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Old 12-30-2014, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Greensboro, NC USA
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Play-Doh is in hot water over part of one of its toys. The extruder for Play-Doh's Cake Mountain set, which squeezes "icing" on to Play-Doh cakes looks like a penis. Play-Doh is doing some serious damage control over the toy. Looks like Play-Doh's Dil-Doh has a lot of parents upset


Play-Doh Enrages Parents With a Penis-Shaped Baking Toy - Businessweek
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Old 12-30-2014, 07:55 PM
 
Location: At the corner of happy and free
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If I had seen this toy before reading about the brouhaha, I wouldn't have thought anything about it. I'm not sure how else a play-doh "frosting" decorator with nozzle could be shaped.
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Old 12-30-2014, 08:03 PM
 
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I don't see the problem and kids wouldn't either
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Old 12-30-2014, 08:15 PM
 
Location: A Yankee in northeast TN
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I can see a lot of other ways this could be shaped that wouldn't cause any consternation at all. Somebody at Hasbro really flubbed this one for not realizing the controversy the shape would create among parents.
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Old 12-30-2014, 09:09 PM
 
Location: Greensboro, NC USA
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To make matters worse, the two little flabs on each side could be symbolic for testicles. It not just a general shape, Its shaped just like the male anatomy. The "frosting" coming out of it is suggestive and the fact that its called an extruder "tool" is also sugestive. The designer of this product had to have known what it resembles. It looks like a "ribbed" dildoh

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/im...PlayDoh340.png

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Old 12-30-2014, 09:21 PM
 
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To make matters worse, the two little flabs on each side could be symbolic for testicles. It not just a general shape, Its shaped just like the male anatomy. The "frosting" coming out of it is suggestive and the fact that its called an extruder "tool" is also sugestive. The designer of this product had to have known what it resembles. It looks like a "ribbed" dildoh

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/im...PlayDoh340.png


Symbolic for testicles? Jeez what a reach, around
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Old 12-30-2014, 10:20 PM
 
Location: Texas
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To make matters worse, the two little flabs on each side could be symbolic for testicles. It not just a general shape, Its shaped just like the male anatomy. The "frosting" coming out of it is suggestive and the fact that its called an extruder "tool" is also sugestive. The designer of this product had to have known what it resembles. It looks like a "ribbed" dildoh

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/im...PlayDoh340.png

Oh, wow...that does resemble a dick. L.O.L.
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Old 12-30-2014, 10:39 PM
 
Location: H-Tine, Texas
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To make matters worse, the two little flabs on each side could be symbolic for testicles. It not just a general shape, Its shaped just like the male anatomy. The "frosting" coming out of it is suggestive and the fact that its called an extruder "tool" is also sugestive. The designer of this product had to have known what it resembles. It looks like a "ribbed" dildoh

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/im...PlayDoh340.png
Well, at least the toy still has some usage after mother's take it away from their children.
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Old 12-30-2014, 10:51 PM
 
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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Play-Doh should look on the bright side: this has the potential to become the adult gag gift of the year!
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Old 12-31-2014, 08:02 AM
 
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That's funny, it really does look like one, lol.
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