Digital MemeThe original Barbie, based on a German doll named Lilli, was sold as a collector’s item for adults only. When Mattel purchased patent rights to Lilli, the company instructed its designer to make her look less like a “German street walker.”
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/1997/11/26facts.html
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Well, not really. A fun and playful interview.
And an older interview. The video is still available, despite what the image seems to say.
Funny YouTube video.
Ever wonder? Now you can find out thanks to this cool page:
More and more human the interaction with search engines is. With gas prices down from their highs many people may no longer worry much about pennies, but, if you do, here is a cool Yahoo search trick.
Type in “cheap gas” and your city or zip code and Yahoo gives you a list of local gas stations with their lowest gas price. Pretty neat.
