Re: Michel Cluizel chocolate

David G. Bell wrote:
> yOn Thursday, in article
>      <5IGqj.3239$XI.320@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>      bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "Jette" wrote:
> 
>> David G. Bell wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, in article
>>>      <YSkqj.2638$XI.2162@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>      bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "Jette" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Paul Dormer wrote:
>>>>> In article <0oehq39abc38farf999tfuf1o57b2t5bjf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>> colette@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Colette Reap) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> jgd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (John Dallman) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Michel Cluizel is an extraordinarily fine brand. It is, much of 
>>>>>>> the time, my favourite. Just at present, the Hotel Chocolat 85% 
>>>>>>> non-bitter is my favourite, but I shall be getting a fair supply 
>>>>>>> of Michel Cluizel for the handing-out-nice-chocolate-at-Eastercon
>>>>>>> supply. 
>>>>>> You may be stalked :-)
>>>>> Incidentally, have you seen that ad on TV at the moment, I think
it's
>>>>> for Lynx, where the guy applies an aerosol to himself and turns into
a
>>>>> walking chocolate man, and women start molesting him in public,
>>>>> nibbling pieces off him, ripping his arm off, etc.?
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I the only one to find that ad deeply disturbing?
>>>> No, you're not alone in that.  Most women I know find it both 
>>>> disturbing and offensive.
>>>>
>>>> And we feel much the same about the bl**dy scent too.  (yes, it is 
>>>> Lynx, also known as Axe in the US)
>>> A friend of my mothers used to inflict toiletry giftpacks on myself
and 
>>> my brother, usually the currently advertised aftershave. The only one
I 
>>> recall was "Hai Karate", which was advertised as provoking pursuit by 
>>> beautiful women who kept doing rather amateur karate chops.
>>>
>>
>> No, no - it was the man wearing the Hai Karate who was doing the 
>> amateurish karate chops, to defend himself against the beautiful woman 
>> who was so overcome by the scent of his aftershave that she was 
>> throwing herself at him.
> 
> So the adverts suggested the guy was an idiot.
> 
> Jette, you're still on the list of people I wouldn't fight off, but I've

> long known you need different bait.
> 

Lynx/Axe users believe in the "WMD" method of attracting the opposite 
*** - wear enough of the product in question and women will "fall at 
your feet".  Unfortunately, in reality, this will probably be 
asphyxiation not attraction!


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Jette Goldie
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