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Saturday, March 15th, 2008 @ 9:59 pm | Ads, What Were They Thinking

Every know and then I’ll see some sort of packaging or advertisement that makes me wonder WWTT. The classic example is Microsoft – did they really ant to invoke “small, limp”?

Another example is local to me. On my early commutes, I used to catch signs of a meat distributor’s truck.  The company name, for some reason, was “Hansel and Gretel”, and the truck was emblazoned with an image of a little boy and girl. I didn’t get that. What, did they make Fine Smoked Witch? What was the connection?

Recently, I was on line with my daughter at the local fruit store. At the counter they had (among other things) little packets of instant soup, in various flavors. They hat tomato, beef, chicken and…

Sadly, it seems Spicy Cock is not kosher, so I will never know what makes Spice Cock different from the Spicy Chicken in the next spindle.

Also, there’s the added value of a guest asking what’s for dinner and getting to respond “Cock. Spicy Cock.”

I know, I’m four.

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    That's fuel for a first date, right there. Blind date? Perfect. Bring her to your place. Hey, what's on the menu?
  • Dierna
    I can see the ads for that now "Cock. It's what's for dinner!"

    I think I'll pass...can't eat chicken without getting sick so I doubt I'll be able to eat rooster.
  • HellRazor
    How do you flavor soup to make it "Cock Flavored"?

    Wait, forget that. I don't want to know.
  • Naryldor
    That's what happens when you overload words with different, fancy meanings such as this, it's just impossible to keep your mind clean when you come accross them! LOL!

    For example, "gay" basically means happy or merry, it is not strange to read older books in english in which people are shamelessly called gay with no misschief intended whatsoever by the author.

    Of course, when nowadays you read, for example, The Hobbit and you get to a chapter in which elves are described as "gay folk" you think: "that's OK, surely Tolkien meant that Wood Elves tried to live a happy unworried existence"... but then you make the huge mistake of seeing how elves are represented in the Lord of the Rings movies... See? Here we go again with dirty thoughts!!! :D
  • Clearly the cock flavour is just because it has added balls.
  • Wizard
    I'd find it a little less disturbing if not for the chicken flavor next to it.
  • Amake
    "Oh, I could never convert to Judaism. I have way too much love for the cock."
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