Little People Live in Broccoli Florets
Faraway look at the broccoli bag (bottom right). So easy to miss the faces.
Upon closer inspection of a Cascadian Farm bag of frozen broccoli florets, blogger Alicia Carrier of bread & honey noticed tiny freakish faces popping out. She needed her macro lens to confirm such weirdness. Talk about a real-life scene from Honey I Shrunk the Kids! Remember when the kids are drowning in a bowl of Cheerios and daddy Rick Moranis almost swallows them?
Tiny things are cute by nature, but when they have faces that are ecstatic to a disturbing degree, they instantly become terrifying.
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18 Comments:
I'd swear that's Winona Ryder hiding in plain sight in the 2nd photo. Ah ha!
PerkyMac at 6:07PM on 10/21/08
Retouchers will do this for giggles but never sneak it into actual production.
For this to make it to an actual printed product would require the consent
of the manufacturer. Chances are they're pictures of the owners' kids and
appear in a whole bunch of other places.
tinytim at 6:09PM on 10/21/08
Okay I'm an idiot. At first I thought the faces were in the actual broccoli florets! I was wondering why this horrifying phenomenon was being treated so casually...until I came to my senses.
CoreyLF at 6:11PM on 10/21/08
I don't know why, but this is seriously creepy.
Adam Kuban at 6:15PM on 10/21/08
This isn't seriously the case, right? Right?? Wow, I'm glad I've never noticed something like that, it would freak me out.
nightowl at 6:33PM on 10/21/08
@coreylf, I thought the same thing! I was getting really excited for a second...
jessie at 8:40PM on 10/21/08
Gosh, I love this! I do hope it was the crafty kooky nature of the company - I love when companies do crazy fun things like this.
WickedGoodDinner at 8:45PM on 10/21/08
The dangers of genetically modifying food are finally revealed.
Libbey at 8:50PM on 10/21/08
Remember to eat your greens, now MADE FROM PEOPLE!!!
FoodBully at 10:22PM on 10/21/08
Are these the little persons Fast Food Critic was stacking?
PerkyMac at 11:14PM on 10/21/08
Soylent Broccoli?
shoneyjoe at 1:05AM on 10/22/08
Soylent green, people, soylent green!
Laurel E at 10:10AM on 10/22/08
@shoneyjoe haha I just noticed you had the same thought as me right after I hit post.
Laurel E at 10:11AM on 10/22/08
LOL@Perky. :-)
FastFoodCritic at 11:02AM on 10/22/08
As a graphic designer and big-time foodie I think this story is the most amazingly awesome thing to be picked up in a long time. I hope they don't disappear in the next round of package printing.
Hip-Hip-Hooray designers at Cascadian Farm!
GretchinF at 4:50PM on 10/22/08
This reminds me of the whole Camels packaging rumor, that there was a phallic symbol in the leg, and the rumor that Ritz had subliminally written 'sex' on a cracker on the box.
So you're supposed to look at this packaging, subliminally see happy people, and feel compelled to buy it? Well, all righty then.
CityMinx at 9:33PM on 10/22/08
Yeah it's called "Subliminal stimulation" read all about it in books like "The Clam plate orgy"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Bryan_Key
Basically there's loads of it's "Rampant in advertising" all the way to the other end of "You're crazy and seeing things.
Stiv61 at 10:13PM on 10/22/08
LOL Perky! Then again, if that's the case, exactly how little is FFC....?
With regards to that subliminal thing, I believe the Mythbusters officially busted that one. But hey, if advertisers want to spend their money that way, more power to them.
buffy at 1:12AM on 10/23/08