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(Smh.com.au) Fail Store forced to withdraw a line of underwear for young children that carries slogans such as "call me" and "I ♥ rich boys"   (smh.com.au) divider line 59
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2011-11-21 11:39:40 PM
Now where will Mark Foley shop?
 
2011-11-21 11:50:11 PM
Hey, at least they weren't crotchless.
 
2011-11-22 12:33:24 AM
What are ya gonna do? They're too young for tramp stamps. This is a nice jr. tramp alternative. Like those little plastic high heels they make for toddlers.
 
2011-11-22 12:40:53 AM
Have they got the underwear in Penn State colors?
 
2011-11-22 01:03:37 AM
How is a fat parent supposed to prepare their crotchfruit for making a living as a pole dancer or hooker if you can't buy the Toddlers in Tiaras outfits that are career-grooming appropriate?

Probably doesn't matter, though - those jobs will also eventually be outsourced to places like Vietnam.
 
2011-11-22 01:15:25 AM
acanuck: Probably doesn't matter, though - those jobs will also eventually be outsourced to places like Vietnam.

They could have girls' underwear with Eric Cartman dressed as the Vietnamese Hooker with the phrase, "suckie-suckie five-dollah!"
 
2011-11-22 05:41:31 AM
BroVinny: Have they got the underwear in Penn State colors?

~golf clap~

I wouln't buy these or allow these to be bought by my child...and I think that's where the responsibility lies...with the parents. In short, STOP BUYING YOUR KIDS SEXY UNDERWEAR IF IT BOTHERS YOU MORONS!
 
2011-11-22 05:43:20 AM
BroVinny: Have they got the underwear in Penn State colors?

Hm... R you all out already?

Try Brown Uni, they last longer, have better masking capability, longer tread life, less frequent changing.
 
2011-11-22 05:48:45 AM
Bathia_Mapes: Hey, at least they weren't crotchless.

There's an easy jailbreak procedure to fix that.

/I'm thinking Arbie's for some reason
 
2011-11-22 05:48:50 AM
Except of course, that they weren't "for young children", they were ADULT WOMEN'S underwear (size 8 - 16 are adult sizes). But if you're a member of the Xtian right, you don't know the difference between a clothing size and an age, right?

/As an adult woman, I wouldn't be caught dead in a pair of these, but really, they are adult sizes, not children's
 
2011-11-22 05:51:49 AM
Come on, I can think of much more disgusting things quite easily. KMart isn't even trying.
 
2011-11-22 05:55:12 AM
Sounded like these were aimed at teens, so chances are they are out buying their own underwear. So by that time, it really depends on what kinds of values parents instilled in them when they were younger, and not what the parents are buying for their kids.
 
2011-11-22 06:02:44 AM
"Why else would you put this sort of thing, such as 'call me' on underwear if you were not encouraging young women to flaunt their sexuality?"

I'm sure I don't know, why don't I have my underwear call your underwear?
 
2011-11-22 06:09:03 AM
I suppose if the underwear reads "call me", then the reader won't really have to.
 
2011-11-22 06:10:31 AM
Oh I wish I lived in a country that was sophisticated enough to tell people like Melinda Tankard Reist to just go fark themselves.
 
2011-11-22 06:15:57 AM
All this and more at the Penn State Campus Bookstore
 
2011-11-22 06:18:17 AM
But with education costing tens of thousands for a a useless degree, they have to start marketing the good early. Mom's just looking out for snowflake's future. They've come a long way, you see.
 
2011-11-22 06:21:10 AM
Bigdogdaddy: BroVinny: Have they got the underwear in Penn State colors?

~golf clap~

I wouln't buy these or allow these to be bought by my child...and I think that's where the responsibility lies...with the parents. In short, STOP BUYING YOUR KIDS SEXY UNDERWEAR IF IT BOTHERS YOU MORONS!


But it isn't enough that I don't buy these things. It must be so that YOU can't buy them either.
 
2011-11-22 06:22:52 AM
Bigdogdaddy: STOP BUYING YOUR KIDS SEXY UNDERWEAR IF IT BOTHERS YOU MORONS!

You know, I can't help but think that the "JUST DON'T STEP IN THAT PARTICULAR PILE OF DOGSH*T" theory is in part responsible for the Baskin Robbins assortment of dogsh*t that's available.
 
2011-11-22 06:34:44 AM
dig420: Oh I wish I lived in a country that was sophisticated enough to tell people like Melinda Tankard Reist to just go fark themselves.

I wish I lived in a society sophisticated enough that it didn't give people like Melinda Tankard Reist much to do.
 
2011-11-22 06:35:37 AM
meaning christian the x comes from latin and is the latin letter for christ, i.e. x-tian means christ-tian or christian.
Xmas
Contrary to popular belief, the X in X-Mas was not made up by the secular heathens in California (no attack intended). X-Mas was a shorter version of Christmas, first used in Europe around the 1500s. In Greek, Christ's name started with an X, Xristos. Thus, it is literally, "Christ-mas", or "Christ's Mass".
X-mas = Christmas
So, you are not offending God when you say Xmas.

Waffle (new window)


/this post is as accurate as the headline
 
2011-11-22 06:38:42 AM
McMuttons: Sounded like these were aimed at teens, so chances are they are out buying their own underwear. So by that time, it really depends on what kinds of values parents instilled in them when they were younger, and not what the parents are buying for their kids.

You forgot one thing. It's also important what the mob values are. The mob being the legions on blogs, Twitter, and mainstream media. If parents don't listen to what these people say, how will they know what to be outraged about?
 
2011-11-22 06:39:55 AM
Bathia_Mapes: Hey, at least they weren't crotchless.

Eh, this isn't quite as egregious as the story with the fetishwear in the kid's clothing section, but it is kind of similar in that the problem isn't so much with the clothing itself so much as marketing sexual products to people who aren't legally allowed to, y'know, engage in sexual activity.

Though in this case I'd buy the store's comment that it was targeted as teenagers (who are, to be fair, known for compulsively buying random clothing with random writing on it, I'm pretty sure that's how the band t-shirt thing got started) who are trying to be sassy or whatever the fark. It's not quite as single-purpose as the crotchless underpants since they're at least functional in a non-sexual context. I can see why the store owners agreed that they were close to a line and withdrew the child-labeled lines, though.
 
2011-11-22 06:48:58 AM
I heart rich boys. Hmm, 10 bucks is like a million to a 6 year old...
 
2011-11-22 06:52:46 AM
EleventyOne: So, you are not offending God when you say Xmas.

Well, there must be a reason God wanted Latin out of the Mass service...
 
2011-11-22 06:54:48 AM
Meh, I don't see the big deal. If you don't want your kids to wear them, then don't buy them.

Besides, my older brothers grew up wearing He-Man and Transformers underwear, where's the outrage for having a bunch of violent, indecisive robots emblazoned on their crotches? Or the outrage over a underwear featuring a bunch of scantily clad, hyper-buff men living in a castle together fighting other scantily clad hyper-buff skeletons?

/NTTAWWT
 
2011-11-22 07:07:44 AM
Whores gotta advertise too.
 
2011-11-22 07:29:03 AM
"It sickens me," he said. "It makes me cry to see that sort of stuff out there in our stores. It sends the wrong message entirely."

ok, its clearly inappropriate but jeez buddy it isn't the holocaust
 
2011-11-22 07:35:05 AM
Next thing you know, your kids will be buying vibrators at Spencer Gifts.. THE HUMANITY.
 
2011-11-22 07:53:41 AM
To the Loyal Employees of Girlz Xpress/Kiddie Star Lusters Industries

I know. We've all seen the news and by now, the Receiving area is packed with returns. We're going to try and find other markets for our products but until we do, things will be tough around here.

By the end of the day, your managers should have completed the layoffs. Everyone left will either work exactly 32 hours a weeks or less than 32 hours a week. Your managers will tell you which of the lucky ones will still have health benefits.

I know we worked really hard on these products and I feel we did a great job but the American consumer has spoken. We're going to try and market the stuff we already made in countries where English isn't the primary language in hopes of recouping some of our loss. If Chevrolet can sell the Nova in Mexico, we can sell pre-teen panties in Guatemala that say "Boys, form a line. This train runs on time."

I know this comes at a tough time. The holiday season is right around the corner and we had hoped to sell a million "chicks or dicks" thongs by now but that just isn't going to happen. It's not our fault. We made a quality product and hoped to reach that teen slut niche that was brimming with disposable income. The market forces just won't let us tap that potential right now.

Those of us that survive the upcoming layoffs, can look forward to a prosperous and rebounding 2012. Our sexy line of pre-teen undies may be discontinued but we are doing a lot of research on the pre-teen boy penis enlargement market and feel that the Junior Ron Jeremy Peener Pump will be on every 10 year old boy's Easter Gift 2012 list.

I wish the best of luck to all who will be escorted from this wonderful business today. Good luck. And for those who remain behind, please remember we are the only 100 percent American business that continues to meet the needs of the sexually active pre-teen children. We close down and China walks right in.

There is still a fight to win

The President
Girlz Xpress/Kiddie Star Lusters Industries
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Since 1965 A Leader in the Pre-Teen Sexy Undergarment and Pre-Teen Sexual Exploration Industries.
 
2011-11-22 07:55:42 AM
"the store was accused of sexualising teenagers."

I think the store is a bit late to the game when it comes to sexualising teenage girls.

"Why else would you put this sort of thing, such as 'call me' on underwear if you were not encouraging young women to flaunt their sexuality?" Ms Tankard Reist said.


If anyone is in a position to see what is written on a teenage girls underwear I think it's safe to say she's flaunting her sexuality pretty well already.
 
2011-11-22 07:56:55 AM
McMuttons: Sounded like these were aimed at teens, so chances are they are out buying their own underwear. So by that time, it really depends on what kinds of values parents instilled in them when they were younger, and not what the parents are buying for their kids.

It doesn't really matter what's printed on them; they're just going to end up wadded up in a ball on the back seat of the high school quarterback's 93 Ford Tempo anyway...
 
2011-11-22 07:58:02 AM
If you don't want me staring at your daughter's ass....

i.tfster.com

Don't let her put reading material on it.
 
2011-11-22 08:23:51 AM
They push this every year now, and more and more retailers are getting in on it. As soon as the sales numbers are big enough (and they eventually will be), the stores won't pull them when the complaints come in. Then your 10 year old daughter will be asking you for thongs that have "Plow Me" written on the front. This will be the new norm.
 
2011-11-22 08:26:08 AM
It also seems lots of parents completely missed the fact that "hipster irony" is "in" with the young crowd these days. I'm sort of thinking that lots of purchases would be made by slave-minded hipster-wannabes, all looking for the latest in ironic-wear. "Well, they SAY that I'm a skanky slut, but I'm being a skanky slut IRONICALLY!" *rolls eyes*

I do, however, agree that they're too far over the top for prepubescent girls. Hell, even younger teen girls should avoid them, but since these busy shouters don't wanna be real parents, I guess K-Mart is going to have to deliver the necessary moral values.

In the end, I guess it's all just business as usual, eh?
 
2011-11-22 08:54:57 AM
The prefect accessory to the undies!!!

i758.photobucket.com
 
2011-11-22 08:55:16 AM
This disgusts me.

I'm so sick of stores giving in to pressure and pulling perfectly good products from the shelves because some busybody gets her panties in a wad.

Stores really need to learn how to say "fark off and die" when these biatches start whining about products that other people want to have available instead of caving in to the censors.
 
2011-11-22 09:04:24 AM
RealFarknMcCoy2: Except of course, that they weren't "for young children", they were ADULT WOMEN'S underwear (size 8 - 16 are adult sizes). But if you're a member of the Xtian right, you don't know the difference between a clothing size and an age, right?

/As an adult woman, I wouldn't be caught dead in a pair of these, but really, they are adult sizes, not children's


Actually, in Australia (where this tale is set), children's clothes are sized by approximate age. So, size 8 is for an average 8 year old. That said, just to be awkward, women's clothing also starts at size 8 (or sometimes size 6, no idea what has happened to sizes 1 through 5?).
So, it is possible that this is in kids' sizes.
At the very least, the girl xpress label they have in store is the stuff aimed at your young teens. I know this because there is a lot of it in my 12 year old's room.
 
2011-11-22 09:22:26 AM
Do those appear to be thongs too?
 
2011-11-22 09:42:41 AM
nonzero: Actually, in Australia (where this tale is set), children's clothes are sized by approximate age.

As I understand it, they also have pretty vicious anit-porn movement going on over there at the moment too.
 
2011-11-22 09:53:34 AM
DarkVader: I'm so sick of stores giving in to pressure and pulling perfectly good products from the shelves because some busybody gets her panties in a wad.

This just in: most retail operations (and in particular, those that are apparently multinational chains) don't really dig bad press.

DarkVader: Stores really need to learn how to say "fark off and die" when these biatches-

It's about here I stopped believing you had anything profound to say. Busybody? Kinda sexist, but I'd allow it- this is a person more concerned with other peoples' business in general than she may have a right to, but I don't really think this kind of name calling is remotely justified.
 
2011-11-22 10:10:53 AM
Bigdogdaddy: I wouln't buy these or allow these to be bought by my child...and I think that's where the responsibility lies...with the parents. In short, STOP BUYING YOUR KIDS SEXY UNDERWEAR IF IT BOTHERS YOU MORONS!

Yeah, they wouldn't produce them unless somebody was.
 
2011-11-22 10:19:49 AM
What difference does it make what the panties say when the first thing they do is take them off?
 
2011-11-22 10:55:31 AM
Our future semen receptacles simply must be trained. Get with the program, K-Mart! Add, "Just Wipe It Off on the Drapes" and "Now Let Me Go Make You a Sammich" to the line. They have to know how to go full cycle on the process.
 
2011-11-22 10:57:53 AM
Does the "Call me" one include an iron-on number kit? What the crap good does it do to say "call me" if you're not going to include your phone number?

/but if you have room for your fax number, you probably shouldn't be buying these panties.
 
2011-11-22 11:49:19 AM
buckler: I suppose if the underwear reads "call me", then the reader won't really have to.

I always strip down to my undies in front of potential dates, then if he approves I let him write the phone number on my undies himself. Then I take off the panties and give them to him. But he has to call if he wants any more than that. Tee-hee.

But I'm an adult. This is certainly not appropriate for young girls.
 
2011-11-22 11:56:44 AM
They should have better messages, like "Wrap it before you tap it" or for the more saucy ladies, "What what?" Hell for the mma girls, get some weird design around the words "Tap It"
 
2011-11-22 12:07:36 PM
cryinoutloud: I always Shwiing

That's the most beautiful thing I've read. Empowering. I think I have a tear in my eye, and feelin a little empowered now soooo
 
2011-11-22 03:52:23 PM
Most girls are having sex by 16 with many of them starting around 13 and it is almost always with older boys and men in their early 20s. Most of the time it is for attention of the older man, his ability to buy them items and take them places. The girls believe they are having sex because they love the man and he loves them, but what they really love is what they gain. This has been going on for that I know of since the 80s, but I am sure it has been going on for a lot longer. Once you realize this fact seeing underwear of this nature is no surprise and it is better to teach your daughter how to be safe with her sexual actives than attempt to prevent her from having sex.

I know of no women I have ever spoken to that went beyond 16 before sex and the youngest was 11. Just a note none of them had sex with a boy under the age of 15.
 
2011-11-22 03:59:53 PM
nonzero: RealFarknMcCoy2: Except of course, that they weren't "for young children", they were ADULT WOMEN'S underwear (size 8 - 16 are adult sizes). But if you're a member of the Xtian right, you don't know the difference between a clothing size and an age, right?

/As an adult woman, I wouldn't be caught dead in a pair of these, but really, they are adult sizes, not children's

Actually, in Australia (where this tale is set), children's clothes are sized by approximate age. So, size 8 is for an average 8 year old. That said, just to be awkward, women's clothing also starts at size 8 (or sometimes size 6, no idea what has happened to sizes 1 through 5?).
So, it is possible that this is in kids' sizes.
At the very least, the girl xpress label they have in store is the stuff aimed at your young teens. I know this because there is a lot of it in my 12 year old's room.


Actually, in Australia, where this story is based, and WHERE I LIVE, these garments are in ADULT SIZES, and are NOT available for pre-teens, but you just go right on denying the testimony of a darling EYE WITNESS with your bad selves...
 
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