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Parents upset over penis-shaped Play-Doh toy

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  • #62
    Pwindedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,316 ✭✭✭Pwindedd


    I'm not much fussed about it. Don't have young kids. But in an age where sex toys are in many adult bedrooms, I would question why the design team at Play-doh didn't opt for something a little less dildoh-y.


  • #63
    efb
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    its called MALA

    Mála


  • #64
    bjork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭bjork


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    its called MALA

    I googled maula and got nothing, I came to the conclusion I had been misinformed as a child and it's real name was marla.


  • #65
    Venus In Furs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Venus In Furs


    Yeh, maula (don't know the spelling) is just a made-up Irish word for plasticine.
    Pwindedd wrote: »
    I'm not much fussed about it. Don't have young kids. But in an age where sex toys are in many adult bedrooms, I would question why the design team at Play-doh didn't opt for something a little less dildoh-y.
    Yeh, I know the hysteria is hilarious from the outraged parents on social media, but it is kinda strange that the design got the green light, given its appearance.


  • #66
    iguana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,909 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    its called MALA

    Nope, that's bag (with a fada), plasticine is marla.


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  • #67
    Detached Retina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭Detached Retina


    Play Doh is actually flour & water based (with colouring and preservatives), plasticine (Mala..yay!) is petroleum jelly, calcium salts and some other stuff. Play doh, whatever brand seems to have taken over in popularity due to it being safely edible and more squishy (for use with *tools*) -though plasticine is non toxic and doesn't dry out. Mala is still available for a fraction of the cost of play doh (and even tuthills cheaper priced generic play*dough*)
    These things have totally taken over my life :) though you'd know I work in accounts.


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