Hasbro is offering to exchange Play-Doh toy that looks like a penis

[Garion_55]

PAWTUCKET, R.I., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Hasbro has offered to replace part of a Play-Doh molding kit after some parents complained the piece looked a little too phallic.

Angered parents took to social media after Christmas, complaining that an extruder in the Play-Doh Cake Mountain set — which was meant to mimic a cake icing tool — looked too much like a penis.



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[LWolf]

1. Okay.

The idea that the item could "ruin Christmas," or that not using it means that children couldn't play with their play doh, is ludicrous.

[Turbineguy]

2. That unfortunate woman.

If she'd only married someone more well-endowed.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. She must be pretty sensitive if that one item completely ruined their Christmas.

OTOH, I wonder if her kids watch this character:


Who would have imagined a sex toy in a children's show.

[SummerSnow]

6. oh wow it's lumpy penis

[Warpy]

53. "Ribbed for her pleasure" comes to mind

If they'd made it yellow, likely the pearl clutching fundies never would have noticed.

[Buns_of_Fire]

58. That was the first thing I thought, too!

Poor thing must've REALLY freaked out when she saw Ron Popeil using his "Flavor Injector" on all those poor roasts and turkeys and hams and whatever else he could stuff in his rotisserie oven.

[Arugula Latte]

60. Maybe some antibiotics will clear those up.

[Cirque du So-What]

8. Is it within the bounds of good taste

to call this character a 'one-eyed monster?'

[Arkansas Granny]

12. lol! Wiki calls him a " friendly male red cyclops".

Makes you wonder just how friendly, huh.

[Cirque du So-What]

27. That description

has probably been used in more than one 'adult toy' catalog.

[NuclearDem]

17. Please tell me his name's Willy or Peter.

[Glassunion]

30. Richard Johnson

[hifiguy]

39. His friends call him

"Big Dick".

[Marrah_G]

4. LMAO!

[TBF]

5. Crazy -

who would even think of that unless someone points it out ~ certainly not her small children. I'm sure she'll now sue Play Doh for pain and suffering.

[SummerSnow]

7. she'll say it traumatized her daughter.

[Warpy]

54. The kid was only traumatized by having to give up her Play-Doh extruder set

Mommy was probably pretty funny to watch, though.

[B2G]

9. I refuse to believe someone at Hasbro didn't look at that and

immediately think 'dick syringe'.

[mythology]

10. That is a little hard to believe

That said, the lady's kids weren't traumatized by it either.

[joeybee12]

37. I know...

Pretty obvious and I'm surprise it got past the higher-ups or quality control.

[KittyWampus]

47. Why? It looks almost exactly like a colored plastic of an ICING SYRINGE. This says more about those

who insist on making it overtly phallic than the product itself.

If you want to have a syringe for something thick like icing or dough it's going to look pretty much JUST LIKE THAT.

[F4lconF16]

71. +1

These things really shouldn't be issues. Not to mention, you're completely right:

If you want to have a syringe for something thick like icing or dough it's going to look pretty much JUST LIKE THAT

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

74. It looks like my mother's old cookie press to me

So no, penis isn't where my mine would have gone.

[NuclearDem]

11. Introducing Hasbro's "My Little Boney"

[stevenleser]

13. Oh I am so stealing that...

LMAO

[Fred Sanders]

21. Winner^^^^^^^^^

[belzabubba333]

23. duzy?

[hifiguy]

41. i think so, yes.

[RKP5637]

51. +++ 1,000 +++ n/t

[Enrique]

14. is Jennifer Turner's full tweet available?

I want to know how it ruined their Christmas.

[belzabubba333]

26. she says it ruined christmas cause she spent all christmas day in the bedroom with it

[Enrique]

33. oh god that poor woman

her Tweet went viral and now she's subject to all this.

[Beaverhausen]

57. LOL!!!

[tridim]

15. Sometimes a toy syringe is just a toy syringe.

Idiots.

I have never seen a penis that looks anything like that, thank jeebus.

These complainers must have major sexual hang-ups.

[bluedigger]

46. How many have you seen?

[3catwoman3]

56. I don't know about tridim. I am a pediatric nurse practitioner...

...and over a nearly 40 year clinical career, I have seen THOUSANDS. None as "fancy" as this one, although there is a fair amount of variety -

[bluedigger]

63. Okay, I'll accept your opinion as "expert".

[3catwoman3]

70. I was an official government expert.

In my second Air Force nurse corps assignment, over a period of several weeks I had a run of mothers who had assorted questions about their sons' "plumbing." When I asked our front desk how come I was getting all the penis questions, they started doing it more on purpose. You've probably seen some of those lists of names where the person's name fits the job. Well, as luck would have it, my family last name is Ball, so the enlisted personnel had a great time calling me, "Captain Ball, the penis expert."

[jdenver_2624]

16. That's pretty funny

But I really think she's looking too much into it. It's only a toy after all

[tblue37]

18. Yep--I posted about this last night, but I figured it was Lounge material. nt

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018706446#post1

[Logical]

20. It IS lounge material. You were correct. nt

[Odin2005]

19. Somebody at Hasbro dropped the ball when they designed this.

Didn't ANYONE there notice that it looked like a dick? I know that if I saw it from a distance I would have thought it was a dildo.

[Glassunion]

29. Actually they dropped two balls...

[RKP5637]

52. ...

[leeroysphitz]

73. +1

[Odin2005]

79. LOL!

[tridim]

34. Form follows function.

This is a perfect example of that IMO.

How else would you design a simple dough syringe for a child? How would it look different?

Writing "Not a penis" on the side doesn't count.

[Jacoby365]

55. It could look like this.

[Buns_of_Fire]

59. Ooooo! Now THAT'S kinky! nt

[KittyWampus]

78. that looks like a banana syringe or… if body parts must be invoked… a uterus

[gratuitous]

69. Well, it is New Year's Eve

And they might be close to Times Square, where ball dropping is all the rage.

[Ilsa]

77. Nice set-up. nt

😁

[pintobean]

22. Has-Bro Dill-Doh

[belzabubba333]

24. she says it ruined christmas cause she spent all christmas day in the bedroom with it

[tularetom]

25. She must have caught her daughter trying to put batteries in it

"just like mommy does"

[WinkyDink]

36. Or maybe her husband.

[Major Nikon]

28. More of the same...

[Initech]

43. Spongebob looks *WAY* too happy in that picture there!

[Major Nikon]

44. Reminds me of Otto the Autopilot

[Rex]

50. Hmmm...ET looks like he wants to do more than just phone home.

And Sponge Bob Peckerpants...that is so WRONG...but funny as hell!

[Rhinodawg]

31. The child was traumatized.

[Avalux]

32. So what? Mom probably threw a fit and the kid didn't understand why....

now she's been burdened with Mom's shame regarding sexual body parts. Not only that, Mom spread that shame all over the internet. Poor kid.

[WinkyDink]

35. Please. It was obviously designed as a phallic object. The Hasbro designers aren't naive children.

This is some Hasbro's employees' notion of an in-joke.

[Glassunion]

38. Ok, let me see if I have this straight.

Parents go to the store
Parents find the Play-Doh Cake Mountain
Parents pick the box off the shelf, which has picture of the toy on the outside of the box
Parents then purchase the toy pictured on the box
Parents then take the toy home
Parents then wrap the box with the picture of the toy on it
Parents then give the toy to their child who unwraps it
Parents are then SHOCKED that the box contained a toy that was pictured on the box
Parents then have a tantrum on the internet because they got exactly what they paid for

[Vogon_Glory]

40. This One Is Going To Be A Collectible

Ooooooh! This one is going to be a collectible. Just watch!

[Initech]

42. Oh my god, that looks like a giant....

[Rex]

45. LOL! What the fuck ever!

Some people are desperate and seek attention in the most shameful way possible. You have to work really really hard at making that toy out to be a dick!

If someone has a penis that looks like THAT...better get your ass to the hospital ASAP!

[Odin2005]

80. Oh come on, if I saw it from far away I would probably mistake it for a dildo.

The mom is over the top, but let's not lie to ourselves that this somehow DOESN'T look like a dick.

[Rex]

82. Seriously it kind of looks like one, but that is really trying hard imo.

I think the family has Puritan fever.

[cyberswede]

48. Now the word "extruder" is ruined for me.

[Initech]

61. I saw the Extruders and the Play-doh Dildos at the Troubadour last week.

[KittyWampus]

49. FFS, it looks like an ICING SYRINGE. Form follows function.

[Odin2005]

81. The icing syringe doesn't look like a dildo.

[NYC_SKP]

62. Return it? Hell, I'm keeping mine.

Jennifer Turner let that ruin her whole Christmas?

Sheesh!

I'm going to thank them for all they do!

https://www.facebook.com/playdoh

[Warren DeMontague]

65. Collector's item.

[Warren DeMontague]

64. THIS IS NOT OKAY

I can see being a bit disappointed with the size, for one.

[NYC_SKP]

68. Appears to be a scale model. 1/10 scale.

More or less.

[Warren DeMontague]

66. ...Here, we'll exchange it for this extremely valuable 1st edition release of "The Little Mermaid"

Oh, wait...

[Kaleva]

67. I can see why she's angry. It's kinda too small to really do anything.

[U4ikLefty]

72. Okay, I must bookmark this thread.

[lovemydog]

75. Poor kid won't get to visit the Washington Monument.

[Jamastiene]

76. wtf were they thinking?

It does look like a dildo, only probably has jagged edges in all the wrong places. Still, I can't see it totally ruining Christmas. Kids are kids. Buy a syringe, the kind without a needle, and "accidentally" step on the one that came with it. Give the kid the syringe to use with the Play Doh to replace it, if it is so offensive to the parents. The kids won't notice if they are younger. If they are older, so fucking what if they notice. They'll have a laugh and move on. It is the adults can't seem to get over themselves.

[McCamy Taylor]

83. I want one! What do I have to give them in exchange?