how is china allowed to endorse celebrities who don't even know they're being endorsed? i'm genuinely curious - does anybody know how this is legal, or if not, how they aren't sued out of their asses at every opportunity?

This doesn't really look like Chinese to me…?

But who else would spell 'waist' 'weist'?

Isn't it "Lose Wait."

They got the "Thin Weist" right.

This on the heels of the Mischa Barton 99 Cent Store panties?
http://allieiswired.com/archiv.....-99-cents/

If it was Chinese, why would it be priced in American dollars, at $16.99 no less… are we talking Chinatown or legit China here? Let's straighten things out.

can something still be sold at the dollar store if it retails for $16.99 there?

or $16.99 riyals? is this in saudi arabia?

How do we know this is Angelina and not a look-a-like?

Well, because that is an American dollar sign. And it's in English. If it were in another country, it would be in another language. Am I missing something here?

Two words. Photoshop. …Shop.

i am missing something.

what the heck does this advertisement mean? what does the title to this post mean? Where did China come from? What is going on here!?!?!

also why would the chinese spell waist weist… did i miss something? Do the chinese now write english in bad stereotypical chinese accents?

Thank you, April! I thought I was going crazy…

I guess I need to buy this if I want my "weist" to be abnormally long and attached to Barbie doll legs. Who is this Photoshopping genius?

It was ME!

This is clearly the work of a wayward middle-schooler in a crap school district.

Technically Sar, Mischa wares 49.5 cent panties since they seem to come 2 to a package. I'm guessing the only time she put on a pair of Tyrone panties was to take the photo and maybe not even then. They are made in the finest Chinese labor camps not doubt.

it is chinese, i've seen ads like this before. go to the source and theres another one of katie holmes.
i know they get away with this somehow with the help of photoshop, i just dont see how it is legal.

now can somebody answer my question or are we all still confused?

It's not "legal" the Chinese (if that's where thay are made) just don't care. You can't really blame them.

If it's $16.99, why is the Dollar Store better? I'm so confused.

I think dollar stores are better just because they are comical, Kitch.

Brianna: right of publicity. It is a state-given right and can be federally enforced. (Also possibly related: defamation by implication of use or endorsement) However, there is likely no jurisdiction over the company of creation and the laws governing putting up an ad or selling a product are rarely enforced.

So to answer your Q: China isn't going to let Jolie sue over there and the US doesn't have the jursdiction for her to sue over here.

Whatevs, when times were hard the Dollar Store provided for my every need. (Except the need to be sanitary and not to always be surrounded by tiny screaming people.)

What's a weist, and who's body is that because it's certainly not Angelina's.

Katie, are you chinese?
"Isn’t it “Lose Wait.”
They got the “Thin Weist” right."

You got it wrong on all accounts. Wait means to bide one's time… weist isn't a word. Waist is what separates our upper and lower halves.

katie, are you retarded or something? Just asking.

There are too many Kates and Katies here. I'm going to start using this name here so we're all clear.

What Lisa (#1) said.

I know that in Armenia, they either don't have copyright laws or they're not enforced at all, because they rip-off American music all the time. I heard a terrible Boyz II Men rip-off once and also this little gem: "All my whores and my bitches and my bitches and my whores throw your mother fucking bitches in the air". I remember recognizing the song at the time as American, but can't remember the artist. It's probably like that in a lot of countries. I'll also bet that American music producers rip-off beats and melodies from other countries all the time.

KatE: You must be disabled in some way. I believe what Katie made is called "a joke." Gain a sense of humor, perhaps some good sense, and you'll be on the same page as the rest of us.

I think you have to pretty much be retarded or disabled to visit this site in the first place.

Tyrone Panties? I'm loving the Mischa Barton leink.

p.s. It's for the Boyu Massage Hoop, a Chinese product. So apparently the Chinese DO spell in bad stereotypical accents. Take that, Wang Fu!

wait, WHAT? A MASSAGE HOOP? That's the most shocking part of all of this! Now there are chinese women walking around with bruises all over their waists?? "Thank you for the internal bleeding, Boyu Massage Hoop!"

Addicted… thanks for putting me in my place. My appologies for not having a sense of humor. Because as we all know, it is so clear to decipher inteded emotion on a comment page. Thank you.

photoshop… shop.

it took me waaaaaaaaaay too long to realize how funny that is.

Ok. This is a venn diagram that I can get with.

What ABC Store or Dollar Store do I have to go to?

I need to purchase this item.

Suck it, Keit. AA is always funny, always sardonic. If you need to make some feeble attempt at sarcasm to put her in her place, you're in the wrong http://www. Alls you need to know is that we're funny and we're not serious. Unless we're talking about our hatred of all that is "The Hills." That ire is real. Now make funny and we'll all be okei-yu.

I would personally like to thank kate at #26 for the timely lesson on homonyms.

I would like for kate to tackle if at all possible, the perplexing drama that is the "there, their and they're" trio.

Next, if it isn't too much trouble, maybe we can venture into the "its and it's" territory.

Maybe it's too much to ask. :-)

Ahh queencrone I do so enjoy your wit. :)

So how does one get initiated into this little gang you have on MG? Do i need to use the word 'snarky' more? Ugh. I feel so left out.

Did you suck it yet? That's the first step…

Kate- All you have to do is post often. And I understand. I once flipped because someone said something like "if I like Asians am I "foriental"?' and I thought they were being racist. It's hard to tell at first.