Guess she ran into Grouchy Smurf.

Just reading the title I was already thinking about the Paris Hilton "angle"...

I wondered if the smurf was given a chance to earn his freedom by mining for coal?

(SouthPark reference)

oh - it's from the Daily Star... nuff said.

What a great way to start my day!

Just when I thought that South Park was going a bit too far with the caricature of herself ! The pictures of her dead pets will haunt me forever :)

Did he shout at her until he was blue in the face?

I mean really come on how far from the norm is her day to day life that she wanted to adopt two Russian Smurfs. The woman does not have the brain capacity of a hamster.

...go "hmmmmmm..."

... and there I was hoping that you just forgot to label it "NSFW".

Kudos to the actors. Celeb or not, that doesn't give anyone the right to be patronising! Even if it is Paris...

Is anyone else reminded of the South Park where Ms Hilton buys Butters from his parents and then has a whore-off with Mr Slave? Unbelievable.

"Can you believe that Paris chick?"

"What about her?"

"She Smurfed me! Right in the parking lot!"

"Get the Smurf out...!"

"Yeah she did! Stuck it right in her Smurf!"

"Smurfing A, man... Smurfing A..."

(Shamelessly paraphrased from Family Guy)

They get given the opportunity for an internet-wide roll role & (of all things) they let dignity get in the way!

are closer than they appear.

Certain russian words that start with Bl and finish with yad would have been more appropriate.

...yet another missed opportunity to finally answer one of the ultimate questions that has plagued mankind for decades...What colour do Smurfs go when strangled?

Do you seriously think everybody who says, "They're so cute, can I take them home?" is literally ready to sign adoption papers? I mean, geez, I don't think Hilton is up for the next Physics Nobel, but you don't have to check your own brain at the door just to get a whack in at the celeb-hate-target-du-jour.

...was probably best had by the dwarfs, given that their eye level was almost certainly below the hem of what Ms Hilton was wearing that day when she "bent down to talk to them".

"Kudos to the actors. Celeb or not, that doesn't give anyone the right to be patronising! Even if it is Paris..."

excuse me?

If you are a 'little person' (of small physical height because of a genetic medical condition) and you volunteraly paint yourself blue and wear white hats and trousers to promoto sweets for children posing as a cartoon figure you CHOSE for people to patronise you.

Even Paris has that right.

No.

Little persons, as you so politically correct call them don't have much choices when it comes to career paths. Just look around.

It's not like they have much to choose from.

They deserve my respect for being able to stand all day in a market, in Christmas.

And I think that as adults, they deserve respect from other (supposed) adults.

What if it's not because of a genetic medical condition, you're just a little person painted blue, wearing white hats, and trousers to promote sweets for children posing as a cartoon figure, is it not all right then?

Smurf Attacks..

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1998-01.html

So would she not be able to call Mickey Mouse cute and say you want to adopt him at Disneyland? Does one need to consider the man in the suit might not want a hug and a photo?

They are playing Smurfs, they should expect to be treated like them.

Do they expect:

"Hey, what's up? Nice hat. It's a bit colder than I was expecting. Oh, you're Russian, that's cool. Do you do these markets every year?"

Seriously. I'm no Paris fan, but a girl goes giddy on seeing a smurf, and that guy totally overreacts.

just cause they have a physical defect that makes them short, doesn't mean they don't have most of the same career choices regular size people do. Last I checked most office chairs have height adjusters. Hell my job as a Sys Admin might actually be easier if I was that size since there is the occasional need to crawl around in tight spaces.

"Little persons, as you so politically correct call them don't have much choices when it comes to career paths. Just look around.

It's not like they have much to choose from."

What? That's the most backwards (and grammatically shaky) thing I've heard in a while (and I'm on the Internet).

EU employment law prohibits discrimination on size. Granted, in the realms of acting they have few opportunities, but I would put it to you that he could have been a Doctor, or an IT specialist.

If he took a job which had him dressed as a Smurf he clearly already accepted that his employer was exploiting his size.

"They deserve my respect for being able to stand all day in a market, in Christmas."

Unlike all the other market stall owners at that market, and every market all year all over the country?! Is it the standing that gets your respect, or standing while being little? Hmm?

Hell, people must really not be considering any form of required size when hiring Sys Admins if the job has the need to get into small places:

Have you seen the average Sys Admin!

:)

I was amazed at how Americans clearly think midgets are endlessly funny, and also appear to think that its perfectly OK to make open fun of them right in front of their faces.

It just all seems incredibly tasteless to me. Well I suppose America has never been known for its level of sophistication or consideration for others.

Whut u say thar, Neil? Why if I wuddn't on my couch eatin' my Cheetos, I'd come over yonder and hit you wit my monster truck tire. Yup. That'd learn ya......Keeerap, "Cops" is on. You done made me miss the start of ma program.

(Sorry, I was just making sure I fit into your stereotype. I'd hate for a stereotype like yours to be found incorrect.)

It's naff and belongs in the bin along with m***e and the rest.

Where's the language fascist icon?

The "smurfs" in question would have done better by opening their arms and running to her to be picked up. Why not have some fun while at it, FFS? You're painted in blue in the middle of kids all day long. Hehe, have some fun too, if you know what I mean... (I mean, unless Smurfette is around)

But some people have conjectured on PH and Smurfette being suspiciously similar

http://www.saynotocrack.com/index.php/2007/01/14/paris-hilton-and-smurfette-long-lost-twins/

I suppose there are people who thinks it's OK with a Santa Claus who cannot behave.

Poor bastard having to work all day in such a ridiculous outfit.

I think the 2 dwar....er, sorry, little people missed out on a trick here. If only Grouchy had kept his cool, he could have got her number:

Smurf1: Hey heard you hate a date with that Paris Hilton chick last night!

Smurf2: Yea, man, she was un-smurfing-believable!

S1: Did you smurf her?

S2: All smurfing night!

S1: No smurfing way!

S2: She was un-smurfing-believable!

S1: Did she...<pointing motion>

S2: Oh yea!

S1: You mean she?

S2: Yea man! She took it up the smurf!!

I'll get me coat.

I just had this vision of a porn film featuring Paris Hilton and Smurfette...!!!

So the guy is dressed like a smurf. A SMURF. So she plays the game, and HE calls HER patronising? Kill the smurf. For once, it wasn't her issue.

till it comes out on something like YouTue before I give the story 100% credence

However, given just how vacuous that bint it, it would not suprise me in the least that she woud do exactly that.

Sorry, but being dressed up as a fucking Smurf gives someone every right to be patronising. She probably expected that given that he was painted blue and wearing stupid clothes that he might have some kind of sense of humour, but evidently he went out of the house and forgot about what he was wearing.

Sorry but if I dress up in a stupid costume (say for example as a giant chicken), I'd expect a healthy amount of patronisation and sarcasm. Just because the bloke is short shouldn't change his expectations of how people will react. In fact, it'd be more prejudice NOT to take the piss, given that you would out of a person of average height in the same costume.

In other words, I completely agree with "yeah, right"

You know, I don't buy this one. Feels like a publicity stunt, and a cheap one at that.

As for all the other jammering, it's easily overlooked (pardon the topical pun) that Paris Hilton not only never HAD to work, she now has enough personal cash to wander off into the sunset in her high heels and not care about anyone.

Or is that precisely everyone's problem? Jealous?

"Sorry, I was just making sure I fit into your stereotype. I'd hate for a stereotype like yours to be found incorrect."

Well, you completely missed the sarcasm and jumped straight to bitching so you're doing a great job so far.

Sadly I got served by the one in the elf costume or I'd have exclaimed "Kitty!" on approaching the desk. She couldn't slap me through the glass.

A SMURF IN PARIS

! In 3D Night Vision !

Coming to a back alley internet theater near you.

Subtitles in braille.

... that the responses to this story turned into a ping pong match about treating midgets dressed as smurfs as if you really though that they were smurfs.

(/me checks that /me is not dreaming, or been excessively at the crimbo cheer.)

What I want to know is how they got them to be blue. Was it just friggin cold, or were they filled up with serious booze? Given that they are reported to be Russian I don't think either would have worked (at least the guys I know are fairly robust in both departments).

Or was it just Schmink? :-)

Coat..

Ahh, The Daily Star. An Oracle of Truth if there ever was one. <picks up The Beano and looks for related articles...>