Florida Family Gets Bratz Doll That Swears

[Paulypalooza]

http://cbs4boston.com/watercooler/local_story_360131531.html
(video in the link)
Florida Family Gets Bratz Doll That Swears
(CBS4) MIAMI, Florida They look like a hipper, perhaps street-smart version of Barbie, and that's why Bratz dolls have become so popular with girls. But a Florida family found that the one they bought might be a little too street-smart for them.

Six-year-old Kristina Arce received a Bratz doll named Jade from Santa Claus, but when the doll started singing, her language sounded more than just jaded. The little girl brought it to the attention of her dad, telling him the doll was saying lots of bad words.

"I actually heard at the end some bad words, and I was freaking out," said her father Luis Arce. "I was very upset about it."

According to Arce, the talking doll was using the "F" and "B" words. He double-checked by playing the doll to others in the house and they confirmed what he had heard.

Arce wants an explanation from the store or company that makes the dolls.

CBS4 News in Miami tried contacting the toy company on Christmas Day, but could not get through to anyone.

(© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

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[Paulypalooza]

I saw another article on Comcast's video news player about this and apparently the swearing isn't cut and dry with the poor sound quality of the doll. The father said he had to listen to it again to be sure thats what he heard but is close enough to bleep it there too.

[Dreamweaver]

there is a reason that when I have kids and these dolls are still around, my child will not have any toys dealing with these dolls. They dress them like miniture hookers, and even the baby dolls look like they have a pound of makeup on.

[Origen]

I would SOOOO put that doll up on eBay and make a mint off of it.

[BlueNinja]

IMO they look like ass. Like Dreamweaver said. Yet another casualty of "gangsta" popularity.

[Mouser]

It's called a "Brat." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/brat)

Is ANYONE surprised that it misbehaves?

[carmachu]

I'm with dreamweaver. Sarah is SO not getting these when she gets older....

[BattleNymph]

My 13 year old loves them and has several her father and his family have bought her.

*shudders*

[StarkDaddy]

What Org said.

This is freaking hysterical though. Too bad they didn't make a video for the web.

[Haze]

Thank Gods my girls aren't into Barbies and the like 'cos there's no way they're having one of those!

[IFMU]

While from the parenting side of all of this... I have to ask.

Am I the only one who reads the topic to this thread and just laughs out loud each time? :shrug:

I think its fracking hilarious!~! "Brats" that cuss... go figure. lol

[Rizzo]

It's nice to know it takes the manufactering of a swearing doll for others to see the faults my mother and I found the day the product came out.:th_salute:

[Rizzo]

It's called a "Brat." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/brat)

Is ANYONE surprised that it misbehaves?



you.....are.......OK, you have a point there.

[Rizzo]

you.....are.......OK, you have a point there.

ignore that last one.

[carmachu]

ignore that last one.



He doesnt have a point?

[Justice]

Years ago, a friend of mine worked in a car dealership. He worked on the newest luxury models.

One day he was working on something inthe interior and kept thinking, "Something's not right here."

So he stopped and listened.

He had gotten so accustomed to the car door warning/voice chip he hadn't noticed at first. It wasn't saying what it normally said.

Normally it would say "Please close the door. The door is ajar. Please close the door." on and on ad nauseum.

Now it said, "Please close the @#$%^& door. The door is ajar. Please close the @#$%^& door."

He called his supervisor over. Obviously, some joker at the factory decided to play with the message a little. Happens a bit, so I'm told, in various forms from the disgruntled (see The Little Mermaid backgrounds, etc.)

I suspect that's the case here.