Stamped: November 27th, 2006 | Toggle Similar
Tagged: around town, fan mail, holiday hijinks, internet stuff, sex toy review.

Ladies and gentlemen, clearly the must-have toy of this holiday season is an AquaPet. Now, now. I know…you've already seen the newsflash on boing boing. But I'm reviving this bulletin for a few very special reasons. First, it's always fun to look at:

Plus, you can purchase them for your male children with a Spongebob Squarepants model.

OR SO YOU THOUGHT! Here's where the news grabs hold. I'm about to get Dateline on your asses. You see, when I was sent the link to check out this oddly packaged toy, I was redirected to amazon's error page.

But surely this was a mistake. I tried again. Then, I tried by going to the home page and starting the search from scratch. Still, nothing. According to amazon dot com, no products matched such a search term. What in Sam Hill is going on here, I pondered. This link was merely days old and already amazon was trying to erase history? There had to be more to this story…

My first stop was eBay. Swiftly, I landed two hits for the Aquapet. Two? Only two? And wait…the seller is in Australia?! The only thing that made sense was that the bids were about triple the value of the penis toy. I shook my head. Now, I can't make any accusations here, but I'm certain that either that auction is going to be "cancelled" at the last minute, or Nick Junior's execs are sitting with their Blackberries glued to their pudgy thumbs, ready to pounce and peck as soon as they're outbid.

But I couldn't sit and dwell. This was a mystery to unfold. Certainly Yahoo Shopping would be able to show me some other sites still hawking the Dora Penis Dome. A couple of clicks and my heart, again, sinks. Amazon must have beaten me to the punch.

Only available from the site that denies their very existence. Sigh.

You know, I'm not sure if I should be worried or impressed. I'm not sure why Dora is being singled out here, but this has got to be one of the most impressive attempts to erase history since my 8th grade social studies textbook. Who knew amazon had so much power? And more importantly, WHY DORA? Perhaps most importantly, I wonder if they do traffic tickets?

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