Christmas Reindeer Loses, Uh, Its Ornaments

[Guest MrRant]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) - A star reindeer in a South African shopping mall's Christmas display lost a little of its seasonal pride and joy after complaints from shoppers.

 

Managers at one of Cape Town's upscale malls, "castrated" the plastic animal after receiving complaints about shiny golden Christmas tree ornaments hanging between its hind legs, officials said Thursday.

 

Hein Conradie, a spokesman for the company which made the display, told the Cape Argus newspaper that the ornaments were "anatomically correct for an animal of that size" and were prominent because of the reindeer's central position in the display.

 

"Generally, we find it wiser to use sexless reindeer," Conradie said.

 

Some people are so uptight.

[Guest TJH]

Fucking South Africans.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

...and the award for "Most pointless quasi-news item" goes to.... ::drum roll::

 

CHRISTMAS REINDEER TESTICLES~!

 

It's still pretty amusing, though. Especially since someone bothered to figure out if it was proportionate to a reindeer of that size.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

I found it wierder that some company is producing anatomically correct plastic reindeer. What's the deal with *that*?

[Guest MrRant]

...and the award for "Most pointless quasi-news item" goes to.... ::drum roll::

 

CHRISTMAS REINDEER TESTICLES~!

 

It's still pretty amusing, though. Especially since someone bothered to figure out if it was proportionate to a reindeer of that size.

Yes! I win another award!

 

:: Walks off with award::

[Guest Slapnuts00]

The question is were they Test brand Christmas balls?

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

In a country that has a VERY high AIDS rate, I think these people should worry about the private parts of their fellow countrymen, and not some plastic animal's...

[Guest JangoFett4Hire]

This is the same country that caused an uproar over a Muppet, mind you...

[Guest Renegade]

Fucking South Africans.

How very concise...

[Guest Samurai_Goat]

"In a country that has a VERY high AIDS rate, I think these people should worry about the private parts of their fellow countrymen, and not some plastic animal's... "

 

Maybe that's why AIDS is so bad there...