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terra1st
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posted 27 February 2004 05:07 PM      Profile for terra1st     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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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 ]


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Michelle
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posted 27 February 2004 05:12 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
You're joking, right?
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terra1st
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posted 27 February 2004 05:13 PM      Profile for terra1st     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
nope.

check the CBC story!


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Sara Mayo
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posted 27 February 2004 05:16 PM      Profile for Sara Mayo     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
This was on the front page of the Globe and Mail yesterday (!!! how pathetic - nothing else more interesing in the world they decided...) And how much would that free advertising be worth to Molson?
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posted 27 February 2004 05:18 PM      Profile for Hinterland        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I thought Michelle was questionning the implication regarding date-rape. Anyway, there was a funny letter in the Globe today suggesting it would be a good idea for Molson to put more Barley mash in its beer, period, rather than the vile-tasting corn. I agree.
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posted 27 February 2004 05:20 PM      Profile for terra1st     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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.



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posted 27 February 2004 05:25 PM      Profile for Loony Bin   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
That was exactly what I thought when I saw that, terra1st. It's extremely stupid and thoughtless advertising, if I've ever seen...oh, right, it's almost all stupid.

Anyways, we should probably all write to Molson to tell them how dumb we think they are, hey? Unfortunately, a brief meander through their websites brings me to the conclusion that they're beyond redemption.

blech

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posted 27 February 2004 05:28 PM      Profile for Mr. Magoo   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I think alcohol and sex have been linked ever since "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker". I'm not sure I see how this is particularly irresponsible. Now if they said their beer makes you a better driver...
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posted 27 February 2004 05:45 PM      Profile for Meowful   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
"I guess all beer is an aphrodisiac. Once you get drunk, everyone gets horny," one man said.

eeewwwwww! Picture this guy -- big fat gut... yup all the ladies get horny when he drinks his brew!

As freakin' if!!

Booze doesn't make me horny -- just nauseated. A while back my guy got into having a drink in the evening, then (of course) expecting sex. No way hosay -- not with booze on your breath. Yuck!


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Doug
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posted 27 February 2004 06:05 PM      Profile for Doug   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
It's sort of dumb, but it's hardly promoting date rape.
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posted 27 February 2004 09:14 PM      Profile for Polunatic   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
It's certainly not deterring it either.
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posted 27 February 2004 09:23 PM      Profile for lagatta     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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.


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posted 27 February 2004 09:28 PM      Profile for oldgoat     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
At first I thought this was a thread about poutine.

The whole thing seems a bit silly, but I can't see anyone taking it too seriously. Of course if the ad people think they can make a buck out of it...


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posted 27 February 2004 10:07 PM      Profile for al-Qa'bong   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Poutine is dang sexy!

All those erect frites mingling in warm salty sauce with those soft curvy curds...


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posted 27 February 2004 10:36 PM      Profile for windymustang     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
date rape? Give me a break! All over a lousy beer advertisement?

My husband is a recovering alcoholic and I don't drink, but touting Saskatchewan barley as an aphrodesiac is hardly promoting date rape. Let's get a grip here.


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al-Qa'bong
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posted 27 February 2004 10:57 PM      Profile for al-Qa'bong   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'll tell ya one thing.

Saskatchewan barley is itchy stuff.


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posted 27 February 2004 11:37 PM      Profile for redshift     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
and its worse than sand for getting in everywhere. now rapeseed..
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Doug
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posted 28 February 2004 12:01 AM      Profile for Doug   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Anyway, I felt that the comments of Via Rail chairman, Jean Pelletier concerning Miriam Bedard were much more disgusting.

"I don't want to be mean, but this is a poor woman in a pitiful state, a woman with no husband that I know of. She's feeling the pressure of being a single mother with financial responsibilities. Basically, I find it pitiful."

Ugh!


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That was absolutly revolting. He issued a lame apology under pressure. I would see his job as being the next on the chopping block.
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Sara Mayo
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posted 28 February 2004 12:47 AM      Profile for Sara Mayo     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The comments are worse than reported in the English media. He in fact said "C'est une pauvre petite fille qui fait pitié", which more accurately translates into "She's a poor little [b]girl[/]...", not "woman" as reported in the English stories.

I don't understand why the media aren't translating his comments properly. They are plently odious without the "girl" reference, but the "girl" reference just makes it so much more clear what a misogynist he is.

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posted 28 February 2004 01:06 AM      Profile for Scott Piatkowski   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Pelletier's comments are also being discussed over here.
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posted 28 February 2004 10:48 AM      Profile for terra1st     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
what thread are you guys reading?

The beer company is basically saying: The drunker she gets, the hornier she will be.

That's a recipe for date rape if I've ever seen one.


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posted 28 February 2004 11:07 AM      Profile for Steve N     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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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posted 28 February 2004 11:17 AM      Profile for lagatta     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
No, of course not. I just thought it was strange, and personally find nothing odd about having a drink of two in the evening - but she might be meaning a drink or ten. And obviously I can't judge another person's circumstances.

Maybe it is just the old garlic rule ... both must partake.


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posted 28 February 2004 11:57 AM      Profile for Tommy_Paine     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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.


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posted 28 February 2004 12:16 PM      Profile for Meowful   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Thanks SteveN.
Lagatta, I was talking about one drink. A glass of port. And yah, it's the smell. If we both have one (or two) it's ok.
Reminds me of the old country song: "don't come home a-drinkin' with lovin' on your mind"

Back in the 80's someone told me I'd get all horny on coke too. I tried it, didn't happen for me. I prefer my sex to be real -- booze (and coke) really numb those nerve endings. LOL


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posted 28 February 2004 01:54 PM      Profile for Polunatic   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Maybe it is just the old garlic rule ... both must partake.
Or use breath mints!

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Back in the 80's someone told me I'd get all horny on coke too. I tried it, didn't happen for me. I prefer my sex to be real -- booze (and coke) really numb those nerve endings. LOL

But but but Coke is wonderful, amazing and I live to have to every day. Mind you, I prob drink way too much of it but its soooooo good.
Gets me in the mood


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Alcohol as an aphrodisiac is not news to me, but beer is the least sexy of drinks. Think of all the things associated with beer; beer gut, beer goggles...

Sexist beer ads barely cause a blip on my radar.


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posted 28 February 2004 11:31 PM      Profile for Hinterland        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The only aphrodisiac I've ever encountered is pot. And since it gives me tachycardia, well...er...BWAGA?
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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...


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quote:
Originally posted by Lizard Breath:
Maybe in your head you'll be the Best Ever, but your partner is quite likely to think otherwise.

Well, unless both of you are a little tipsy.


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posted 01 March 2004 11:35 AM      Profile for al-Qa'bong   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Thsi ad campaign isn't going to fool anyone, as the posters here can attest.

Beer is bulky, gassy and full of calories.

Gin and tequila are much more efficient.


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I tell you. Girly drinks all the way.
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Nah. Ein Glas Weisswein.

... how long until this becomes a FOODIE thread? Poutine has already been mentioned, I suppose that is technically food.

I can't imagine anything much less erogenic than beer.


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I wonder...since established beer drinkers find beer unsexy, perhaps this is why their advertising goes overboard? To compensate for the distinct reality of unsexy beer?
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I was always told that you had to drink 20 beers before you would enjoy the taste of the 21st. Ive never been able to accumulate that total as yet
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I don't like beer.

It makes me feel really bloated and doesn't taste that great.

Wine and coolers on the other hand...


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I'll have a few cold Molsons at my favorite watering hole tonight and get back to you with the results. Maybe I'll bring along some green M&Ms as an added enticement.
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