Woolworths withdraws inappropriately named bed..
 

Woolworths has pulled a bed from their range. The bed was a Child's bed and had the slightly inappropriate name of Lolita..

Bearing in mind the book, and both films of that name, methinks the name sends entirely the wrong message..

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02...s_bed_outrage/

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In other news, Homebase have withdrawn their 'Fred West' patio set.

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Did that come with spade included?

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El Reg's readers nail it pretty well as usual, particularly Greg and the first comment.

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who thought that name up for a childs bed ? it makes you wonder.:erm:

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woolworths sells beds? :/

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Yes. I liked this one, too:

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TN, You missed the kicker of the end (imho)

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like it myself norm.:D

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Is that the same Fred West that thinks there is 24ft in a yard? :confused:

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PC madness. For goodness sake, who cares what its called. Most people buy stuff cause it looks nice and meets their needs.

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While you do have a completely valid point, calling a kids bed "Lolita" is a bit too much... especially given the meaning of the word.
Surely though the person who named the bed in the first place must've known what it meant... and for that reason, its just wrong.

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I heard the woman from the raising kids site on the Jeremy Vine show this morning - she got slated by some bloke who was also being interviewed on the same subject....

The interview is here: http://www.raisingkids.co.uk/todaysn..._310108_01.asp

I've not listened to the stream so the guy may have been edited out to put her in a better light for her site...

BTW, what's wrong with it, it's a just a female name - bloody censorship if you ask me...and I have seen the Kubrick film.

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Now thats put the smile back on my face!

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Who names their bed ? Is yours called Geoff......or Bobby.......or Claire. No. Exactly. It doesn't mean anything.

In fact, it actually means this...........

http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Lolita.html

Well done that man.

:tu:

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On the flip side, how many people here would want to buy a car called Christine? :)

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Eh? PC madness would be banning the book, surely? It isn't banned, as far as I know. Anyone else read it? Quite a good read, I thought. Nabokov's Ada is quite good too, being mainly about underage incest, but I don't see people calling for the programming language to be renamed...

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As in Keeler? lol!

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Nah! :)
As in this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085333/

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would anyone liked to have been named by their parents as "dick head"? naming the bed etc is the same thats why people dont like it, nothing to do with pc **** ffs! :D

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It's just a stupid thing to do. Like naming a stove Adolf. Yes, it's just a name, but it's wholely inappropriate and unnecessary.

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Ooops!

Hurriedly renames some household appliances..........................:Sprint:

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I think IKEA ought to withdraw all their products with inappropriate names.

Oh, just a minute, that would be all of them then... :erm:

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well, i originally thought this, and when i first saw the name, i thought it was just that, a girls name :erm:

i was involved in a debate about it at the time, and was called some choice names for not knowing :rolleyes: (i seriously have never heard of the book or film)
then i was told that child pornography is known as loli porn :shocked: (but didnt know this either)

so i think its bad marketing on their part, i dont think any malice was intended ... at least i hope not :erm:

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And do you have a source for this piece of outstanding info?

Lolita is just a name. Nothing more. Nothing less. :rolleyes:

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well i was told it, by the person who was accusing me of being "thick,naive,stupid" because i'd never heard of this so called term for it before.

i dont think it helped though, that i said it was quite a nice name :erm:

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I don't think it makes any difference as Woolies don't actually sell anything: everything on the shelves bears a "Temporarily out of stock" sticker.

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:D:D:D:p:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita

---------- Post added at 11:51 ---------- Previous post was at 11:51 ----------

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...oli-porn-manga

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ahhhh, thanks for that :)

i didnt really want to type loli porn into my search bar :shocked:

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;) and why would that be :D

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:erm::erm::erm::erm::erm:

cos knowing my flippin luck, it'd be a filthy site that the police havent shut down yet :shocked:

either that, or a site fulla animate lolipops having sex :rofl:

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:D