Saturday 30 August 2008

Day 78


This is a gollywog.  It is, well, rather wrong.  My MIL wanted one, so, the husband found it in a second hand shop.   I just can't get over how wrong it is on so many levels.  In the states, you wouldn't have seem something like this in nearly 40 or more years.

2 comments:

Helen said...

I'll agree that they're not very PC, but I always had them as a child and I turned out OK! :)

Karen Pinkoski said...

It's funny because one of my best friends here is Black and she insisted on buying a gollywog for her step-daughter who is white. I think she sees it as a reminder of what once was.

I have to admit, I was really shocked when I saw Nina carrying it around!