Posted on 02/05/2007 9:34:36 AM PST by ChiefJayStrongbow
Edited on 02/05/2007 10:23:25 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Last evening, as I watched the Superbowl with my nine year old son, I became extremely annoyed at the MARS Corporation and their advertisement for Snickers which showed two guys locking lips. I can't even fathom why somebody thought that this would be a good advertisement for that particular product and why they chose to air it during this event, especially when they knew children would be watching. If their aim was to draw controversy in the hopes of increasing sales, then I sincerely hope they missed their mark. I hope that, instead, they lose sales because of their idiocy.
I called in and registered my strong disapproval this morning at 1-908-852-1000. (If you call, when you get the phone tree, just press "0")
Our family will not be buying MARS products ... Products that MARS makes/distributes: M&M'S, SNICKERS, MARS bars, Milky Way, Skittles, and TWIX.
Missed that one.
LOL, retro-sexuals? good word.
Anyway, I suppose tossing the do-rag gets him hetero points. LOL.
BTW, abomination to all existence that he is, I've always liked his music too. ;)
Exactly right. I shoulda know that. Being a rabid MASH fan and all.
Do a Google image search for additional pictures of his two wives shown. Mayte Garcia and Manuela Testolini are both stunning women. That should help people get over the "gay" nonsense. The first marriage was doomed due to the death of their only child. Prince worked to save the second marriage and did not countersue when the two separated last year.
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~ Blue Jays ~
Wait a minute...are you saying that you can't catch "the gay" from a TV commercial?
Seriously, if it weren't for self-righteous moral indignation, Free Republic would black out faster than a Kennedy at a distillery.
very pretty.
however, we should not discount that both my third cousin twice removed and the former governor of new jersey were married and had children and yet each turned out to be raving homosexuals. not with each other, mind you, but still... you. never. can. tell.
:P
Everyone knows you catch it from toilet seats in public restrooms.
Are you serious? You've eaten Snickers bars for two decades, and you'll never buy one again because of this commercial?
Well, as you as you're being silly, you might as well stop using vending machines, too: Mars, Inc. is one of the largest manufacturers of vending machines and bill validators in the United States.
Why?
Groans and headshakes here as well.
San Franceeeesco.
produces have not learned yet.
Just as a good ad will make a consumer WANT to buy the product, a bad commercial will make consumers AVOID the product.
Where is the Beef vs Dixi Chix.
You think AB or anybody else wants to associate themselves with the war in Iraq? Sure way to lose half of your business, probably more since younger folks are heavier beer drinkers. At least with the Snickers ad, Mars is only risking the 15% of the audience (gay bashers) who probably believe that eating candy is a sin.
snickers doesn't satisfy him anymore.
i stopped eating m&ms after i found out the green ones really don't do anything for you.
You need to get out more. The guy doing the national anthem was Billy Joel. He used to be married to Christie Brinkley. That makes him soooooo not gay, its funny that you suggest he is.
Well, I was watching with a buddy of mine, and after that commercial... well... Everyone's tried it at least once, right?
Rolling eyes in disbelief...
does buttered popcorn count?
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