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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 10:05 AM
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Elmo doll gets it's batteries changed and now it says "kill James".

This 2-year-old boy loves his Elmo, but the feeling isn't mutual. After replacing the batteries of his PC-syncing Elmo Knows Your Name toy, it awoke with a new vocabulary: the phrase, "Kill James?" So what was the child's reaction? He repeats it, getting an enviable early start on his life of self-loathing awaiting ahead.

As the news report states, the mother is conflicted as how best to deal with the situation. "Melissa has dilemma, this Elmo is her son's favorite toy...."
http://gizmodo.com/359993/elmo-doll-wants-to-kill-child-we-still-want-to-kill-elmo

There's a video at link.
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beyurslf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 10:22 AM
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1. It amazes me that Fischer Price wasn't going to replace the doll until the news
contacted them.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 10:28 AM
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2. "Boom, boom!"
"Kill James!"
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 10:43 AM
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3. kick
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 10:58 AM
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4. And what's worse, the baby was repeating the phrase.
:crazy:
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 11:16 AM
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5. Bad, self-hating baby!
:P
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 11:43 AM
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6. heh
(that doesn't sound like tweety of course!) :P
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 12:12 PM
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7. Well, Kill Bill was already done.
Too bad it couldn't have come up with something more timely, like, "Kill Ralph."

(Did I really type that? My fingers are wicked sometimes.)
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