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Chocolate stunts your growth

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Posted by Chris on Aug 25, 2010 in Ugly! | 12 comments

No man, what IS this! Why use a strange blonde midget with stunted arms to sell your chocolates? Who would possibly want to share their bubbles with a scowling, cartoon-villain gay stereotype in pyjama pants? When the marketers sat down to ‘brain’storm this one, what did they say. “Hey, there’s a massive untapped market in the disabled crap midget hairdressers sector, let’s create a character to appeal to them.” And to think companies pay for this shit.

Faraway Midget Stunted Chocolate Eater

I'm stretching..... all the way from the 80s.

12 Responses to “Chocolate stunts your growth”

  1. TheBrr says:
    August 25, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    I cant help I need to “LOL” this

    Damn thats funny, I love the MC Hammer Pants with the eversoslightly gay hair

  2. Chris says:
    August 25, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    “Ever so slightly” gay hair? Sheesh. Your standards are high.

  3. TheBrr says:
    August 25, 2010 at 5:10 pm

    It seemed the more PC way of saying it.

    I wanted to just say “gay hair” I was hoping that the understatement would carry the sentiment.

    Fail, I guess

  4. Rene says:
    August 25, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    Is this recent for real advertising? Where did u see this? I’m with u, I can’t blv people pay agencies for this crap!? Then again, how stupid is the client for even considering using this type of advertising? I’m a bit gobsmacked…..this ad definitely dwarfs its competition :)

  5. Chris says:
    August 26, 2010 at 6:19 am

    Oh, it’s real alright. Saw it at the Pick ‘n Pay in Hyde Park. It’s probably everywhere. Perhaps I’m just out of touch. Maybe this is what the discerning chocolate lover actually wants to think about when curled up in bed with that special bar.

  6. Chris says:
    August 26, 2010 at 6:20 am

    No, I was just trying to take your sentiment further. Your under-sentiment, as it were.

  7. Alistair says:
    August 26, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    This is obviously what is happening now that Raymond isn’t around to approve all ATL creative from Nestlé. The ad definitely makes me want to avoid potential Thalidomide-riddled goods. I feel sorry for the wrestler Dude though. I reckon modelling agents may be forced to keep him at (short) arm’s length, if this is anything to go by.

  8. Susan says:
    August 26, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    I like the tiny little trainers! You could hang them from your rear-view mirror.

  9. Chris says:
    August 26, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    ha, you could hang the whole midget from your mirror.

  10. John says:
    August 26, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    I wonder if he had this particular gem in his basket: http://tinypic.com/r/2h6w0sk/4

  11. Chris says:
    August 26, 2010 at 5:16 pm

    Ag, no man. That’s worse than Salticrax.

  12. FND says:
    October 21, 2010 at 11:35 am

    Thanks, Chris. I won’t be able to eat another Salticrax without thinking of your crack. Oh, dammit, perhaps I should rephrase that … without thinking of your joke. It had never crossed my mind.

    Well spotted, by the way! I look forward to you posting some more of your sightings. I always forget to carry my camera with me – saw a beautifully ambiguous sign outside an Obs restaurant a couple of months back: ’50% off your sushi’.

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