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- From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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- Subject: Re: Barbie dolls
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 05:26:46 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK (Graham Toal) says:
-
- >Well, I used to know a girl in Boston who is a bit of a tomboy, and
- >is thoroughly revolted by 'girlie' things like dresses and makeup and
- >perfume and *PINK*. And she's one of those people who everyone
-
- She sounds like someone [or is that someones] I know, both on and off the
- list. Me, I always went for *both* Barbie and Lego, and got as much fun out
- of building my own doll furniture [wooden] as playing with it.:-) What does
- that make me? [besides weird, we knew that already]
-
- >leg... Anyway, a year or two back I bought this *PINK* Barbie Doll
- >(she prefers Lego btw) with the intention of scanning the pack in
- >with a colour scanner, and doing some photo-shop style work on it
- >to turn it from a Barbie Doll to a Joy Doll. Unfortunately the
- >high-res colour scanner never turned up at work, but if it ever
- >does, the doll is still there...
- >
- And in the meantime, do you bother putting *clothes* on that Barbie doll?
- Or just on her inflatable sister, Bimbo? [Page 3 in 3D!]
-
- <gd&r>
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