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Department Store Pulls 'Lolita' Bed Targeted at Little Girls

asylum.com — Woolworth's stores in the United Kingdom have halted sales of a new bedroom set called the "Lolita Midsleeper Combi," which was aimed at young girls. It seems that no one in their marketing department had thought it was a bad idea to go with the name made famous by the Nabokov book (and two subsequent films) about an older man who kidnaps a....

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  • ZeroBananas, on 02/06/2008, -1/+107In other news, Woolworths have announced that sales of their "Jeffrey Dahmer" dinner set have been surprisingly poor.
  • dasdef, on 02/06/2008, -1/+96putting the lol back in lolita
  • cbrunet, on 02/06/2008, -0/+55I had to chuckle at Michael Jackson's "Beat It" Bunk Beds for Boys. Oh why can't there be a ballsy enough of a company out there to actually do this.
  • iPissExcellence, on 02/06/2008, -0/+54Why aim it at young girls, and not middle aged men?
  • DreKor, on 02/06/2008, -0/+42A spokeswoman from Woolworth's claimed that there "aren't many people in the company, in the whole world, who know about the 'Lolita' book or films.... There might be a few people in the country who have a problem with it, but it's just a name."
    So, marketing never tried to Google or Wiki their own product? Good job guys.
  • dorkslayer, on 02/06/2008, -0/+36Woolworth's CEO Robert Lynn was quoted saying "There's a book too? I thought it was just a UseNet group."
  • Blazers, on 02/06/2008, -2/+33They also pulled the Paris Hilton "stupid spolied whore" video camera
  • HaSatan, on 02/06/2008, -2/+32Thats what you get when you hire Pedobear to do your marketing.
  • jcorn1, on 02/06/2008, -5/+29Dugg for sure! I know plenty of people, not geniuses, who know about Lolita. C'mon, the movie has a rep and so does the book.
  • Scrappy1850, on 02/06/2008, -0/+24I'd buy one! i mean... aw, crap.
  • mustbepatient, on 02/06/2008, -0/+21Nabokov's book is a classic in modern literature. I don't think it's even remotely obscure.
  • X9001, on 02/06/2008, -0/+21Seriously? If the name has some weird sexual meaning to it you probably shouldn't be naming your product after it, even if then majority of the population doesn't know what the hell it means. Thats like naming an achene cream "bukake" and not expecting people to get up in arms about it
  • euro22, on 12/17/2008, -2/+22Why don't you have a seat...
  • Scrappy1850, on 02/06/2008, -1/+20There aren't many people that know Woolworths is still around.
  • GIMAD2008, on 02/06/2008, -0/+15Yeah, I saw the news item on this, kind of funny in a strange way.
  • CrackyJSquirrel, on 02/06/2008, -1/+16The point really is what lolita means.. If not everyone knew what pedophilia meant, would that make it ok to market a product named "pedophilia bed set"?
  • typicalusername, on 02/06/2008, -6/+19Well, to be honest, they do have a point. If you're just average joe, who doesn't delve into the deeper parts of the human psyche. You don't know this *****. Ask your average high school or college age kid if they know about 'Lolita' complex or where it stems from. I bet not many could tell you. Most of us are interweb nerds, which makes us captains of the perverted.
  • Scrappy1850, on 02/06/2008, -0/+12i was a HAIRY 10 year old. Jeremy Irons wouldn't want anything to do with me.
  • Ribbed4U, on 02/06/2008, -0/+12The problem is, who was the idiot that came up with this name and/or green lighted this product? The person who came up with this name HAD to know exactly what it meant. You don't just randomly come up with the name "Lolita" for a product aimed at young girls...and not know what that is a reference to.
  • WaterDragon, on 02/06/2008, -1/+13Similarly, tou won't find any kosher delis named Adolph's. Some names just get ruined for everybody.
  • djvchris, on 02/06/2008, -1/+12*Nabokov's and Kubrick's
  • rigelstar, on 02/06/2008, -1/+12...and that definition comes about from the character named Lolita from the Nabokov book as she was a seductive adolescent girl.
  • darkchild82, on 02/06/2008, -1/+12no...he wouldn't. he only touches little boys, not girls.
  • anononon, on 02/06/2008, -0/+11Awww man, first they yank the Mommy Dearest coathangers and now this?
  • OrangeTide, on 02/06/2008, -0/+11I have one in my van.
  • BlackStrain, on 02/06/2008, -0/+10How are the mop handles selling?
  • WaterDragon, on 02/06/2008, -1/+11Well, Duh!
    That association is based on the literary reference (That means a reference to that book!)
  • hollywoodkids, on 02/06/2008, -5/+15How about the latest "Nabokov" line of men's smoking jackets?
  • brettmjohnson, on 02/06/2008, -0/+9I don't know. I was with Paris Hilton, and I got the clap quite quickly.

  • wc3452, on 02/06/2008, -1/+10i read "lawl" now, I used to read "laugh out loud"
  • retr0grade, on 02/06/2008, -0/+9Thank goodness they still have the Traci Lords kitchen set.
  • poppieprong, on 02/06/2008, -0/+8And it's not like they can claim that there's a translation problem, like IKEA can...
  • diggface5000, on 02/06/2008, -3/+11would make an excellent prop for a sting operation
    "hello, i'm chris hansen from dateline nbc..."
  • demonicume, on 02/06/2008, -4/+11so for the rest of time, the word Lolita can't be associated with anything? how ridiculous.
  • flashboy131, on 02/06/2008, -0/+7does everyone read "el oh el" like me
    or do you read "laugh out loud"?
  • RAEP, on 02/06/2008, -1/+8I don't understand why you were being dugg down. Maybe people don't understand that Nabokov authored Lolita.
  • Aitese, on 02/06/2008, -1/+8You can't hear it...but you sir are getting a slow clap
  • inactive, on 02/07/2008, -0/+7I'll go ahead and overnight the Rapist Mauler bed along with your You're Not ***** Getting Away This Time Hooker sofa set. Both are stainproof vinyl.
  • Aitese, on 02/06/2008, -0/+7The point is, say you're on the net and want to buy the Lolita bed..chances are you'll fire up your favorite search engine and get more than you bargained for.
  • inactive, on 02/06/2008, -0/+7*****. Now I need to get something else for my sister's birthday.
  • inactive, on 02/06/2008, -2/+9Dugg for Michael Jackson's "beat it" bed for little boys.
  • dienaked, on 02/06/2008, -0/+7That bed would go well with Nair's bikini hair removal system marketed at 10 year olds.
  • EarlOfLade, on 02/06/2008, -0/+6Wouldn't you get exactly what you bargained for?
  • Markpdotcom, on 02/06/2008, -3/+9How many of you still laugh when you hear the term watersports... then are mildly disappointed when you realise the person is talking about a boat? :)
  • gudnbluts, on 02/06/2008, -0/+5But he's sort of right, in that many people will know what it means, ie. that definition, even though they don't know where it comes from. You do hear it used once in a while.
  • inactive, on 02/07/2008, -1/+6Bukkake acne cream...hahahah.
  • mem2, on 02/06/2008, -0/+5geez get it right
  • dan222555, on 02/06/2008, -0/+5Do you realize how ***** creepy that is?
  • inactive, on 02/07/2008, -0/+5Ok so nobody could market a backyard gas-powered grill called The Holocaust?
  • ubergeek09, on 02/07/2008, -0/+4Remember kids, caps lock makes you cool!
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