http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/ hmmm... what? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:10:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15706 Azurae Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:42:40 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15706 Poor kid, always a bummer if I remember right... I agree with Chelsea, toss the cup and save yourself and him from any further "trauma." (: Poor kid, always a bummer if I remember right… I agree with Chelsea, toss the cup and save yourself and him from any further “trauma.” (:

]]> http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15705 owen Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:07:51 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15705 Never heard of <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/mass-marketing" rel="nofollow">engineered obsolescence</a>? It's very common in kid's products, especially since the makers of such goods usually have a monopoly on the iconography (in this case, Dora) they're selling, meaning that nobody else can produce a better product that would force them to improve theirs. Never heard of engineered obsolescence? It’s very common in kid’s products, especially since the makers of such goods usually have a monopoly on the iconography (in this case, Dora) they’re selling, meaning that nobody else can produce a better product that would force them to improve theirs.

]]> http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15703 Chelsea Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:53:19 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15703 Perhaps when you see it's all faded off, you throw it away before Elijah sees it? Just a thought :) Perhaps when you see it’s all faded off, you throw it away before Elijah sees it? Just a thought :)

]]> http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15701 Jamie Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:18:19 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15701 Wow, that's horrible! My niece would freak out if something like that happened. *sigh* What happened to GOOD products? Wow, that’s horrible! My niece would freak out if something like that happened. *sigh* What happened to GOOD products?

]]> http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15700 Nicole Ross Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:12:53 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15700 I'll never understand why they don't make children's things so unreliable. We've had the same problem with a Shrek cup and a John Deere cup. I’ll never understand why they don’t make children’s things so unreliable. We’ve had the same problem with a Shrek cup and a John Deere cup.

]]> http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15699 BTude/GlassHoppah Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:38:09 +0000 http://spoken-for.org/archives/2006/01/31/1408/#comment-15699 Oh, ouch--I can almost hear it over here... ;) hang in there...Dora shall pass, and about the time she does it will be onwards and upwards to yet another toy/cup to divert him--never fear. :) *hugs* I know how it feels! Oh, ouch–I can almost hear it over here… ;) hang in there…Dora shall pass, and about the time she does it will be onwards and upwards to yet another toy/cup to divert him–never fear. :) *hugs* I know how it feels!

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