Sharni
06-18-2003, 08:14 PM
A DANISH amusement park today banned the sale of lollipops moulded in the shape of male genitalia.
The 10-cm multicoloured lollipops were sold for 20 kroner ($4.50) under the name Dillermaend, Danish slang for the male organ.
The Bakken amusement park, 15 km north of Copenhagen, ordered Flemming Barfod, the maker of candy, to stop producing and selling the sweets.
"We considered it tasteless," said Tina Baungaard-Jensen, a spokeswoman for Bakken, which was founded in 1853 and claims to the world's oldest amusement park.
The lollipops sparked harsh reactions in Denmark, a usually tolerant Scandinavian country of 5.3 million that was the first in the world to legalise pornography in 1969.
The chairman of the Danish Family Planning Association, Dr Christian Graugaard, said the lollipop could be considered "pornographic" and was unsuitable for children.
Some 2.5 million people visit Bakken every year.
The 10-cm multicoloured lollipops were sold for 20 kroner ($4.50) under the name Dillermaend, Danish slang for the male organ.
The Bakken amusement park, 15 km north of Copenhagen, ordered Flemming Barfod, the maker of candy, to stop producing and selling the sweets.
"We considered it tasteless," said Tina Baungaard-Jensen, a spokeswoman for Bakken, which was founded in 1853 and claims to the world's oldest amusement park.
The lollipops sparked harsh reactions in Denmark, a usually tolerant Scandinavian country of 5.3 million that was the first in the world to legalise pornography in 1969.
The chairman of the Danish Family Planning Association, Dr Christian Graugaard, said the lollipop could be considered "pornographic" and was unsuitable for children.
Some 2.5 million people visit Bakken every year.