What are they selling?

This is the advertising image from funktionalley.com for oven mitts. Go look. I'll wait.

Seriously?

This kind of advertising DEFINITELY makes me want to buy the product!

I wish companies in the U.S. would do this kind of stuff.

Until next time...

17 comments

posted 1277 days ago at 9:44 am in Ponderings

tags: Things I Want

17 comments on “What are they selling?”

Steve commented on November 21, 2008 at 10:36 am:

If it comes with a shapely bum like that... I'll buy one too... I need one.

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RG commented on November 21, 2008 at 1:19 pm:

What about the children? Won't someone please think about the children?

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Sideon commented on November 21, 2008 at 1:52 pm:

I'm an advocate of naked cooking, unless there's hot oil involved. But, thou shalt not cook bacon whilst naked - owie owie owie. Better yet - stay naked and have your partner (who cooks much better than I do) cook whilst you drink mimosas.

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- Erik Rubright replied to Sideon on November 21, 2008 at 8:58 pm:
  
  The Husbear attempted that once, the cooking naked. Just once. And it involved bacon.
  
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the replicant commented on November 21, 2008 at 9:31 pm:

"I'm so hot, I need these mitts to touch anything."

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- Erik Rubright replied to the replicant on November 21, 2008 at 10:58 pm:
  
  It's almost the Midas complex... almost.
  
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cb commented on November 21, 2008 at 9:50 pm:

Hmmm. Perhaps if he was in profile and was wearing a 'lower' oven mitt.

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- Erik Rubright replied to cb on November 21, 2008 at 10:59 pm:
  
  Then it'd look like he was stump fucking the Arby's Oven Mitt...?
  
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Mike commented on November 22, 2008 at 10:26 am:

@ Erik: And what would be wrong with that?

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- Erik Rubright replied to Mike on November 22, 2008 at 9:01 pm:
  
  Which part? The stump fucking?
  
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Java commented on November 22, 2008 at 8:58 pm:

Sex sells. It works especially well with men, who are much more visually oriented than women. While I (greatly!) appreciate the beauty of that behind, it in no way encourages me to buy the oven mitts. I will buy an oven mitt based on it's performance as an oven mitt, not as a decoration framing one of the sexiest asses I've seen in a while. (really nice ass, there) I'm not particularly fond of oven mitts, I prefer hot pads.

I know you've seen nekkid or near nekkid ladies advertising socket wrenches or some such. Sex sells socket wrenches to straight guys. Sex sells oven mitts to gay guys.

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kyle commented on November 23, 2008 at 4:58 pm:

nice lil' bum tho'. very grabable.

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JordanRinke commented on November 24, 2008 at 3:06 am:

I chuckled at that, he is using the oven mitts to get the buns! Although I would be interested to know a few things.

1. How well does sex oriented advertising work based per gender?
2. how does that data correlate to the IQ of each individual?

For instance, does sex sell only to men, or only to people with a low IQ, or men with a low IQ? Maybe sex sells to women and they just don't like admitting it? All relevant questions I wish I knew the answer to.

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bj commented on November 24, 2008 at 9:36 pm:

really? you like hairless, airbrushed ass? i'm genuinely surprised.

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- Erik Rubright replied to bj on November 24, 2008 at 11:01 pm:
  
  I was distracted by the awesomeness of the mitts themselves.
  
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Dr. Sparky commented on November 26, 2008 at 9:53 pm:

Oven mitts ... hot buns ... makes sense.

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- Erik Rubright replied to Dr. Sparky on November 26, 2008 at 11:02 pm:
  
  I wonder how many people actually made that association when they saw the ad?
  
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