Slimmer Spud: Mr. Potato Head Sheds Some Pounds (PC Food Police Alert)

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/26/slimmer-spud-mr-potato-head-sheds-some-pounds/#ixzz1F7OXJH1p ^

[My Favorite Headache]

The noticeably thinner tater is part of Hasbro's “Active Adventures” campaign – and he can even fit into a pair of pants now! (via Healthland)

At the recent 2011 International Toy Fair the portly Potato Heads, both Mr. and Mrs., showed off their new, fit figures. No longer are their stomachs portly or their love handles flabby. Evidently the couple has cut down on the carbs and set out on a new fitness regimen. But what does the slim-down mean for society at-large?

"Obviously there's a culture-approved idea of fitness that is now part of the bigger picture of what that culture says is beautiful," says Washington D.C.-based child psychiatrist Jean M. Thomas tells Healthland. The same company, Hasbro, puts out both Mr. Potato Head and the stick-thin Barbie.

Will seeing thinner toys put undue pressure on children to be skinny? Or is the endeavor simply helping recent initiatives like Michelle Obama's “Let's Move” campaign against childhood obesity?

[luv2ndamend]

I swear that I can see some resemblance to the first couple.

[clee1]

Who cares?

[Texas Eagle]

I knew this guy reminded me of someone.

[Joe 6-pack]

It wasn't all that long ago the left was telling us how thinner dolls presented a false ideal of beauty.

Liberalism truly is a mental disease.

[Viking2002]

'I swear that I can see some resemblance to the first couple.'

Nah, Moochelle's moustache is thicker.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[Tanniker Smith]

First, the Campbell Soup kids, and now this!

[tubebender]

It’s not what you thinks Red but...

[digger48]

First, the Campbell Soup kids, and now this!

The Pillsbury Doughboy kneads to watch out.

[yup2394871293]

If he’s become Mr. French Fry as a result, Michelle O should complain.

[eyedigress]

Just wait until Pelosi gets that next face-lift.

[Impala64ssa]

Hey, when I was a kid Mr. Potato Head came with a pipe.

[luv2ndamend]

You must admit though, the red shovel does fit her.

[lmr]

Good grief... It’s Mr. ‘Potato’ head. He should like a Potato for crying out loud. The original ‘Potato Head’ set actually required that a child actually use a REAL POTATO... The plastic ‘Potato’ came later. Liberals are mentally deranged.

[lmr]

The Pillsbury Doughboy kneads to watch out.

He's going to get rolled.

[Persevero]

HE’S A POTATO oh good grief

[KC_Lion]

You would not believe what he has been through!

[Right Wing Assault]

Mr. French Fry

[ApplegateRanch]

Those are fakes and have been ever since they started making the “potato” out of plastic, instead of just making the parts to be stuck unto REAL potatoes, carrots, turnips, and other suitable veggies.

As a kid, I had a REAL Mr Potato Head set.

These cheap cheesey things are an insult to the name.

[ApplegateRanch]

Never forget how they also slimmed down Poppin Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy, too.