Oh, please. First it was the Rachel Ray scarf, now it's a little peck between two men. Some people just need to get a grip. There's a lot more important things in the world to be offended by. And I'd really like to see these advertisers and networks show some backbone. Let the whiners and fundies change the channel like the rest of us do when we see something we don't like on TV.
I thought that commercial was very funny and charming.
I can't help wondering why people taking pictures of their food is so bad. After all, people have been taking pictures of each other in restaurants for years. Any gathering of more than half a dozen people usually has someone snapping a few photos for posterity. I've never heard of anyone complaining about that...why is taking photos of food any different?
Wow...those are amazing! The Greed one got me the most. Leeches...eew.
Funny...I'd never heard of serving lettuce like that either, and now this is the second time in two days that I have. (First time was on Pioneer Woman's site just yesterday.) At first glance, it seems like it might be a little boring, but I guess if you have a fabulous dressing, it makes up for a lot.
Do you think they'd be willing to open a store in Ottawa, Canada?? Oh my, sounds like a place I'd be patronizing regularly!
I can only imagine that the folks at Glad, and other companies that manufacture plastic trashcan liners, are laughing all the way to the bank about the trend toward banning plastic grocery bags. As an apartment dweller, if I can't reuse my plastic grocery bags for my garbage, I'll have to purchase trashcan liners. I'd really be annoyed if I had to do that. Plastic grocery bags are the perfect garbage disposal container for apartment dwellers...they're free, and they have handles that make them perfect for tying shut and carrying the bag (or several of them) to the garbage chute.
I suspect the reduction in plastic consumption by banning plastic garbage bags would be mostly offset by the increase in consumption of specialized trashcan liners.
Oh my, yes. Love 'em. Haven't had one in ages though! I'll have to rectify that situation very soon. One of the things I like best about PB&H sandwiches is when the honey crystallizes a little bit in the bread and you get the slightest little soft crunch when you bite into it.
Cheese curds are sold as a snack food in many parts of eastern Ontario and Quebec. Sold in small plastic bags, they're pea-sized to thumb-sized bits of salty-sour-creamy goodness with a delightful squeak-on-the-teeth texture. You can even hear them squeak as you chew. Yum. It's kind of like a soft, rubbery cheddar. The only way I've seen them used besides eaten plain out of the bag is on a heart-clogging but delicious Quebec treat called poutine (poo-TIN)...french fries covered with a layer of crumbled curds and then lots of hot gravy poured over the whole thing. Melts the curds and gets all over everything. It's street food heaven.
Awwww man! The video is no longer available!
@canadianfoodiegirl, ;)
i use "queer" because it encompasses gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and my newest favorite, questioning...and saves my fingers from typing and my brain from spelling mistakes.
@izatryt: I used "queer" because it was more succinct than "...the child of gay or lesbian parents". I usually don't like the word, even though gays, lesbians and bisexuals use it all the time. Think "Queer as Folk" or "Queer Eye for a Straight Guy/Girl" as pop culture references.
I suppose I could have said, "the child of homosexual parents", "homosexual" being gender inclusive but that didn't occur to me.
@dmarina: "heteronormative"????? :)
(I've never heard that word, but I'm teasing. I've Googled the term.)
@ izatryt: yes, "queer": a re-appropriated term used to describe a sexual orientation and/or gender identity or gender expression that does not conform to heteronormative society.
probably not as used as much in the 'burbs or by older folks?
I read about this in Advertising Age yesterday (article here). A quote from the article:
Viewers contacting the Advertising Standards Authority watchdog have complained that it is "inappropriate to see two men kissing" and that the ad was "unsuitable to be seen by children."
Puleeeze!
Hopefully there will come a day when the child of queer parents can identify with the characters in a commercial. The industry is still working on multiracial/multi-ethnic people in commercials. This is somewhat pathetic.
A few more years perhaps. After all (and I say this with a hint of sarcasm), it's only been 17 years since the C.J./Abby kiss on L.A. Law.
Before I saw the commercial I thought they one was kissing the other to lick mayo off the other ones face! LOL
Of course it's DC's perogative about banning photos, but did we really need another reason to think he's kind of an overrated jerk? I heart food photography.
Am I the only person who doesn't understand why this is "antisocial"? I mean, I take the photo, then I get on with my meal. And yes, that means eating the food and conversing with whoever I'm eating with. It's not like the photographing lasts the duration of the meal. Am I missing something?
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