's tipsy. She's called my dog a name--BND. I've never heard that acronym. And she told me what it meant. It's wrong on SO many levels. Fucking bitch. I forgive and forget pretty easily. But I doubt there'll be enough encounters with the ghost in the future to ever make up for that. And she was doggin' on her husband the whole time she was over! Who does that? Trash. And I'll go ahead and be a bitch and state for the record that at least I'm WAY cooler than she. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

I'm all spare-supplied out after Peru. But I have money & blood. I'm O+ so I feel bad not donating when there's a need or a shortage. I don't go otherwise, but since there's ALWAYS a shortage on O... Fuck. Guess I'm going to donate blood again tomorrow after breakfast. Damn fires. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

I love it when you submit. (I agree.) Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Normally I'd recite a line from my favorite story, "The Young Man and the Starfish", but I'm with ya on this one. Cash is dirty. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Yes, but can yours do tricks? Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Mine is a brick Billy and I bought for charity during a local event at the beach where we first lived together. It's placed at the end of our old street directly in front of one of our favorite local beachside martini bar/restaurants.

I LOVE Amex. It's my only card. I pay an annual fee. I get back WAY more than that in rewards--which I use on things I would have bought anyways. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

If you organize it, we will come. I know Billy'd be more down for Z-hills, though. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

Nonsense. I'm Southern and that's how we say it. Furthermore, my chosen word is still technically applicable. () Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

I just LOVE J.K. Rowling for that! I LOVE allusion--almost as much as I love ambiguity. It's always one little thing that catches my fancy and I think I know, but I don't and then...YES! I'm right! It's SO satisfying. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.