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sandystrachan's avatar

Dirty image or just my dirty mind?

Asked by sandystrachan (4417points) September 3rd, 2009

Ok so i bought a big bag of maoam sweets today , the image on the front bag was of two round fruits either side of one banana . Evidence sorry its a bit dark . What do you think ????

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Likeradar's avatar

Slightly phallic, but only if you’re looking for it. It would be worse if the round fruits were actually touching the banana.

It’s not as bad as this one

bhec10's avatar

I think it’s done on purpose for merchandising reasons

sandystrachan's avatar

Oh the sweets are called two tone , yet they put three fruits ( Apple , banana and orange ) in the image

EmpressPixie's avatar

It’s not just you.

Sure, it’s a different package, but from the same company.

NaturalMineralWater's avatar

Somewhere deep inside an executive office at a massive factory someone is laughing his ass off and raking in money.

MrItty's avatar

It’s you. They’re not in contact, and you had to turn the package sideways to make it look the way you want it to.

teh_kvlt_liberal's avatar

Sex sells, big deal.

autumn43's avatar

@EmpressPixie – that’s really interesting. That was from five years ago. So people are still talking about it!

I would have said I didn’t think it was dirty until I saw the other picture from the same company. Kama Fruitra! LOL!

sandystrachan's avatar

@MrItty I didnt have to turn it on the side , its just the way i put it down . God if i knew it made a difference how i took the damn foto i would have took it straight on . Regardless of how you look at it you see two round balls and one long banana .

jbfletcherfan's avatar

Not so much so to me. Kind of a stretch of the imagination.

Ivan's avatar

I guess TV shows should start evading FCC regulations by just showing penises sideways.

MrItty's avatar

@sandystrachan I meant to get the fruits to look like the “traditional” image of a penis + testicles – penis pointing “up”, testicles at the bottom – you have to turn the package sideways, so that the top of the package is on the side. I wasn’t referring to your photo specifically.

Ivan's avatar

@MrItty

If they were trying to use a phallic image, I don’t think they would make it plainly obvious.

MrItty's avatar

@Ivan no, TV shows should start evading FCC regulations by replacing the penis with a banana, orange, and apple. Because that’s the only possible meaning of the shapes of those fruits, anywhere. Obviously.

Judi's avatar

trying to be subliminal, but you caught it!

DominicX's avatar

Oh come on…

lefteh's avatar

I’m with @DominicX. You are seeing what you want to see.

Judi's avatar

I know @DominicX is young and I think @lefteh is young too. I think it’s strange that the teen-aged boys think it is just coincidence while the rest of us see clandestine motives. I would think it would be the other way around.

lefteh's avatar

@Judi Thanks for pointing that out…it’s pretty interesting. Maybe we are exceptional ;)

Judi's avatar

@lefteh ; Of course you are!!

gailcalled's avatar

This phallocentricity does get tiresome. As Freud should have said, “Sometimes a penis is simply a penis.”

Why aren’t there more jokes about elbows or eyebrows?

scamp's avatar

I wonder what you guys would do with this

teh_kvlt_liberal's avatar

I’d eat it
No seriously, I’m hungry right now

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

don’t ask me this question, everyone knows I am already obsessed with all things sexual.

sandystrachan's avatar

@scamp Clearly its a naked lady on her back legs up , @MrItty I never really noticed the bag was on its side when i took it . I did notice it in the shop as a penis they tend to store bags upright , a child will see only what a child knows ie the fruits am adult sees the sexual side of things cause it has a knowledge of sexual things .

MrItty's avatar

An adult sees the “sexual side of things” if that’s what the adult wants to see.

gailcalled's avatar

@MrItty: You’re telling me that elbows are no longer sexy? Damn.

MrItty's avatar

@gailcalled depends on whose elbows they are!

gailcalled's avatar

@MrItty: So I should keep on soaking mine in lemon halves?

MrItty's avatar

@gailcalled uhm. If that works for you? I guess?

why do I get the feeling I’m missing half this conversation?

Jack79's avatar

Just your dirty mind. And you actually turned the packet to see what you wanted to see. I’m sure nobody had the intention of putting that there, or even noticed.

So….how long since you last got laid?

sandystrachan's avatar

@Jack79 I put the bag on my knee i didnt pay attention to how it was laid out , and when in the store it was upright i still noticed it then . Why would when i last got laid have anything to do with it ? And to be honest that doesnt really have anything to do with you , the fact that is was only this morning since i last had sex with my wife .

Jack79's avatar

was joking about the sex (and it meant that if you haven’t had sex for a long time maybe you’re starting to see things).

anyway, I don’t think anyone consciously put that image there. I mean, most fruit are round, so put anything oblong between them and there you go. It could be a cucumber with two tomatoes, a carrot with two potatoes, and so on…

autumn43's avatar

a zucchini and two kumquats….

sandystrachan's avatar

@Jack79 To go with the name of the sweet twotone it would only need TWO fruits , damn right someone knew what they were doing when they put two round fruits next to a long fruit . Or they would have put a strawberry and orange together .

MrItty's avatar

@sandystrachan Why did you bother asking this question, as you’ve obviously already decided anyone who doesn’t agree with your opinion is wrong?

sandystrachan's avatar

News flash : To everyone who doesn’t see the cock and balls , i am ok with this as i wanted to see if you saw what i saw . Have i argued the fact that if you don’t see it, then there is something wrong with you ? Alli have done is state the reasoning for the picture being on its side .

MrItty's avatar

@sandystrachan yes, yes you have. I suggest you review your previous posts in this thread.

sandystrachan's avatar

@MrItty Where have i took someones opinion and bashed it in their face , point it out as i can’t see . I may be blinded by the obvious

MrItty's avatar

@sandystrachan Where did I say you “bashed it in their face”? I said you asked a question supposedly asking for people’s opinions. But anywhere you have received an opinion, with the reasons behind it, you have refuted those reasons as wrong.

“damn right someone knew what they were doing when they put two round fruits next to a long fruit”, regardless of anyone else’s opinion that it was simply a coincidence.

“am adult sees the sexual side of things cause it has a knowledge of sexual things”, despite how many adults here have told you they didn’t see the alleged “sexual side of it”.

etc etc.

DominicX's avatar

lol

You turn every question into an argument. Let it go. Fuck.

sandystrachan's avatar

That isn’t opinion bashing thats answering a question that was asked , someone said ” I’m sure nobody had the intention of putting that there, or even noticed. ” and “damn right someone knew what they were doing when they put two round fruits next to a long fruit” was my reply not throwing that persons opinion in their face .
And as for the adult sees the sexual side of things , well it would be rather strange for a child to see a cock and balls. again i didnt take a persons opinion and destroy it , it was called adding my opinion to the thread .
NEXT!
Or are you going to say i took your opinion and destroyed it ????
You read into things you want to read , just like people see what the see . Try and have a good day/evening/night and enjoy :)

MrItty's avatar

@sandystrachan, Would you please stop putting words in my mouth? I never, not ONCE, said you “threw anyone’s opinion in their face”, “destroyed” anything, “bashed” anyone, or anything else along those lines.

You asked people for their opinions. Then when you got those opinions, you argued them. You tried to assert that their opinion was wrong, and that yours was right. My question to you was, and still is, what was your goal in asking this question? Was it honestly to collect opinions, as a poll? If so, why were you bothering to respond at all? Or was it to get people to agree with you? In which case, why did you bother asking “what do you think?” ?

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DominicX's avatar

@MrItty

Actually, it was more like “fuck” as in short for “fuckin’ A” as in “Fuck, this is stupid” because you turn everything into an argument.

MrItty's avatar

@DominicX uh-huh. And these responses of yours would be… what, exactly? Happy-rainbow-filled-hugs-and-kisses-in-words?

DominicX's avatar

No, just hopeful thinking. For the greater good.

And I wasn’t saying “fuck” to you. Stop taking everything as an insult. I was saying “fuck” to the situation of this goofy question being turned into an argument. I was just advising you to drop this because it’s petty and useless, but I suppose that’s not going to happen.

MrItty's avatar

@Moderators What the hell? He says Fuck to me, it stays. I say Fuck to him, it gets removed? What the fuck?

The_Compassionate_Heretic's avatar

[Mod Says] Flame off. Attacks will be removed.
@DominicX said “Fuck”.
@MrItty said “Fuck yourself”.

I’d advise you both to let it go. Arguing here isn’t worth the effort.

MrItty's avatar

No, @MrItty said “Uh. Okay. “Fuck”, yourself”. Punctuation matters. I will ask the mods the same as I asked @sandystrachan, Please don’t put words in my mouth. Thank you.

arnbev959's avatar

Attention fellow human beings: It’s Labor Day, go have a barbecue. I promise it will be more fulfilling than arguing about what someone said on the internet.

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