Re: Michel Cluizel chocolate

On Tuesday, in article
     <glv4r39mqt878jcmlanv9cd1rg44go640q@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> tppm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
     "Tim Merrigan" wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:35:39 -0000, dicconf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Richard Eney)
> wrote:
> 
> >In article <foik25$eqf$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>In article <8j%qj.3906$XI.1487@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >>Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> >>
> >>> Lynx/Axe users believe in the "WMD" method of attracting the
> >>> opposite sex - wear enough of the product in question and women
> >>> will "fall at your feet".
> >>
> >>Is that a euphemism for "sexually assault you?"
> >
> >More likely a metaphor for "worship you" by performing full
prostrations.
> >
> >=Tamar
> 
> In the Axe ads I've seen, though I haven't seen the particular one
> that started this thread, the girls/women seem to coming closer to
> sexual assault, or ever plane assault, than prostration.

It's one of those aspects of such advertising that makes me wonder about 
the target audience. Young men can have doubts about themselves, and 
such enthusiasm on the part of a woman can be momentarily arousing, but 
what sort of guy thinks they need such support? It is, at heart, a lie. 

What is it they say about not being able to con an honest man?

-- 
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

On the horizon, a carrier task force of the Salvation Navy was 
turning into the wind, preparing to launch Zeppelins.