Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Huntsville Barbie - it's a cultural education, really

I've been looking for a way to describe the different areas around Huntsville and North-east Alabama. Fortunately, Mattel is releasing a new line of North Alabama Barbies.....this might give you some idea. I live in Hampton Cove.



SOUTH HUNTSVILLE BARBIE







This princess Barbie is sold only at The Summit . She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade Handbags, a Lexus SUV, a long-haired foreign dog named Honey and a cookie-cutter house. Available with or without tummy tuck and face lift. Workaholic Ken sold only in conjunction with the augmented version.




MADISON BARBIE







The modern day homemaker Barbie is available with Ford Windstar Minivan and matching gym outfit. She gets lost easily and if not a teacher or nurse has no full-time occupation. Traffic-jamming cell phone sold separately.



NORTH HUNTSVILLE BARBIE





This recently paroled Barbie comes with a 9mm handgun, a Ray Lewis knife, a Chevy with dark tinted windows, and a Meth Lab Kit. This model is only available after dark and must be paid for in cash (preferably small, untraceable bills) ..unless you are a cop, then we don't know what you are talking about.


HAMPTON COVE BARBIE
(doesn't she look just like me?)






This yuppie Barbie comes with your choice of BMW convertible or Hummer H2. Included are her own Starbucks cup, credit card and country club membership. Also available for this set are Shallow Ken and Private School Skipper. You won't be able to afford any of them.




HAZEL GREEN BARBIE




This pale model comes dressed in her own Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, a NASCAR t-shirt and Tweety-Bird tattoo on her shoulder. She has a six-pack of Bud light and a Hank Williams Jr. CD set. She can spit over 5 feet and kick mullet-haired Ken's ass when she is drunk. Purchase her pickup truck separately and get a confederate flag bumper sticker absolutely free.







GURLEY BARBIE







This tobacco-chewing, brassy-haired Barbie has a pair of her own high-heeled sandals with one broken heel from the time she chased beer-gutted Ken out of Hokes Bluff Barbie's house. Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans, fake fingernails, and a see-through halter-top. Also available with a mobile home.





FIVE POINTS BARBIE



This doll is made of actual tofu. She has long straight brown hair, arch-less feet, hairy armpits, no makeup and Birkenstocks with white socks. She prefers that you call her Willow . She does not want or need a Ken doll, but if you purchase two Yellow Springs Barbies and the optional Subaru wagon, you get a rainbow flag bumper sticker for free.


THE LEDGES BARBIE


("The Ledges" is one of Huntsville's only private, gated communities)



This versatile doll can be easily converted from Barbie to Ken by simply adding or subtracting the multiple snap-on parts.

I DID NOT CREATE THIS, AND ONLY ADDED 2 OF MY OWN COMMENTS. WHOEVER DID CREATE THIS IS AWESOME, IN MY OPINION (but clearly has WAY too much time on their hands). This is going around town in the form of an email.

16 comments:

Kasey said...

HAHAHA! I was wondering the whole time if you really took the time to do all of that. I was very impressed. Still impressed. Which 2 comments did you add?

Kasey said...

Oh; was it "Doesn't she look just like me" and "The Ledges" is one of Huntsville's only private, gated communities"?

Anonymous said...

Carol, this is a great Huntsville "tutorial" -- I remember something very similiar going around a few years ago, only it was "The OC Barbie."

Could you please forward the original emal to me? My husband has to see this! Thanks!

laurieannnoel@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Where does the guy who created this live????

Naomi Smith said...

I like the Gurley Barbie; she's cute. I wonder where I could get me a green trailer like dat.

carol said...

I tell you what, Naomi, probably NOT at the Hampton Cove Community Lawn Sale.....

Gail said...

I live in Madison, AL and stumbled into your site while searching for a copyright-free ginkgo image to scarf-up and make into a screen for printing onto silk scarves I'm creating! I love the Barbie Series!!!

Gail Bryant

carol said...

Gail! Welcome to the blog....Barbie is hilarious! Well, I'm not a big scarf girl, but I do LOVE ginkgo stuff as you can see, so feel free to let me know when you've made those scarves. I'd love to see them! And - I'll have to post the ginkgo skirt I recently purchased from Antrhopologie.....My blog is combo of keeping family up to date and commentary on whatever I'm doing - which is living in AL. at the moment. Come back anytime.

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carol said...

Dear anonymous and any other ghost readers of this blog:

Please refrain from profanity on this blog. It is unacceptable.

I am sorry that this blog post was so offensive and upsetting to you.

The tone of this post was silly and sarcastic - because of course, this is not at all realistic. For example, my "doesn't she look like me" comment. It's ironic because I am nothing like the representation of HC Barbie. No Hummer, no expensive designer clothes, no prep school for the kiddos, etc.

And finally - if you read my other posts about living in AL & Huntsville, you will see that I think it is a great place, and I am enjoying it. I have never genuinely made fun of it or defamed any part of it. In fact other transplants-to-be who are less than optimistic have found it encouraging and helpful.

Please have a sense of humor, the courage to represent yourself by name, and the decency not to swear on this blog.

Thank you,
Carol

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