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terra1st
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posted 27 February 2004 05:07 PM
quote: Saskatchewan barley is sexy, Molson says REGINA - Molson recently launched a U.S. advertising campaign aimed at turning Americans into Canadian beer drinkers and they are using the alleged affects of Saskatchewan barley as a selling point.Molson says the barley sown from Saskatchewan fields is an aphrodisiac. Farmer Rob Gehl never made the connection and he's been growing the crop over two decades. "If they can prove it, I'll go along with it," he said, "but I think it's a marketing ploy, more than anything else." Molson's U.S. division thinks there is a connection. Its ad agency found out that Saskatchewan barley has high zinc levels, something also found in aphrodisiacs like oysters and truffles. So it launched the ad campaign in several national and international men's magazines touting the beer as a love potion. It's also running radio ads selling the same message.
full story here. I can only imagine the idiot who thought this ad campaign up. Just think of the cases of date rape this will lead to! [ 27 February 2004: Message edited by: terra1st ]
From: saskatoon | Registered: Oct 2003
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terra1st
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posted 27 February 2004 05:20 PM
quote: Q. How can I comment on your advertisements? A. We appreciate receiving your comments and we forward them to the Molson Marketing Department and to our advertising agency. Molson strives for tasteful advertising that is relevant and meaningful to our customers. All of our advertising is created in the context of regulations administered by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, Health Canada and Industry Canada at the federal level, as well as by provincial jurisdictions that require approval prior to broadcast or publication. Finally, each television network must approve the advertisements before airing them. You can send us your comments by e-mail in our Contact Us section or by calling 1-800-MOLSON 1.
From: saskatoon | Registered: Oct 2003
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Steve N
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posted 28 February 2004 11:07 AM
quote: Originally posted by lagatta: Meowful, do you mean "a" drink, or several? If you mean "a" drink, have you got some kind of control fetish? Can't judge from here, maybe the guy got stinking drunk and slurred something about getting into the sack? I don't think it has anything to do with date rape. It is silly free publicity for a company, moreover, it is like all those ads for beer or Coca-Cola where everyone is slim and sexy.
Actually I'm the same as Meowful. If my wife and I both have a beer, I don't notice the smell. But if she has one and I don't, I do notice the smell, it is gross, and it does turn me off. It's not a control fetish. I don't care if she drinks or not. I just don't want to have sex when I'm grossed out. Do you think Meowful and I are somehow obligated to put out when we don't want to?
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Tommy_Paine
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posted 28 February 2004 11:57 AM
Hmm.I read somewhere that Saskatchewan Wheat is high in sellenium, a heavy metal instrumental in the male formation of either semen or sperm. Some male goop anyway. Not that they mentioned that, just thought I would. As far as an aphrodisiac, I find a belly full o'beer makes me feel rather unattractive, so I just don't see it, sellenium, advertising, or barley notwithstanding.
From: The Alley, Behind Montgomery's Tavern | Registered: Apr 2001
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Loony Bin
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posted 01 March 2004 10:47 AM
For people who actually care about the quality of the sex they're having, beer is of no assistance whatsoever. It's the gassiest, stinkiest of possible alcoholic beverages, and it's heavy in a person's stomach. It smells bad on a person's breath, and it's very often accompanied by cigarette smoke (not always, of course), which is not attractive or enticing in any way...And really, getting drunk or stoned or high or whatever may make you think you're sexy, but in my experience, and that of a lot of girlfriends, it's not really all that conduscive to good sex in the real world. Maybe in your head you'll be the Best Ever, but your partner is quite likely to think otherwise. And though it's nothing new, this ad campaign links sex and drinking so explicitly, with such a dirty wink to the fellas, that I do think it's irresponsible. I cringe when I think of the reaction a commercial like this is gonna get in a frat house...
From: solitary confinement | Registered: Feb 2004
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