Next year Barbie is turning 50. Yes, she's a Baby Boomer! While her waist has increased in size over the years and her clothes have changed with the times, Barbie has endured about as many ups and downs as the rest of us.
Denounced as a symbol of decadence of the perverted West, with her revealing clothes and shameful postures, accessories and tools by Saudi Arabia's religious police, Barbie became an outlaw in that part of the World in 2003. That same year, the BLO (Barbie Liberation Organization) modified Barbie dolls by giving them the voice box of a talking GI Joe doll and secretly returned the dolls to the shelves of toy stores. Parents and children were surprised when they purchased Barbie dolls that uttered phrases such as "Eat lead, Cobra!" and "Vengeance is mine", while the GI Joe's uttered phrases like "Let's go shopping!" and "Will we ever have enough clothes?"
With the Real Estate Market and the Stock Market in the toilet, I thought we might focus our attention on this American Icon. Here are the latest versions of Barbie:
REDNECK BARBIE
Please join in the celebration by submitting your versions of Barbie! You have to check out Scott Owens' The Ken to Her Barbie Blog, also on the Optimist Board.
It all started with the Divorce Barbie Blog...
Have fun! Life's short. Live Well!
A riot... lol!
Mirela,
This is so funny. Thank you!
Ann
LOL those pictures are priceless!
imma have to whip out photoshop and may have to buy some barbies .... anyone have any they can load me?
Castellum: I thought you'd never ask! Here you go:
I always wondered why Barbie always looked great. Now the secret is out... "makeup." Thanks for the funny pictures lol
Turning 50 huh?
That should be called the Joan Rivers Edition Barbie. :)
LOL Mirela - we finally got it done! Thanks for your help with the links...
Scott: I just linked you. Now I'm going back to enjoy that awesome blog of yours. It is hilarious!
http://activerain.com/blogsview/734885/The-Ken-to-her
Yeah, I think I may have gone a bit overboard with it...I guess it will be hard to deny that I enjoyed writing it.
I'm seraching everwhere...some one sent me a picture of a Jersey Shore Barbie, an Italian American model with big hair and questionable taste in clothing! Thanks for the laugh!
Scott: That is too funny (the above joke). Great quickie joke. I need more of those.
Laura: I would LOVE to see that!
Hey you heard Barbie divorced Ken and she got the everything including his:
Whcih she proudly displays on her keychain!
Nancy: Ouch! That hurts! It's even sadder when they're not even divorced and she walks around with that keychain...
So what would REALTOR barbie look like? Cell phone in one hand, laptop in the other? Or Lockbox in the one hand, cell phone in the other? Heels to kill? Driving a lexus or what? In my case she's in heels and a black Hummer H3! Black suit, cell phone glued to her hand.
Erica - I am guessing she would look something like:
Mirela - I found one in my Barbie archive (please don't ask) that I have not seen here yet...
Scott: Is that the "Party Barbie", or is it the "Eating Disorder Barbie"?
Neither - It's the "Morning Sickness" Barbie - now we just have to figure out if the baby belongs to "Biker" Ken or "Mid-Life Crisis" Ken...somebody call Maury.
Scott--you have a Barbie archive????
I'm worried.
Erica:
I wouldn't have had one, except I had to do, um, "research" for my KEN blog...so it's Mirela's fault. Yeah, that's it, that's my story...and I'm sticking with it!
Scott
Scott: I LOVE your replies! (My boyfriend and I were amused by some of your replies on your Ken blog. He had a blast last night reading your blog. We both did).
You, my man, have an awesome sense of humor! I bet you are the guest of honor to all your friends' parties...
Oh my GOSH!!! I stopped by to comment on couple of posts by my associate, Russell Lewis and saw this one. It's so damn funny!!!!!!! Thanks, Erin
Erin: If you think this is funny, you should check out the AR JOKESTER: Funny Politics blog on the Optimist Board. It is hilarious! It is also a constantly changing blog as members contribute to it daily. This will be continuous souce of amusement all the way to Election time. Check it out!
Mirela - Like you, I appreciate a good laugh...and even more so if I can be the one who illicits them. Thanks for always inviting me to your parties.
Here's another Barbie for you...
Sick, just plain sick. I love it!
I guess some days are so bad, you have to MAKE your own humor, eh?
Mirela!!!!!!! I just stopped in to thank you for the advice on making the "Brother" blog to this one public. I just got a referral from the "Ken" blog...
Somebody called my office and asked for "the guy who wrote the Ken Doll blog". Not knowing what this person was talking about, Reception put them through to the duty desk. The duty agent listened to the caller describe the blog, and was intrigued by their description so much that she searched for my blog in order to find out who the "mystery agent" was.
I was greeted at the office yesterday with a declaration that I was "one sick puppy", and that, after writing an article like that, I deserved to keep the client...I'll take both as compliments.
Scott: Thank you for letting me know! This is only the beginning; you will garner more leads from it in the future.
I loved this:
I was greeted at the office yesterday with a declaration that I was "one sick puppy", and that, after writing an article like that, I deserved to keep the client...I'll take both as compliments.
...Sick puppies who buy and sell a lot of Real Estate...
From one sick puppy to another: I'm proud of you!
BTW: Do you have any new contributions to the AR Jokester - Political blog? I just posted a new picture on there (in the comments section).
Thanks Mirela. I will add a few more pictures to the Political Humour blog - I think I may have collected 10 or 15 more since my last adddition.
OK, so it was more like 35 pictures. I hope you enjoy them.
Anyone else who likes political humour should check out Mirelas "AR Jokester - Funny Politics", which is the one we are talking about.
Mirela,
Barbie over the "porcelin throne" is pregnant Barbie??
Ann
Ann: That's what Scott says. He must know: he's seen her play with his Ken.
I also guess that she doesn't know it yet....
Mirela,
BArbie is always the last to know.....;-)
Ann
Ann: Oh, you are WITTY!
You have now been officially invited to create a funny blog!
How do you like that?
Not too bad yourself...this is the 37th comment on this blog. Very impressive!
I just stopped by to get a dose of laughter. I needed a "fix", and this one makes me chuckle...next stop - your political humour blog - that one makes me belly-laugh!