Naughty gift paper, designed by Virgin Mobile, depicts two angels kissing and touching each other while two other angels peek up their gowns. Posted on 12/06/2005 9:00:47 AM PST by Grig
Movie night turned into fright night for an Ottawa man and his 12-year-old daughter on Sunday when when they were handed a roll of Christmas wrapping paper showing two angels locked in a naughty embrace.
As Alan Dean, his girlfriend, Andrea Cochrane, and Dean's daughter, Cailin McDowell, left the 5:30 showing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the Coliseum, an employee handed them a roll of promotional Christmas wrapping paper.
But it wasn't until Dean and Cochrane returned home after dropping Cailin off at her mother's house that they realized the paper was more naughty than nice.
GROPING HARD TO SPOT
The wrapping paper shows a male and female angel kissing, his hand placed on her breast as she grabs his crotch. Two other angels float beneath, looking up their tunics.
"I'm sure there are people all over the place wrapping presents with it without really looking what's on it," said Cochrane.
"There are probably a lot of people in for an embarrassment."
Dean, a photographer, says his daughter and ex-wife didn't notice the images on the paper.
It was only when Cochrane began wrapping a gift for her younger sister that she noticed the naughty angels.
"At first glance, it just looks really cute, kind of funky-looking," said Cochrane. "Then I realized that two of the angels are groping each other."
Coliseum general manager Jerry Botelho says he wasn't aware of a problem and hasn't received any complaints.
Cineplex spokeswoman Lisa Sheldrick says the promotion, a joint effort with Virgin Mobile conducted by the sampling company In-Field, was launched in 18 theatres across Canada. She says the five-day promotion was pulled after three days when Dean complained.
Sheldrick says the wrapping paper, designed by Virgin Mobile [who use sexual innuendo in all their advertising - Grig] was intended for a mature audience.
Virgin Mobile spokeswoman Paula Lash says her firm supports Cineplex's decision to pull the plug on the promotion.
Dean is just relieved Cailin didn't see the paper.
"She didn't notice it, but that's not to say she wouldn't notice it," he said.
"They crossed the line giving it out to children.
Naughty gift paper, designed by Virgin Mobile, depicts two angels kissing and touching each other while two other angels peek up their gowns.
Virgin is in the US of A.
So that's why they call it Heaven, PING!!
There is just no hope for some of the low life in this world. Their soul purpose I believe is to be as disgusting, outrageous and low as possible. There is no hope for them. They are who they are. A tiger is a tiger. They have n othing else in their lives I guess.
Sounds like it's for an immature audience to me.
In heaven there is no sex, unless your muslim.
Looks like this will be an interesting thread.
I'll throw out a theological question for the ages and sages:
If angels don't have sex, what do they do to occupy their minds while us pathetic (some call us lucky) mortals are engaging in such immaturity, or as the King James translators sanitized from the earthy Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts as "knowing" someone?
Do the angels read Songs of Solomon when on break? (Whisper) And do they blush?
I hear that is a big lie as well. They don't go to Heaven afterall.
Is that like the Soup Nazi: NO VIRGINS FOR YOU!!!!
That's funny. I would have tossed it for the "Virgin" logo alone. Yeah, I'm a prude.
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
Mom and dad are divorced, dad's shacked up with the new girlfriend, and the only concern is that the daughter will see the risque wrapping paper?
That's because you don't pay enough in bribe money!
The problem today is that private sexual behavior is put on public display by those who know better than us sexually repressed prudes.
Virgin was created by Richard Branson, an eccentric British billionaire.
It is a British company IIRC.
They are currently running an ad campaign that "celebrates" one united holiday to replace Christmas. IMO, they are mocking all religion with their current TV spots. The "holiday" they are mockingly creating is called "Chrismahanukwanzakah".
hey! someone with an odd sense of humor could get the erotic
bible calendar and wrap it up in this angel paper for an
interesting exchange gift! </sarcasm> ;)
So the guy who is divorced shouldn't have a new girlfriend?
Is NOTHING sacred with leftists? Are they indoctrinated with the idea that EVERYTHING must be reduced to their basest level?
I am sick of these despicable people.
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