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xenaeilonwy in bsc_snark

Karen's Doll (1-6)

Aug 31, 2014 20:43

Hi all! I know I have attempted to snark this one before, but it sort of fall flat. Rather than try to pick up a snark that failed, I decided I am just going to redo the whole snark from scratch. Besides, it gives me an excuse to re-read one of my favorite Karen books--it's about dolls, and it reminds me of my relationship with my own favorite ( Read more... )

ls #23 karen's doll, little sister, passive aggressive, out of character moment, this will not end well, karen

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maryannespen September 1 2014, 02:56:47 UTC

Damn Karen, why you gotta do a bitch like that?!

And I've collected dolls for ten years now and I still do not understand the "real ENGLISH baby doll" thing. I don't collect baby dolls, but off the top of my head I can't recall any brands known for being exclusive to England that make special baby dolls, nor have I run across another collector talking about her REAL ENGLISH baby doll.

For the most part, England gets a lot of the toys we do, especially the mass market stuff like Monster High and My Little Pony. They get exclusives now and then, but I can't think of an "English Girl" compliment to American Girl. Now, Japan or Korea you'd be able to get Ball Joint Dolls without having to special order, so I could asking for that, though they're VERY expensive (which is why I have none yet, lol) but English baby dolls? Meh.

Thank God this was before the reborn dolls phenomena...I could totally see Karen needing to have one of those after the whole Danny debacle in "Karen's Baby".

ladymrose September 1 2014, 21:02:52 UTC

I have a doll called a "Euro Girl." I got her at a doll store in my state that also carries a small quantity of American Girls. I saw the Euro girls advertised as, "Europe's answer to the American Girls!" or something to that effect.

maryannespen September 1 2014, 21:10:43 UTC

Really? I gotta check that out. Thanks for the tip! :)

ladymrose September 1 2014, 21:18:04 UTC

Always happy to pass on doll info! :) The store is called The Doll Factory.

laina_inverse September 1 2014, 04:46:09 UTC

I vaguely recall this being the reason I wanted a real porcelain doll way back when. I always thought that was what she meant by "REAL English baby doll." Why, I don't know, since I should have known better. (My babysitter was a MASSIVE fancy doll collector. I loved looking at them.)

And even though I treated my (plastic) dolls terribly, I always cringed at how this book got so quickly out of hand. The lying, the fussing, and all of that. Bah.

wavvedout September 9 2014, 17:19:19 UTC

I honestly thought the same thing when I read this years ago- that it must have been a porcelain doll to be a REAL English baby doll- I have no idea of why those things connected. This is one of the few LS books I read, and obvs, you can see why- you only need a few doses of Karen-Ever-The-Star Brewer to give up.

darth_firefly September 1 2014, 16:40:08 UTC

You know, so little learning seems to go on in Karen's school, I'm surprised Miss Coleman didn't ditch her lesson plan for the morning and have everyone in the class make Nancy a card.

xenaeilonwy September 1 2014, 16:52:37 UTC

That's actually not an uncommon thing for schools to do. They wouldn't ditch the lesson plan for the day, but would put aside some time for the class to make the sick student a card, maybe take some time to explain the nature of the student's illness and what it entails, and quell any fears the kids may have about a classmate being hospitalized. Then each student would make their own card, INDIVIDUALLY, and the cards would be sent to the absent student's mother to give to the student. In one of the Ramona Quimby books, Ramona gets sick with the stomach flu and her teacher has all the students make get well cards for her during handwriting time, in order to integrate it into handwriting lessons. It's especially heartwarming since Ramona spent the entire book being afraid this teacher hated her.

None of this nonsense about "Let a 7-year-old take over the classroom in order to present an over-the-top card which is clearly only being used to boost her own ego."

darth_firefly September 1 2014, 17:01:05 UTC

True. But then Logic is an unheard of thing in Stoneybrook, unless you're not connected to the BSC.

By the time a serious injury/illness occurred in my class, we were all in fourth grade. We didn't make him cards, but we were told what happened and he would be back in school soon.

The boy broke his arm somehow - I just remember that bleachers were involved.

sideshowstarlet September 14 2014, 04:00:45 UTC

"Everyone is "gigundoly impressed" with the doll, including the boys, and I call bullshit and shenanigans because since when do second grade boys care about dolls?"

I call BS, because since when do second graders even HAVE show and tell? I just had that in kindergarten. And we couldn't just bring random things in either. We had to bring in things that started with the letter we were working on that week.

Good snark so far! I don't think I read you since "Karen's Tattletale," which was also awesome!

metamorphstorm March 25 2015, 13:59:17 UTC

You’re not kidding about Elsa dolls being hard to find! My husband wanted to buy me Frozen dolls and we searched several stores and could only ever find Anna (which is okay, because she’s my favourite of the sisters, anyway). You’re also right about the show and share thing; if the kids are young enough to be in a class that does that, the odds are good they’re not old enough to act interested when a member of the opposite gender brings something stereotypically appropriate for that gender. Stoneybrook is weird ( ... )