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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleanor Morgan

SpongeBob's close shave

SpongeBob's Bikini Bottom Groom and Go.
SpongeBob's Bikini Bottom Groom and Go. Photograph: Guardian

Silly old SpongeBob. The latest in his eponymous merchandise range, a pretend shaving kit, has caused a bit of a ripple. The makers of the "Bikini Bottom Groom and Go!" bathtime set, sporting a picture of a small boy proudly foaming up his toddler cheeks, have clearly failed to consider the unfortunate connotations of that wording. The website Jezebel.com said it suggested a young girl "dreaming of someday presenting a whisker-free crotch to the sun". Whatever next? In The (Lady's) Night Garden proto-waxing kits?

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