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What IS that?!!

Look closely. Very closely...
Korea is frequently and lovingly referred to as the "land of not quite right," but this little gem was not a Korean concoction. It is a Kara concoction. "Shave and Skate Barbie" complete with hairy legs, underarms and a brand, spanking new razor! Doesn't this just scream "WHITE ELEPHANT?" Our other white elephant gift was an already completed sudoku book, which by the way, took me HOURS of valuable time to do and an itunes gift card. Wouldn't you just love for us to come to your party?? With sick humored guests like us, who could go wrong? Ha!
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Erin said…
Questions:

(1) what is a white elephant party?

(2) did you cut her head hair to be able to give her leg hair?
January 6, 2011 at 6:05 AM
Kara said…
Erin,
A white elephant is similar to the yankee swap in NE. It is supposed to be a funny gift exchange with a piece of value to it. So, the barbie was funny, the razor had value. The sudoku book was funny, the gift card was value. The humor can be in a variety of forms--nasty t shirt, cookbook with ironic title, etc. They aren't always funny though. This was for the New Year's Party, but we also had one for chris' work party. We brought gift cards as it was a formal event. As always, the audience and setting needs to be taken into consideration. That's the jist.
I did cut the hair on the barbie. I had to make sure to choose one with easily accessible hair (I simply removed the box to do the dirty work then returned her so she'd look untouched).
Disgusting huh?!!
January 6, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Erin said…
That sounds like a lot of fun actually! Perhaps I will have to consider hosting one of those one of these days :). I actually love the barbie and told some of my friends today about it - it was just what we all needed at the begining of a very serious day. So, thanks for laughs!!!!
January 7, 2011 at 1:53 AM
April said…
Oh, my! "Shave and skate barbie" that is tooo funny. I say send the pic to Leno!!! LOL
January 7, 2011 at 11:35 AM
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