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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Adam and Steve on a Raft

posted by on June 25 at 10:23 AM

In the UK, Heinz pulled an ad featuring a “gay kiss” after receiving approximately 200 complaints from viewers.
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Watch the ad here.

It doesn’t come off as a “gay” kiss to me. The joke is clearly that the “Mum” making lunches could be a New York deli guy because the mayo is so great.

Stupid, stupid bigots. This is a gay kiss.

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Well I would assume the average Joe doesn't want to think about two guys kissing as a reminder that your favorite thick, white condiment still exists..and maybe you should go buy some if the two in your fridge are expired. Which at least one of them is.

Posted by Rufio (From Hook) | June 25, 2008 10:37 AM
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Thank Heavens that Terez Heinz Kerry is not First Lady. We would have shit like this all over American televisions screens. Icky boys kissing.

Posted by Bub | June 25, 2008 10:48 AM
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Something doesn't wash here. I mean, Torchwood is coming back for a third season, and no one over there seems to mind.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1795965896852634327&q=torchwood+ianto+jack&ei=w4liSM-2Bp6sqgP3upyqAw

Maybe it's because the chef isn't attractive enough or something.

Posted by K | June 25, 2008 11:11 AM
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I agree with K. I wonder if they're sure the complaints aren't from religious douchebags in the US that saw the commercial on the Interwebs.

Best exchange from Torchwood ever?


Gwen: Have you ever eaten alien meat?

Jack: Yup.

Gwen: What was it like?

Jack: Well, he seemed to like it.

Posted by skweetis | June 25, 2008 11:30 AM
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"No Poofs!"-quothe the Monty Python loving UK...I guess. Silly, UK, VERY silly. Now STOP IT!!! :P

Posted by MrFishSlap | June 25, 2008 11:42 AM
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my employer's IT Nazi website blocker won't let me see the video you linked to. I hope it's hot!

Posted by angel | June 25, 2008 12:10 PM
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Your right that the message is clearly that the "Mum" making lunches could be a New York deli guy because the mayo is so great. That being understood, to me this add, at its core, pivots on the same homophobic joke as the Snickers Super Bowl add. Two straight guys kiss (or in this case one) accidentally (or in this case unknowingly... because where he thinks he's kissing his wife, he's actually kissing a New York Deli guy, because of the mayonnaise... get it? Ha! Ha! Ha!). It's meant to be funny because of how ridiculous the whole situation is made to appear... It just struck me as kinda homophobic form the first view.

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me | June 25, 2008 5:02 PM

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