While doing some fact checking as part of my mundane editorial work, I discovered that one of the world's longest dating (albeit fictional) couples, Barbie and Ken, had broken up as of February 12, 2004!
Mattel had even issued a press statement announcing their breakup, saying that the two "have decided to spend some time apart" after 43 years of dating.
Below's an excerpt from this website where you can find all answers to everything you ever wanted to know about Barbie.
"Barbie® and Ken® have always been an extraordinary couple with so much on- and off-screen chemistry," said the pair's business manager, Russell Arons, Vice President Marketing, Mattel. "In fact, they just finished wrapping their fourth movie together, 'Barbie™ as The Princess and the Pauper,' which debuts this fall. And now they feel it's time to spend some quality time – apart."
A Mattel press release ended saying "Although their future is yet to be set in "cement," one thing is for certain - Barbie® and Ken® will always remain the best of friends."
Anyway, I say it's about time they broke up. No one dates for that long!
And another interesting bit of trivia gleaned from the website: Barbie's physical characteristics, if scaled into real life proportions, would lack the requisite 17 to 22 percent of body fat required to menstruate according to research by the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland.
She's definitely no zaftig beauty, 'cos frankly a 36-18-33 figure is just plain weird!
Posted by DSD at June 1, 2005 9:00 AM