I was listening to Radio 4 this morning and like the studio presenters, I found myself hugely amused by a story in The Sun this morning. The newspaper reports on a £2.99 Chinese Christmas toy that is supposed to sing 'Jingle Bells' when you squeeze his belly. As one parent discovered, the voice actually sounds like he is singing 'paedophiles, paedophiles'. The Sun wrote: 'The £2.99 Chinese-made novelty is sold in smaller shops and on market stalls. Distributors Humatt, of Ferndown, Dorset, said the man providing the voice could not pronounce certain sounds. His singing was then speeded up to make it higher-pitched - distorting the result further.'
You can see a picture of this charming toy along with listening to the song on The Sun website by clicking here. Given that at the start of the decade, a toy manufacturer would probably have been lynched for producing something like this, it's interesting that we collectively laugh now.
Monday 7 December 2009
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