A Harry Potter story...not a joke, a news item

Arvon · 10-10-2002, 05:23 PM

September reports in the New York Post and the Toronto Star, quoting parents' Web site "reviews" of the Mattel $19.99 Nimbus 2000 plastic-replica broomstick from the latest Harry Potter movie, highlighted its battery-powered special effect: vibration. Wrote a Texas mother: "I was surprised at how long (my daughter and her friends) can just sit in her room and play with this magic broomstick." Another said her daughter fights her son for it but complains that "the batteries drain too fast." A New Jersey mother, sensing a problem, said her daughter could keep playing with it, "but with the batteries removed." Still another mother, age 32, said she enjoyed it as much as her daughter. [New York Post, 9-7-02; Toronto Star, 9-7-02

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Larry_OHF · 10-10-2002, 06:17 PM

er.... [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

Oops... [img]graemlins/doh.gif[/img]

Timber Loftis · 10-10-2002, 06:20 PM

Sounds like this thread belongs on another sort of website.

10-10-2002, 06:22 PM

I don't get it, but even so, do you know how hard it is to take anything you say seriously, Arvon? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Lifetime · 10-10-2002, 06:24 PM

...... *gaping* ......

I'm a bad man I'm a very bad man... [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Where DO you find this stuff?

Larry_OHF · 10-10-2002, 06:25 PM

Can you give me a link to that news editorial? I have to show my wife real proof that it was actually published.

T/-/alali · 10-10-2002, 06:28 PM

My eyes my eyes are BURNING. Get the image out of my head PLEASE!!!!!!!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Rokenn · 10-10-2002, 06:29 PM

I heard that one TV talk show recommended this as an alternative for woman to embarrassed to by a vibrator [img]tongue.gif[/img]

The Ornery One · 10-10-2002, 07:17 PM

The toy makers clearly weren't thinking when they designed that!

Arvon · 10-10-2002, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Larry_OHF:
Can you give me a link to that news editorial? I have to show my wife real proof that it was actually published.

To answer you...I got this at a site that specilizes in wierd stuff. You could 'google' the reference, to the newspaper, in the article and search the dates given.

10-10-2002, 05:23 PM	#1
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	September reports in the New York Post and the Toronto Star, quoting parents' Web site "reviews" of the Mattel $19.99 Nimbus 2000 plastic-replica broomstick from the latest Harry Potter movie, highlighted its battery-powered special effect: vibration. Wrote a Texas mother: "I was surprised at how long (my daughter and her friends) can just sit in her room and play with this magic broomstick." Another said her daughter fights her son for it but complains that "the batteries drain too fast." A New Jersey mother, sensing a problem, said her daughter could keep playing with it, "but with the batteries removed." Still another mother, age 32, said she enjoyed it as much as her daughter. [New York Post, 9-7-02; Toronto Star, 9-7-02 [ 10-10-2002, 05:39 PM: Message edited by: Arvon ] __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

10-10-2002, 06:20 PM	#3
Timber Loftis 40th Level Warrior Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 11,916	Sounds like this thread belongs on another sort of website. __________________

10-10-2002, 06:24 PM	#5
Lifetime Red Dragon Join Date: March 3, 2001 Location: Scotch College, Melbourne Posts: 1,503	...... gaping ...... I'm a bad man I'm a very bad man... [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] Where DO you find this stuff? __________________ \'Cause its always raining in my head. Forget all the things I should have said..

10-10-2002, 06:28 PM	#7
T/-/alali Baaz Draconian Join Date: September 8, 2002 Location: Cornelius,NC Age: 36 Posts: 700	My eyes my eyes are BURNING. Get the image out of my head PLEASE!!!!!!!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ I am the Ferret king, master of the hordes, allied to Someguy\'s mighty pinguins, we will soon rule the world!

10-10-2002, 06:29 PM	#8
Rokenn Galvatron Join Date: January 22, 2002 Location: california wine country Age: 60 Posts: 2,193	I heard that one TV talk show recommended this as an alternative for woman to embarrassed to by a vibrator [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ “This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have mores. <br />Some people call you the elite. <br />I call you my base.”<br />~ George W. Bush (2000)

10-10-2002, 06:17 PM	#2
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 48 Posts: 14,759	er.... [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] Oops... [img]graemlins/doh.gif[/img]

10-10-2002, 06:22 PM	#4
Sorcerer Alex Guest Posts: n/a	I don't get it, but even so, do you know how hard it is to take anything you say seriously, Arvon? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

10-10-2002, 06:25 PM	#6
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 48 Posts: 14,759	Can you give me a link to that news editorial? I have to show my wife real proof that it was actually published.

10-10-2002, 07:17 PM	#9
The Ornery One Drow Warrior Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: S. IL Age: 48 Posts: 269	The toy makers clearly weren't thinking when they designed that! __________________ I like to wonder.<br />And when I wonder<br />My mind wanders.<br />And when it wanders,<br />I have to wonder;<br />When will it ever come back?!?

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