Funny/strange backcard stories

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Seeing that scan of the story Carrehz posted, I realised that the UK one DOES correct the hands issue. It still mentions mittens, but it says to keep them warm in the winter cold instead. So the UK understands that ponies don't have hands. But can still wear mittens.

....huh. Well, it's a step in the right direction, I suppose.

Seems a bit halfhearted to me. Like UK Hasbro was on the fence.

I sort of imagine a creative input meeting.

"Well, we can't have 'hands'. They don't have 'hands'."
"But can we have mittens?"
"I dunno. I mean, mittens don't have that many finger holes, do they?"
"Well, no, but...they do have thumb sections. And ponies don't have thumbs..."
"But we keep writing stories about them painting, eating and doing other stuff with hooves."
"Yes, but that's imagination!"
"So we can't imagine them with mittens?"
"But what about booties? They're for feet!"
"Ponies don'thave feet either. They have hooves."
"Horseshoes, then?"
"How would that keep them warm?"
"Well, then, horse booties."
"Yes, but mittens are cuter!"
"...Let's take a vote."

Somewhere I picture in Hasbro UK, back in the '80's, there was this total panic as workers realised that a meeting would have to be held.  Apparently the ponies now had HANDS.  And something had to be done about this confusion.  Blimey, what was Hasbro HQ *thinking*!?  Put on the tea, nobody is leaving until we figure this out!  In the end, they just poured medicinal whisky into the tea and got the work out the door.   

[northstar3184]

Munchy's comes to mind:

After the last baseball game of the season, Munchy called the ponies together to give them a special surprise. "Follow me!" she cried, leading them to a pile of baseball bats and baseballs. When she wiggled her nose, the bats burst into hot dogs, and the balls turned into bags of french fries! "This is better than a home run!" Slugger cheered, biting into his third hot dog!

Ponies eating hot dogs is so wrong.

[invaderhorizongreen]

Munchy's comes to mind:

After the last baseball game of the season, Munchy called the ponies together to give them a special surprise. "Follow me!" she cried, leading them to a pile of baseball bats and baseballs. When she wiggled her nose, the bats burst into hot dogs, and the balls turned into bags of french fries! "This is better than a home run!" Slugger cheered, biting into his third hot dog!

Ponies eating hot dogs is so wrong.

They could be vegan ones right? Or do magic ones even contain meat at all? The mind ponders.

[Ponyfan]

I wondered if someone was going to mention Munchy's US backcard story.

I've always though Coco Berry/Chocolate Chip's US backcard story was a little strange even as a child. Copied from the Wiki

Coco Berry likes to top her double decker ice cream cones with chocolate sprinkles. One evening, while sleepily making herself a midnight snack, she accidentally dropped some juicy grapes into her ice cream cone then covered them with chocolate ice cream. "DEE-LICIOUS," she thought as she bit into the creamy grape, wondering why she hadn't thought of this tasty idea before!


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[LadyMoondancer]

I like how her story involves neither berries nor chocolate chips.

[Leave a Whisper]

Seeing that scan of the story Carrehz posted, I realised that the UK one DOES correct the hands issue. It still mentions mittens, but it says to keep them warm in the winter cold instead. So the UK understands that ponies don't have hands. But can still wear mittens.

....huh. Well, it's a step in the right direction, I suppose.

Seems a bit halfhearted to me. Like UK Hasbro was on the fence.

I sort of imagine a creative input meeting.

"Well, we can't have 'hands'. They don't have 'hands'."
"But can we have mittens?"
"I dunno. I mean, mittens don't have that many finger holes, do they?"
"Well, no, but...they do have thumb sections. And ponies don't have thumbs..."
"But we keep writing stories about them painting, eating and doing other stuff with hooves."
"Yes, but that's imagination!"
"So we can't imagine them with mittens?"
"But what about booties? They're for feet!"
"Ponies don'thave feet either. They have hooves."
"Horseshoes, then?"
"How would that keep them warm?"
"Well, then, horse booties."
"Yes, but mittens are cuter!"
"...Let's take a vote."

Somewhere I picture in Hasbro UK, back in the '80's, there was this total panic as workers realised that a meeting would have to be held.  Apparently the ponies now had HANDS.  And something had to be done about this confusion.  Blimey, what was Hasbro HQ *thinking*!?  Put on the tea, nobody is leaving until we figure this out!  In the end, they just poured medicinal whisky into the tea and got the work out the door. 

[Taffeta]

I like how her story involves neither berries nor chocolate chips.

Even more curious given that the comic and the insert mixed up Chocolate Chip & Sorbet Surprise's names and images and Sorbet Surprise was meant to be the one with the grapevine...