"Barbie's Got a New Body"

[wave rider]

CJsNvrUrly wrote:
[quote=wave rider]
Seems they all still have freakishly long and thin necks...

How else ya gonna pop they heads off?
Excellent point, I had not thought of that...

[3d]

RAMd®d wrote:
Cankle Legs Barbie

It's stuff like this that reminds me it's a wonder women don't just go all Amazonian on us.

That's what you take away? Wow.

[$tevie]

rgG wrote:
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Why doesn't Barbie ever get pregnant?

Have you seen Ken, in the nude?
"After a while their marriage was a failure, cuz neither of them had any genitalia!"

A quote from a movie that my sister saw decades ago for which I cannot recall the name, let alone how the quote actually goes.

[decay]

$tevie wrote:
[quote=rgG]
[quote=Lux Interior]
Why doesn't Barbie ever get pregnant?

Have you seen Ken, in the nude?
"After a while their marriage was a failure, cuz neither of them had any genitalia!"

A quote from a movie that my sister saw decades ago for which I cannot recall the name, let alone how the quote actually goes.
Babs and Roy from The Groove Tube?

[$tevie]

Thank you!!! Yes, yes, yes. I never saw it but my sister told me about it.

[$tevie]

Meet Lilli, the High-end German Call Girl who became America’s Iconic Barbie Doll

I am familiar with the story of Barbie and Bild Lilli but here's a nice simplified version for those who aren't:
http://www.messynessychic.com/2016/01/29...uffer1aeb2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Ruth Chandler watched her daughter play with paperdolls and wondered why there was no three-dimensional version, i.e. a "fashion doll". She saw Bild Lilli and the rest is history.

[decay]

I worked on a Barbie book many moons ago, and the story of Lilli was eye-opening.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild_Lilli_doll

Lilli was post-war, sassy and ambitious and had no reservations talking about sex. As she had her own job she earned her own money as a secretary but wasn't above hanging out with rich men ("I could do without balding old men but my budget couldn't!"). The cartoon always consisted of a picture of Lilli talking to girlfriends, boyfriends, her boss ("As you were angry when I was late this morning I will leave the office at five p.m. sharp!"). The quips underneath the cartoons handled topics ranging from fashion (to a policeman who told her that two-piece-swimsuits are banned: "Which piece do you want me to take off?"), politics ("Of course I'm interested in politics; no one should ignore the way some politicians dress!") and even the beauty of nature ("The sunrise is so beautiful that I always stay late at the nightclub to see it!"). The last Lilli cartoon appeared on January 5, 1961.