My sister and I had a funny email conversation a week or so ago. It started out with an email from her telling me that she had heard a new term on the radio that morning which someone came up with for people who have had their iPods stolen - apparently I had been "Apple Jacked" - which we both found amusing. The term Apple Jack reminded her of something from when we were younger [no, not the cereal].

What she remembered was that when we were kids, our cousin Breck fell in love with one of her My Little Pony toys. He was so enamoured with it, that he had a hard time giving it back after visiting, so my mother decided to buy him his very own My Little Pony, whose name happened to be Apple Jack. We still make fun of him and his little pony.

This made me laugh out loud while reading her email, and then it got me thinking, what would be the one toy I owned as a child that I would be the most embarassed by now? I didnt have to think too long. The answer came to my mind immediately.  It was no contest at all - the winning toy by a mile would have to be this Sport and Shave Ken Doll that my brother and I both received one Christmas from our grandmother. He came with the following accessories: "Brush, comb, tennis racket, cologne, toothpaste and toothbrush, shaving mug, hair dryer and watch." He also came with a brown marker which you could use to draw stubble on his face - and then use his plastic razor with sponge blade attachement to shave him.

Yes, just like the box says, "Shave him. He's athletic. He's all man."

Yikes.

I'd like to say that I never used that marker to colour in a nice full beard on Mr Ken and then use the razor to shave it off. I'd really like to say that....

Anywho.

I guess the Sport and Shave Ken doll might be a bit more embarassing than a My Little Pony doll... but at least I didn't have a poster on my wall of two flamingos eating ice cream that said - "When the going gets tough, the tough get ice cream."... Right Dwayne?

And at least i never owned a Pink Popple... Right Kent?