Smurfs

by Stealth 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  Stealth

  My oldest son who is now 18 y/o remembers when he was not allowed to have a crash test dummy toy because of a statement printed in the WT magazine when he was a child... he never forgot. I could not remmeber so I went back and looked it up and sure enough it was mentioned in the rag not by name but by the description of the toy.

  This week I bought him some crash test dummy toys off ebay, I am sure he won't have as much fun with them today as he would have many years ago but better late then never.

  Does anyone know, was there ever anything printed in the WT lititure about Smurfs or is it purly an urban legond?

  -S
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  FriendlyFellaAL

  Gosh, the Smurf memories came flooding back when I read your post.

  To the best of my knowledge there was never anything printed in either the Watchtower or Awake that specifically mentioned the Smurfs. I, however, was encouraged by my Mother to write the Society a letter requesting further information about whether or not the Smurfs were evil little boogers. They wrote me back what I considered a very snippy little letter (I was about 10 at the time, so it might not have been *that* snippy) urging me to do some research on my own, pointing me towards their publications, natch.

  While refusing to comment on the Smurfs directly, I thought it very funny that they did mention wood nymphs in their reply to me. They also mentioned that the word "Smurf" was a copywrighted name. I found that very strange at the time, but knowing what I know about them now I guess they were just trying to cover their "smurfs."

  I saved that letter for years but after looking for it again recently, I can't seem to find it anywhere. What I wouldn't give to be able to get my hands on that thing today! ::sigh::

  Brian
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  airwlk149

  i remember the smurf stories
  we had the furby debate in our hall- because they could peek into the future (like the 8 ball toy)
  also pokemon were demonized in our hall...
  whatever!
  katie
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  FriendlyFellaAL

  Katie,

  Sheesh...I had no idea that the Furby's were ever under JW scrutiny. Of course, I had left by that point, so I probably didn't care any more.

  I do remember that there were several elder's wives at our congregation who just weren't happy unless they were making sure that the local children weren't just absolutely miserable. They would find something that the kids liked and then try to prove that it was evil. [8>] What a bunch of killjoys!

  That reminds me of an old 'Saturday Night Live' sketch where Dan Aykroyd was playing Sigmund Freud and Lorraine Newman was playing his daughter Anna. She was telling him about one of her dreams which featured some obviously sexual imagery and after he spent a few seconds contemplating it all, told her, "Sometimes a banana is just a banana, Anna." LOL!

  Brian