Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 49059
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        "There aren't many people in the company, in the whole world, who know
        about the `Lolita' book or films," Lim said.
        Is this really true? Is there anyone on the motd who is unfamiliar
        with what the name "Lolita" refers to?
        \- Are you suggesting no knowing "that book by Nabokov" is a
           surpising failure of "pop culture knowledge" or poor knowledge
           of 20th Century Literature. If the latter, are you sure this
           ist a case of E_RATCHET? Maybe it is common knowledge in Teheran?
           \_ Partha Speak (n)-- many words, little content.
              \_ is this homosexual code?
                 \_ Anything partha is ambiguously and androgynously gay.
           \_ I will take that as a "no, I have heard of Lolita."
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Chronicle illustration (02-03) 05:08 PST LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- Woolworths stores in Britain have stopped selling "Lolita" beds for young girls after a parents' organization complained because of the name's association with the famous novel about a pedophile. Woolworths said staff members who administered the retail chain's Web site that sold the beds had been unaware of the name's connection with Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel "Lolita" and two film adaptations, including a 1997 one starring Jeremy Irons. The novel centers around protagonist Humbert Humbert's obsession with his 12-year-old stepdaughter. Humbert essentially kidnaps her, traveling across the country and holding her sexually captive. Woolworths canceled its sale of the Lolita Midsleeper Combi bedroom set Wednesday, the same day the Raisingkids parents' group had called to complain about the name, Woolworths spokeswoman Lisa Lim said by telephone Sunday. The set, made and delivered by an outside supplier, costs $775. "There aren't many people in the company, in the whole world, who know about the Lolita' book or films," Lim said. "There might be a few people in the country who have a problem with it, but it's just a name." She said Woolworths would speak with the supplier, however, about how the branding of the product came about. Raisingkids said it was pleased Woolworths had halted sale of the product. "It's interesting to see how fast a multinational company can move if it's worried about its public image," Raisingkids said on its Web site, calling the product's use of the Lolita name "unbelievably bad taste."