iParty no place for sex education, Quincy mom says
By adamg - 5/4/12 - 8:11 am
The Patriot Ledger rips the covers off a Quincy controversy: The local iParty sells party favors in the shape of male genitalia. The paper was tipped off by an outraged mother:
"Dora the Explorer balloons do not belong in the same store as dancing penises."
The Patriot Ledger dispatched a reporter, who confirmed that bachelorette-party accoutrements are, indeed, openly displayed on a shelf and noted that "at least one couple with a preteen daughter walked past the bachelorette shelf." The paper did not note if EMTs or counselors had to be dispatched to the scene to deal with the traumatized young lass.
The scandal reached all the way to City Hall, where the city clerk could not be reached for comment.
Comments
Why spend money here?
IParty exists because women like this person spend money on silly decorations for every silly holiday. I have never convinced myself that I really need a Cinco De Mayo lawn decoration or a Labor Day balloon.
This lady should really ask City Hall about the above average homeless population and realted petty crime that infests Quincy Center before ramping up on the post Arbor Day sale.
Note to self, scratch John
Note to self, scratch John Costello off party invite list.
I agree. Enough already with the fake holidays
I agree. Enough already with the fake holidays and their decorations. Cinco De Mayo indeed. I toss that one in with Columbus Day and St. Patrick's Day. And whatever that other holiday is that takes place on the same day as St. Patrick's Day. The worst offender is Halloween, which was once an innocuous enough children's holiday that came and went in a day. It has now been successfully rebranded as an adult holiday "season", on which more money is spent than any other holiday except Christmas. I fail to see the point of it, save for another excuse for grown people to act like idiots. And they already have enough excuses as it is.
You're off the list, too
Man, you're about as fun as a bag of wet hammers. Oh, and you seem to hate "the ethnics." That's fine. All us wops will take our leaf peeping weekend, the Irish will wear their fuzzy sweaters and Mexicans will get summer off to a nice start. You can just sit in your sad, lonely house and grumble.
I much prefer fake holidays to fake outrage.
P.S. According to IBISWorld, Halloween still trails Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Easter and Mother's Day in overall spending.
You know, the holidays are
You know, the holidays are fine - what I don't get is the need to turn them all into month-long "seasons." On my street in Savin Hill, lots of the houses have their Halloween decorations up before September is even over, and it all switches over to Thanksgiving decorations like clockwork on November 1, etc. Likewise with St Patrick's decorations going up in February.
I think it tends to make the actual holiday days less special. It's bad enough that the stores all do it, to push holiday merchandise, but I tend to understand why they do that at least. But when you've got your skeletons and jack-o'lanterns up on September 30, it tends to take some of the punch our of October 31.
Just my opinion.
The one exception
Everybody in Hyde Park knows that house on Hyde Park Avenue where they decorate for every single holiday imaginable (hmm, dunno about Cinco de Mayo, I should go check). For them, it works.
Well done, Adam.
How dare you joke about this?! There's a time and a place to teach impressionable young people in Quincy about the male anatomy: on the Red Line in North Quincy from a homeless guy, the same place your mom and grandma learned about it before you.
Or from the boy or girl next door ...
... or Aunt and Uncle Pervey, or Father McFeelie ...
Just a body part, move on
Seriously - every little boy gots one (and will proudly tell you about it!) Given the typical privacy level in most pre-school toileting areas, every little girl has seen one as well.
Poor store layout
The iParty in Back Bay has that stuff in a separate room. It always amuses me that the baby shower and bachelor/bachelorette stuff are grouped together.
A natural progression
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*clutches pearls*
Yes, those dancing penises are so anatomically correct.
Sugar Heaven at Legacy Place
Went in there the other week for some movie snacks and noticed a whole waist level display of edible underwear and other "adult candies". My kid didn't notice, but it seemed like a tacky oversight all the same. I wouldn't boycott the place over it, the incredibly overpriced stale candy alone will keep me out of there.
Preteen
Don't you get the feeling that the couple was aghast, whereas the 'preteen' probably didn't care, cause they see and hear much raunchier stuff in your average American public middle school? Or maybe, like your typical preteen, thought it was pretty hot?
Teach them or have them learn nonsense
If a preteen doesn't know the basics of life, they cannot protect themselves from people who do not have their best interests at heart!
Innocence is death.