Our reaction is, of course, "Holy Shit! Where can we buy that poncho!?"
ROFLcon and ponchos spark controversy [Weekly Dig]
]]> Our reaction is, of course, "Holy Shit! Where can we buy that poncho!?"
ROFLcon and ponchos spark controversy [Weekly Dig]
]]>Ladies and Gentlemen, I *created that poncho ad* Swear to god.
I'm an improviser in San Francisco in a group (that has performed in Boston) called Oui Be Negroes. www.ouibenegroes.com
I love that people like it. I had three glasses in me when I did it as a joke on an Extreme Advertising Website. What is the one thing you would never find extreme.
Well...a fucking poncho.
Glad you enjoy it. Even more stunned it made the Boston Weekly!
Shaun Landry
]]>That gives me an idea, I'm gonna start a website with fake ads based around "shaggy dog stories". Like, picture a banana, and then the ad copy runs all over the entire page in tiny little print that takes ages to read, talking about how great these oranges are, they're so high in potassium and vitamin C, and then at the very bottom of the ad, it says, oh wait, this is a banana.
Then I can wait until I get a complaint that says, "Dear Sir, your recent banana advertisement contained numerous misleading and/or irrelevant statements..."
]]>If it's not funny without "ass-raping," then it's not that funny.
To me, it seems like the ad would be exactly as funny without that.
]]>It IS offensive.
Talk about low-brow humor...
There are plenty of funny articles, with clever comments, but this (article) is not one of them.
]]>frankly, I am offended... there are two spots of green.
]]>And "ass raping" needs a hyphen.
And doesn't "aint" need an apostrophe between the n and the t?
No wonder there are complaints about this ad!
]]>@SkokieGuy: "Axe doesn't work?"
Axe doesn't work for us homos :( I mean, we get gaggles of girls flocking after us, but only to ask us if their shoes go with their new contacts they got :(
They need to make Homo-Axe - to attract all the menz!!
]]>No seriously. That is funny, people are sensitive cry babies, and as always, please, all offended, get over it.
No sense in crying over things that simply do not effect you.
Don't like the joke? Don't laugh.
]]>this is pretty funny, although it feels like a bit of a ripoff of that old
">Ebonics Delta Gag Commercial from a few years ago.]]>...and I want one of those ponchos now.
]]>Team Poncho!
P-A Notes FTW!
]]>(Am I the only one who thinks the "ass raping" bit doesn't make any sense?)
]]>and that issue of the Dig is from, what, 3 weeks ago?
OLD
]]>Best poncho ad ever. I predict a big market shift in the poncho sector of the economy.
]]>Don't tell me -- this comment will be censored because it contains a word found in the article.
]]>Yeah, people are so easily offended. But honestly, if it is one against many who have no problem with it, that one can just shut the F up about it.
]]>@donkeyjote: Dude, we're here and I still think it's fucking hilarious. I gonna buy me a fucking pink one.
]]>(meh)
]]>I'm Mexican, and I Find this offensive. Fat Chicks Don't Wear Ponchos, that is a biased view...otherwise, SWEET FUCKING PONCHO, actually in mexico it's called a Sarape,or Saw-rah-peh. I'll Buy 2.
]]>@lostalaska: I love the freudian slip about your Aunt...
]]>Yeah, the ass-raping bit was kind of strange.
]]>i love the weekly dig, my favorite free local read here in boston.
]]>Lighten up, bitch!
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Lighten up bitches and get yourselves one of these sweet fuckin ponchos!
]]>@fuzzycuffs: Actually, if I'm not mistaken, that meme actually originated with this: [www.flickr.com]
which is much funnier than the fruit thing.
]]>Gah. I see the feminazis at Jezebel have invaded. Kill the laughter now.
]]>Take out the "Raping" bit and I'm OK with it.
]]>I want that fucking poncho now!
]]>@donkeyjote: Ooops...got a little carried away by the F-word there. I'm at work and have to watch my language, but decided typing the obscenities would be OK.
]]>Axe doesn't work?
]]>@dtmoore: Are you high? I didn't say anything about fatties. In fact, I am fat myself, just another reason to giggle at this ad.
]]>But what if you put AXE on this poncho?
]]>How is it that the one fucking issue of the Dig that I miss had this in it??? I probably would have put it on our refrigerator. sweet baby jesus!
]]>Women here too and I am NOT in a fit of giggles.
]]>And me thinks Jezebel got word of this...
]]>I kind of wish the "shit" had been spelled more like "sheee-iit". But otherwise, A++++ WOULD LAUGH AGAIN
]]>Reading comprehension, people!
]]>Example:
]]>LMAO this is riotous. LOVE IT!! And while I'd never categorize myself as a femi-nazi, I'm on that plane, and I STILL love it.
Hilarious!
]]>I'm guessing it was inspired by this:
The fuck are you doing looking at poncho ads anyway, bitch?!
Lighten the fuck up!
]]>Actually, I have no problem with fat chicks. It's all good in the hood. Plus, they can just wear a fucking poncho.
]]>Well I'm an uber-feminist and I find nothing offensive about this ad. Actually it makes me want to go out and buy a fucking poncho! I mean, come on, it's fucking beige!!!
]]>I'm a humorless bonerkilling Feminazi, and I found both of these ads pretty funny.
]]>Though the issue was funny. The 'FTW' red sox themed shirts were lame, though.
I mean, if you take the weekly dig seriously on any day, that's probably a bad sign.
@camille_javal: I personally like to call ladies 'douchebags' a lot. And assholes, but everyone can be a douche in my book, regardless of sex, creed, age, etc.
]]>Fucking ponchos are the fucking coolest! I'm going to go buy one when I get off work. I hope they have one in "sweet fucking pink"!
]]>Whats wrong with fatties? Fat chicks need lovin too imo.
]]>The fat thing - I used to be fat, and I will physically assault someone for using the word "fattie(s)" in my presence. But damn, like you haven't known (or been) a woman who used some draping clothing to cover up the fact that she was heavy. Shit, I did that (although I never went the poncho route. It always felt like giving up).
on "bitch" - my solution has been to apply the word to everyone, regardless of sex, in a number of situations. I also try to use "asshole" to describe women more, when I fear the particularly misogynist meanings behind bitch are what will be implied, and are not what I wish to apply (e.g., "Hillary Clinton is an asshole"). I try to be gender-neutral in my rampant vulgarity.
]]>"Fat Pam" wants that fucking poncho and she'll kill to get it!
]]>
Holy fuck, I wants me a poncho! I injured myself laughing. I'll never read the Dig again when I'm high. Also, it's hard to read when you're stoned. You motherfuckers! Awesome. Who's responsible?
-Seth
Also, Nom Nom Nom greatest cartoon lol-cat + chezeburgr evar.
]]>Vertical stripes would be more slimming.
]]>p.s. I laughed my ass off at that ad.
]]>I am an angry, patriarchy-hating feminist... and I'm laughing my ass off.
]]>The only problem I have with vulgarity is all the GD and holy, etc.
I don't give a fuck about the rest.
]]>Woman here. I am in a fit of giggles. Love it.
]]>Great marketing... except there's no way to order the aforementioned Fucking Poncho :-)
]]>The "fat" thing I found rather offensive...
]]>I can't believe this actually made its way into a magazine???? Editors around much?
]]>Got to get me some, I want "bitches all up on (my) dick."
People need to lighten-up and if you don't like something just just turn the fck'n dial and move on.
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