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Some complain that the film doesn't do much to entertain parents and observe that "[i]n this yet-to-be-potty-trained universe, poop looms as large as explosions in action thrillers" (Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today ). Other critics claim that the Rugrats kids are "the funniest bunch of crumb-snatchers to come down the pike since Buckwheat, Alfalfa, and the Our Gang gang" (O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ). (Find out more about the Rugrats TV show.)
1891-98, Ringling Museum of Arts, Sarasota, Fla.), an armored boat with oversize phallic anchors looms in a harbor, the banks of which are lined with scantily clad women.
Stop at the crafts center of Los Telares to take a look down into its green and fertile valley, and ask if you can try the local liqueur, mistela, whilst watching women making blankets and rugs on their antique looms.
Again the tourist trade looms with its advertisements for “cabins, complete with queen-size bed and spa bath, and all with spectacular river or wilderness views.”
And if you don't think the names of commodity products matter much in the marketplace, then why do people pay more for Calvins than they do for Fruit of the Looms?