Mar 21, 2009: Prams

xoxoxoBruce · 03-21-2009, 02:57 AM

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Kids!
I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!
Kids!
Who can understand anything they say?
Kids!
They are so ridiculous and immature!
I don't see why anybody wants 'em!
Just you wait and see
Kids!
Kids! They are just impossible to control!
(Soon you'll be old enough to be)
Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll!
(Another teenage delinquent)
Why can't they be like you were,
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids to--
Kids!
What the devil's wrong with these kids today?
Kids!
Who could guess the they would turn out that way!
Why can't they be like we were,
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids?
What's the matter with kids?
What's the matter with kids today?

Aye, spoiled rotten they are. The combination of, a growth of the middle class with their disposable income, easy credit, cheap imports, and advertising, have combined to make kids (and their parents) more materialistic.

But spoiling kids isn't a new idea, by a long shot.
Take a gander at these antique prams (carriages), not for children, but for the children's dolls.

They are each meticulously handcrafted, but of course back then everything was. Some may have been made by craftsmen for their own children but probably most were made for rich men to spoil their children. And they didn't even have a sexy Barbie doll to put in them.

Here's about 40 of them.

Shawnee123 · 03-21-2009, 08:56 AM

I don't even see any rubber baby buggy bumpers.

Trilby · 03-21-2009, 09:27 AM

good one, Shawnee.

Ah, spoiled little bitches - they've been with us always.

DanaC · 03-21-2009, 09:56 AM

That's one way of looking at it. Another way of looking at it is to consider how much those parents were willing to spend in their quest to raise their daughters properly. By properly I of course mean properly feminine and maternal. The big (i.e expensive to craft) toys were generally heavily gender defining: train sets and bicycles for the boys, dollshouses and prams for the girls.

Gravdigr · 03-21-2009, 11:01 AM

Rubby baber bummy--wait...
Rumby babber bumger--dammit...
Rubbey barby bangy--aw fukkit...

Trilby · 03-21-2009, 11:14 AM

Dana - you know very well you don't have to spend a lot of money to raise your daughter properly.

It's spoiled little bitches get those prams.

eta: *sniff* I never got a pram! I had to make do with a wheel-barrow!

Sundae · 03-21-2009, 11:50 AM

I had prams.
And baby dollies.
I remember loving them.

But my two best things EVAH - Monkey (formal name Anne, but she was a stuffed toy in the shape of a monkey after all) who was my best friend and alter-ego. Did I tell you the story about Mum cutting Monkey's head off? I'm sure I did.

And my bro's Fisher Price garage. Something I had wanted for myself for years. Poor old Stevo, he had to put up with my stories as "we" played with it. He isn't an avid reader. I think my stories were so good they spoiled other writers for him.

Ahem.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-21-2009, 01:42 PM

You should have put those stories to good use.

Trilby · 03-21-2009, 01:46 PM

my favorite toy was Malibu barbie and her Suntan Friends, with their glasses and their towels the fun never ends!

I liked Skipper and my Malibu Barbie Van. I think there was a Francie doll, too.

Ken was supremely superfluous.

Sundae · 03-21-2009, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You should have put those stories to good use

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Ken was supremely superfluous.

So you see, it wouldn't have helped...

Except that I love to love.
Damn, what I wouldn't give to be head over heels

Well, except wit you Bruce, you heart-breaker...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-21-2009, 02:27 PM

...and a kidney jouncer, and skin rasher, and...

SteveDallas · 03-21-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

spoiled little bitches

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Originally Posted by Brianna

spoiled little bitches

Hmm I'm sensing a pattern here.... I wonder what kind of career choice would let Brianna come in contact with a lot of spoiled little bitches... and visit upon them the retribution they deserve??

xoxoxoBruce · 03-21-2009, 05:30 PM

It's not always a personal choice causing one to be visited upon by spoiled little bitches, sometimes it's the sins of the father.

Sheldonrs · 03-21-2009, 06:48 PM

Is it just me, or does the last one look like an uncovered hearse?

DanaC · 03-21-2009, 06:51 PM

That's the Transylvanian model.

03-21-2009, 08:56 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I don't even see any rubber baby buggy bumpers. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-21-2009, 09:27 AM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	good one, Shawnee. Ah, spoiled little bitches - they've been with us always. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-21-2009, 11:01 AM	#5
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03-21-2009, 11:14 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Dana - you know very well you don't have to spend a lot of money to raise your daughter properly. It's spoiled little bitches get those prams. eta: sniff I never got a pram! I had to make do with a wheel-barrow! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-21-2009, 11:50 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I had prams. And baby dollies. I remember loving them. But my two best things EVAH - Monkey (formal name Anne, but she was a stuffed toy in the shape of a monkey after all) who was my best friend and alter-ego. Did I tell you the story about Mum cutting Monkey's head off? I'm sure I did. And my bro's Fisher Price garage. Something I had wanted for myself for years. Poor old Stevo, he had to put up with my stories as "we" played with it. He isn't an avid reader. I think my stories were so good they spoiled other writers for him. Ahem. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-21-2009, 09:56 AM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	That's one way of looking at it. Another way of looking at it is to consider how much those parents were willing to spend in their quest to raise their daughters properly. By properly I of course mean properly feminine and maternal. The big (i.e expensive to craft) toys were generally heavily gender defining: train sets and bicycles for the boys, dollshouses and prams for the girls.

03-21-2009, 01:42 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You should have put those stories to good use. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-21-2009, 01:46 PM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	my favorite toy was Malibu barbie and her Suntan Friends, with their glasses and their towels the fun never ends! I liked Skipper and my Malibu Barbie Van. I think there was a Francie doll, too. Ken was supremely superfluous. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-21-2009, 02:27 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	...and a kidney jouncer, and skin rasher, and... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-21-2009, 05:30 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's not always a personal choice causing one to be visited upon by spoiled little bitches, sometimes it's the sins of the father. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-21-2009, 06:48 PM	#14
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Is it just me, or does the last one look like an uncovered hearse? __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-21-2009, 06:51 PM	#15
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	That's the Transylvanian model.

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