Maybe Oscar Mayer was thinking that folding the turkey that way would make shoppers think about turkey breasts. Maybe I have spent too much time in the more colorful parts of the Internet. Either way, I am not sure I could see this in the supermarket without doing a double take. And probably giggling.
(Thanks to Gail!)
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Hrmmm, I wonder what the shaved setting on a Hobart is. I’d say almost 2, otherwise you’ll shred it.
Made me think of the Seinfeld episide “The Slicer”.
Made me think of the summer I spent slicing deli meat.
Turkey curtains?
At least its not roast beef…
Nasty! (I wonder who else got your comment. Perhaps I’m just a dirty ol’ lady.)
hate the shaved deli meats, when you try to grab a piece it just breaks apart leaving you with a tub full of bits
To be fair to Oscar Mayer, this particular “shaved” cut doesn’t fall apart. Shaved is a misnomer.
It wouldn’t be so bad if the slices were stacked in the package, instead of balled up.
the whole point of shaved meat is so you can grab a clump of it and throw it on a sandwich, if you want individual slices, you buy sliced meat. Oscar Meyer shaved packaged meat is not really shaved, just low quality turkey roll sliced thin.
you are twelve.
So am I, evidently.
you’re just mad cause you can’t pickup on the subliminal advertising and laugh with the rest of us.
/12yr old impression
wait…a 12yr old might just simplify all that and say “YOUR MOTHER!!!”. I suck at being 12 so many years later.
ARE NOT!
I’m not gonna be your friend!
Better shaved than waxed!
That turkey doesn’t looked shaved to me. When you shave the meat you don’t usually get whole slices because it’s cut so thin and you certainly don’t fold the meat but just lay it down because of it’s thinness.
Where I’m from they call what you’re describing “chipped,” but that could be the same thing as what “shaved” is supposed to be.
I’ve heard it both ways, but I worked in a deli for two years in an area where chipped ham has an entire brand associated with it. >.>
You’re right. It’s probably Brazilian.
Ba-dum-PSSHHHH!
It’s been like this forever. Good to see some people never grow up.
A better one is the Masterpiece? BBQ sauce that says, “Take BBQ sauce and apply to your meat”.
Graphic artist with a sense of humor ftw!
Yea! The glorious return of subliminal advertising!
I prefer my turkey shaved very thin it just melts in your mouth. I also prefer what is pictured above to be shaved and it also melts in your mouth.
I love turkey, dont get me wrong, but I dont think I love it that much . . .
Breasts that need to be shaved? Yikes!
Someone never saw my old avatar…
you’ve never dated an east german woman, have you?
Well it depends on what hormones they are shooting up those turkeys with.
How many women have you known? Up close and personal? ahem
Froggy is a girl. And I believe she has seen a fair number up close too.
she’s just not used to a) meat or b) critters that have anything other than scales or water permeable skin
The real problem is the turkey slices are not shaved, especially in the sandwich photo. I’m a huge fan of spanish ham that I get from the meat counter shaved, and this isn’t it.
I’ll take the Turkey and Swiss on Rye please? Hold the mayo, but extra cleavage please.
tastes like fish
It’s not “breasts” I’m thinking of when I see that, especially with the boast about ‘em being “shaved”.
At any rate, why the hell is the URL for this article about The View recommending Latisse? What up with that? (Oh, what up with that!? What up with that!?)
Looks like the fixed the URL. (Can we get an “edit” button on these comments?)
*they
(again, edit would be nice!)
*they
(again, edit would be nice!)
They should stock these in the sausage aisle.
The shaved deli meat never looks that arranged when I buy it. I think a bored graphic designer is definitely having some fun here.
I’m thinking you have something there.
Editor: How the heck is this news-worthy? This is 100% content-free filler. Must be a REALLY slow news day. :p
Ha ha! I was waiting for this. Next up: Dsmvwlmnt
Meh, it’s turkey.
You have to want that to be a vag or some sort of vag reference.
It’s the “shaved” tag that does it.
One word: Vagatarian
Thanks for coming folks, I’ll be here all week!
Not so much a vag as a vulva, if you want to get technical.
$20 says that the person that drew up this ad new exactly what they were doing and laughed themselves to sleep that night. “It tastes this deli fresh” “fresh shaved meats” come on, that guy had to know what he was doing. Just look at the wording.
If not, he must be the stupidest person in the history of advertising.
Oh god, I can’t unsee it! Damn you, Walters!
I see the “little man in the boat”!
It doesn’t take much time to see the letters S-E-X in the meat in the sandwich depicted at the bottom. The S and X are the most obvious.
Looks like Brazilian ham to me, but it’s usually darker.
I’d hit it.. just sayin’
Looks better than a grilled cheese sandwich.
I bet Consumerist posters also giggle over the Arby’s logo.
What if a woman designed this ad campaign? You are all being very sexist.
For the first time in a long time, I can actually type LOL and mean it! I actually laughed out loud!!
At least it isn’t roast beef.