Yonatan Zunger (zunger) wrote,
Yonatan Zunger
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Barbie girl

Mattel has specifically but somewhat unfirmly denied that the much-discussed breakup of Ken and Barbie has anything to do with the new "Cali girl Barbie" that was recently introduced.

This took a whole different spin in my head when I saw a print ad for the latter in a local paper, and noticed that when printed on low-grade newsprint, a lower-case i looks an awful lot like an l.
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Just one more Barbie career, the oldest profession!
*snicker*
> when printed on low-grade newsprint, a lower-case i looks an awful lot like an l.

on Livejournal, too, apparently. whoa, I almost just went out an bought a Barbie.

now I'm sort of disappointed...
Don't be too disappointed. The way this new Barbie is dressed does very little to resolve the ambiguity.