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Default Mr. Potato Head Don't Get No Respect :-(((

On 2/26/2021 4:28 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 4:47:31 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>> OH NOES...!!! :-(((
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>> https://www.nationalreview.com/news/...tato-head-toy/
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>> Hasbro to Remove "Mr. Title from Famous Potato Head Toy
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>> By BRITTANY BERNSTEIN February 25, 2021 2:14 PM
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>> "The toymaker Hasbro announced Thursday it will drop the honorific on its Mr. Potato Head toy in favor of a gender-neutral €œPotato Head€ moniker.
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>> According to the Associated Press, the plastic potato-shaped toy has been around for nearly 70 years, but needed a modern makeover, the company said.
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>> The name change, which will appear on boxes this year, makes the spud the latest toy to undergo changes to conform to diversity and inclusion efforts. Others include the Thomas the Tank Engine line, which now features more female characters, and American Girl, which has begun selling a boy doll..."

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> I'm planning a gender reveal party for "Potato Head".
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> Cindy Hamilton
>

If only one could tell the difference in a potato without the added red
lips and the purse dangling off one potato woman's arm. I personally
have no way to tell the gender of an actual Idaho baking potato unless
it has lips.

Jill