November 19, 2007
I Just Found Kathy The Cake-Eater's Christmas Present
Yes, it's the Jane Austen Action Figure:
Says the copy:
Jane Austen was one of the greatest English novelists in history. Despite a rather sheltered life, she was able to capture the subtleties of human interaction so perfectly that her novels continue to be immensely popular to this day. This 5-1/4" tall, hard vinyl action figure comes with a book (Pride & Prejudice) and a writing desk with removable quill pen.
No doubt she can use the quill in hand-to-hand combat against other literary figgahs, notably Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare, although since even the manufacturers can't help getting in a dig about Miss Austen's "sheltered" life, they really ought to put out a Regency Rakes set including, say, Byron and the Shelleys.
SHE WANTS IT!
It would go so nicely next to the husband's Peter Kriss action figure. And Mace Windu would, undoubtedly, be impressed, too.
In the words of Eric Cartman, suh-weeet.
Posted by: Kathy at November 19, 2007 10:25 PMI couldn't help noticing the lack of a kung-fu grip on Ms. Austen's "inaction" figure. Isn't that a violation of some law or international treaty or somethin' like that?
Posted by: Russ from Winterset at November 20, 2007 09:58 AMSheltered life? What has the cat got the manufacturer's tongue? Why we all know, because the All-Ivy feminist lit crits keep telling us, Miss Austen was really a l*sbian...
Posted by: Mrs. Peperium at November 20, 2007 10:23 AMAnd not just yer garden-variety neither, Mrs. P., since she carried on with her sister Cassandra. After all, why would the family have burned all those letters otherwise?
Posted by: Robbo the LB at November 20, 2007 11:04 AMPC sexual fantasies aside, there's something intriguing about the notion of action figures that did absolutely nothing physical. I can't wait to get the Marcel Proust action figure, with its special cork-lined storage box....
Posted by: utron at November 20, 2007 11:51 AM
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