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Barbie in a burkha:World-famous doll gets a makeover to go under the hammer for 50th anniversary
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 02/26/2011 | DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Posted on 02/26/2011 6:24:43 PM PST by massmike

One of the world's most famous children's toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover - wearing a burkha. Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby's for Save The Children. More than 500 Barbies went on show yesterday at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy

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KEYWORDS: 2disgusting4words; barbie; sick; sicksick; sicksicksick
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1 posted on 02/26/2011 6:24:47 PM PST by massmike
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2 posted on 02/26/2011 6:25:46 PM PST by massmike (DADT repeal: the Boy Scouts now have tougher membership requirements than the Army!)
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doll gets a makeover to go under the hammer

Gotta look good for the stoning! / sarc

3 posted on 02/26/2011 6:26:29 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|http://pure-gas.org|Must be a day for changing taglines)
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Oh God.


4 posted on 02/26/2011 6:27:08 PM PST by youngidiot (Don't let the name fool ya, toots.)
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The latest children’s toy has just hit the shops - a talking Muslim doll.

Nobody knows what the hell it says ‘cause no one has the balls to pull the cord.


5 posted on 02/26/2011 6:28:41 PM PST by Ev Reeman
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To: massmike

50 years old !!

Should be ‘botox barbie’


6 posted on 02/26/2011 6:30:04 PM PST by maine yankee
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To: Ev Reeman

LMAO!!


7 posted on 02/26/2011 6:30:18 PM PST by luv2ndamend (Same party, different letter.)
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To: massmike

Wouldn’t have worked for me. My Barbies had to pass the coiffure inspection before I plunked down my money.


8 posted on 02/26/2011 6:31:10 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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**Gotta look good for the stoning! / sarc**

are the complimentary stones in the box, too???


9 posted on 02/26/2011 6:33:32 PM PST by gwilhelm56 (Egypt 2011 = Iran 1979)
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. . . . Just because.

See photo.

10 posted on 02/26/2011 6:36:33 PM PST by LucyT
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The one on the right is whitetail deer hunter Barbie.


11 posted on 02/26/2011 6:38:36 PM PST by rabidralph ((Mu)Barack must go!)
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One good thing is that Barbie’s head comes off easily—makes honor killing easier.


12 posted on 02/26/2011 6:39:09 PM PST by Keli Kilohana (Editor, ZARR CHASM CHRONICAL [sic], Sore, WV)
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That’s really Ken in the green.


13 posted on 02/26/2011 6:40:33 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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Complete with beating bruises and mutilated genitalia!
14 posted on 02/26/2011 6:40:33 PM PST by 2111USMC
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To: devolve; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; dixiechick2000; Lady Jag; MeekOneGOP; massmike
Time for a Barbie-Q !


15 posted on 02/26/2011 6:42:49 PM PST by potlatch ( ~*coincidences usually aren't *~)
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To: Ev Reeman

http://www.womanhonorthyself.com/?p=5193


16 posted on 02/26/2011 6:42:56 PM PST by luv2ndamend (Same party, different letter.)
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That’s really Ken in the green.

I could have sworn it was Skipper.
17 posted on 02/26/2011 6:45:10 PM PST by Girlene
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To: Ev Reeman; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Post #5:
"Nobody knows what the hell it says ‘cause no one has the balls to pull the cord."
ROLF. LOL. And a big haw haw haw.
Ernie.....you have to see this one...... heheheh. Not to appear to dramatic. But often people here say they almost choked on some really good remark by someone. Well I just almost choked to death while reading it filling my mouth with some Chianti....how I did not splurt out all over the key board..... Ev Reeman should received some kind of award for this one.
18 posted on 02/26/2011 6:45:20 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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What next????


19 posted on 02/26/2011 6:46:55 PM PST by massmike (DADT repeal: the Boy Scouts now have tougher membership requirements than the Army!)
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And then watch as GI Joe on the next shelf blows her away with his bazooka.


20 posted on 02/26/2011 6:47:08 PM PST by Ev Reeman
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