Having a little introspective moment here, bear with me.
I've always hated -- gagged over, sworn at, waved off, flipped off -- Barbie labled stuff that had nothing to do with the buxom dolls, her Corvettes, or her fancy townhouse with elevator. I mean, why Barbie toddler sneakers? Barbie's feet aren't shaped for sneakers! Why a notebook? Barbie can't write! And why the pink Barbie fishing rod (come on, you've seen them at Target, too)? No way does Barbie leave Ken poolside to go load up her tackle box and catch the big one.
But you know what? She might. And even if she doesn't, she's got great equipment if she ever decided to. A North Carolina man caught a record-size catfish recently -- with a pink Barbie rod and reel. Here I thought all the pink plastic was of poor quality and barely functionable.
Here's the deal: David Hayes was fishing with his granddaughter Alyssa. She asked him to hold her rod while she went to the bathroom. Two minutes later, he's tugging and reeling, pulling and netting a 21-pound 1-ounce channel catfish. A state record! And perhaps a personal best for the much maligned doll and her namesake crap. (What next? A marathon winner wearing Barbie sneakers?)
This calls for an extra hour at the Barbie beauty salon, no?
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