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Sperm-shaped booze bottle slammed
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Posted on 08/05/2002 7:33:38 AM PDT by Texaggie79
A row has broken out in Holland over an alcoholic drink served in sperm-shaped bottles.
Anti-drinking campaigners say it is a marketing gimmick which wrongly associates sex with alcohol.
The bottles of Popsy contain a vanilla-caramel flavoured drink carrying the slogan "I'm coming".
The Dutch Foundation for Alcohol Prevention says the campaign is perverse and breaks advertising codes.
He says the codes are there to prevent the link being drawn between drinking and sexual or social success.
The Foundation's Wim Van Dalen told Twentse Courant Tubantia: "They've crossed the bounds of decency. Its absolutely not done to link alcohol to sexuality that way."
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To: Sir Gawain; Tennessee_Bob; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; weikel; dead
ping
To: Texaggie79
This story can't be any fun without a picture...
To: Texaggie79
which wrongly associates sex with alcohol.
Boy, for a “wrong” association, this one’s sure had some staying power.
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posted on
08/05/2002 8:09:10 AM PDT
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dead
To: Texaggie79
There used to be a small restaurant a couple blocks from my house that had a set of sperm shaped salt and pepper shakers. The funny thing was that a lot of senior citizens ate there, and apparently never figured it out/complained.
-Eric
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posted on
08/05/2002 8:12:41 AM PDT
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E Rocc
To: Texaggie79; maxwell; Argh; one_particular_harbour; Cagey; SeeRushToldU_So; P7M13
This story is kind of hard to swallow..........
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
This story is kind of hard to swallow.......... Well if at first you don't succeed....try and try again.
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
This story is kind of hard to swallow.......... ROTFLMAO
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To: one_particular_harbour
why am i not surprised to see you here?
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08/05/2002 8:30:24 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: Texaggie79
They've crossed the bounds of decency.This actually happens quite often in the Netherlands.
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To: one_particular_harbour
Face it OPH, you're already trying to get the distributorship here in the states..........
To: SeeRushToldU_So; dubyaismypresident; Texaggie79
I actually had a couple of other comments, but even I couldn't post them..........lol
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To: one_particular_harbour
You can't see the humor in men buying this drink for a woman in the bar, then daring her to down it? Besides, it's "vanilla and caramel" flavored drink........yuk.......I don't think many men would buy it even it if was in a Boob shaped bottle..........lol
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To: one_particular_harbour
I think you should reconsider that Distributorship....... want a female partner? Together, we could mass market to gays and cheap women......not that there is anything wrong with that...........
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