Arrr...when I was a girl... #
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 10:18 GMT
...growing up on the Canadian prairies, we caught gophers and bit their heads off with our bare teeth. Deodorant? Leave that to those sissies below the 49th parallel.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 10:18 GMT
Ah Canada..the home also of Anti-poof hair.
http://www.antipoofhair.com
Sadly that is now a promo site for something else...however anti-poof is still listed here
http://www.gethairapy.ca/en/products.html
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 10:18 GMT
...growing up on the Canadian prairies, we caught gophers and bit their heads off with our bare teeth. Deodorant? Leave that to those sissies below the 49th parallel.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 10:18 GMT
That takes care of Christmas for the other half...
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 10:18 GMT
I don't usually care that an IT angle is lacking as long as it's funny..
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 11:43 GMT
Where the women are men and the men are sheep.
Baaa.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 11:43 GMT
Do you really think this juxtaposition of images would have been missed if a human being had been involved?
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 11:46 GMT
The girls I knew used bald people as roll-on deodorants and sheep as tampons.
IT angle? What IT angle?
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 12:12 GMT
Or just up the road in Aberdeen, where men are men and sheep are scared.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 12:12 GMT
And where exactly does it say "Deodorant"?
As for the IT angle...the applicator looks technological.. don't it?
Paris, because she is a feminine spray.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 12:12 GMT
> "This has also been said of NZ and Oz but not, we hasten to add, by us."
So, just who's callin' who a sheila, mate?
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 13:49 GMT
It's more a problem with the fact that they have separate ID and ImageID parameters in the URL. You can just fabricate any type of odd listing by changing the imageid parameter.
http://walmart.ca/wps-portal/storelocator/Canada-HealthAndBeauty.jsp?selection=listingDetails&page=hb&lang=null&assetId=29628&imageId=42448&suggestedItem=&priceType=1&page=null&departmentId=14&categoryId=1155
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 13:49 GMT
They're really selling the (actual) product as "Ultra - Extra strength"?
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Who the hell's gonna walk into a shop and ask for that? Bit of an embarassing admission, don't you think?
This has to be about as bad a marketing move as would be selling "Micro-Mini size" condoms!
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 13:49 GMT
Who need to use at least half a can a day, just to sulk in their bedrooms. Mines the one with a reassuringly unpleasant smelling nose peg in the pocket.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 13:49 GMT
Just checked the alternate shot. That thing compresses very nicely thankyouverymuch. What with conservation of energy/mass and whatnot it's probably the densest object on the planet, or close. Might be one or two Leaders of the Free World who can give it a run for its money...
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 13:51 GMT
http://tinyurl.com/3oj4or
Sally Hansen Lip Exfoliator & Moisturizer
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 14:52 GMT
http://tinyurl.com/3sqxrh
This is a fun game isn't it!
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 14:57 GMT
For the gentlemen
http://tinyurl.com/4nd9xk
and the ladies
http://tinyurl.com/4ffj6a
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 15:37 GMT
shouldn't that be Microsoft condoms.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 15:40 GMT
About half of the people who already commented have obviously not read the article nor seen a real vagina.
Most of the others obviously have never hooked up with a Canadian woman. Their nether regions smell like lavender and taste like 1963 St. Julian.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 17:48 GMT
No your thinking about this one, looks the same but its a very different product.
http://tinyurl.com/3p3gsq
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 18:59 GMT
"Who the hell's gonna walk into a shop and ask for that? Bit of an embarassing admission, don't you think?"
Well, yeah... That's why they were shopping online to begin with,,,
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 18:59 GMT
It looks like El Reg should launch a new competition (with prizes to match, of course): come up with the best "faked" Canadian Walrus-Mart listing. You're welcome.
Posted Monday 13th October 2008 22:20 GMT
Person looking for a power washer and encountering a douche bag? (I mean besides the salesperson)
Mine's the one that smells like vinegar...
Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 09:42 GMT
"I'm a bad man but I'm a much worse woman,
Cos I don't understand sanitary things.
I say 'Forget all that; just use a vampire bat'
It's eco-friendly and it's got wings"
http://tinyurl.com/3ner2x
Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 09:57 GMT
I like this. Randomly changing the IDs gives some ... interesting ... combinations. Entertaining. Shame its not friday.
Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 12:24 GMT
I'd choose different examples, but agree that Canadian women are indeed fragrant and delicious.