9/16/2004

Mauvais goût

Filed under: @ 2:00 pm

OK, maybe it’s just me, but do you really think that having a celebrity who just got out of widely-reported treatment for an eating disorder promote a fast-food company’s wares to children is the best idea? Check it out - for those who are a little rusty on their French, choose “Entrez” to enter the site, then click on “En Familie”, which will allow you to select “Happy Meal Kid Paddle MaryKate and Ashley” from a drop-down menu. “Voir la pub” lets you view the commercial promoting the Happy Meal (but the Olsen twins are not in it), whereas “Découvrir les jouets” shows you what comes with the ‘Meal.

2 Responses to “Mauvais goût”

  1. a mary kate and ashley paddle? oh my! let the porn jokes commence!

    Comment by mdpdb — 9/17/2004 @ 8:28 am


  2. Actually, wouldn’t the (mis)interpretation be “Kid paddles Mary-Kate and Ashley”, which still has the pornographic overtones - yet in a different way…

    Comment by Brian — 9/17/2004 @ 9:54 am


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