1. Barbie’s real name is Barbara Millicent Walker.  <–  FALSE.  It’s Barbara Millicent Roberts.  (source)
2. The first commercial for a toy was in 1952 for Mr. Potato Head.  <–  TRUE.  (source)
3. Mattel produced the very first commercialized toy.  <–  FALSE.  The first commercialized toy was Mr. Potato Head, which is made by Hasbro.   (source)
4. G and Sayrah are currently in negotiations with Mattel to produce action figures of themselves dressed as Vancouver Canucks, complete with accessories like hockey sticks and restraining orders.  <–  FALSE.  G and Sayrah are actually negotiating with themselves on this business venture.  The part about the hockey sticks and restraining orders is true though.  ;)

So I actually forgot about this week’s Fun Facts, and emailed Binks and Taylor when I got home at 2AM this morning asking them to give me some facts about the retreat.  But it turns out that they’re useless, with Binks passing off the job to Taylor, and Taylor being all like, “I dun know what to say… that I didn’t post”…when CLEARLY this isn’t true, as per her comment on that very same post.

Useless.

Then G reminded me that she sent me facts for today, like, TWO weeks ago, which I totally forgot about, even though the draft with those facts was staring right at me on the drafts list.  This is because I’m going senile and blind.

BUT, since I’ll be leaving for vacation at the end of next week, I figured it would be best to save G’s facts for then.  And I’m going to make up my own facts for the retreat since Binks and Taylor have deserted me when I needed them most.

Here we go!

1. Before Taylor left for the retreat, her mom stuffed her bag with chips, thinking that the nutrition-crazed folks at the retreat would feed the girls nothing but grass and carrot sticks.  Organic, of course.  Little did she realize that they would serve bacon at this retreat.
2. Binks offered some spicy Mexican chips to Kendra, who ate them with no problem, relishing the chips’ fiery flavor and requiring no water at all.  Not a drop.
3. Kristin, alarmed by how quickly Taylor was ripping through the Wheat Thins, offered her a Snickers bar so that the other girls could get a crack at those crackers.
4. Kathy is currently marveling at her incredible ability to fashion fun facts out of thin air, and is seriously considering pursuing this as a full-time career, where riches no doubt await her.

Thanks to Binks and Taylor who, while useless, still served as inspiration for these facts.