12/4/2003: Baby / cockroach ad

Undertoad · 12-04-2003, 12:48 PM

(Sorry to any UK readers who are already aware of this)

This is an advertisement. One assumes it's also a fake.

It's an advertisement from Barnardo's, a childrens charity group in the UK, who wanted to point out how 1 in 3 children in Britain are born into poverty. Thus the not-at-all-obvious pun, altering "born with a silver spoon in his mouth" with "silver cockroach". Yes, that's what they intend; the campaign, which is defended here by Barnardo's, is entitled "Silver Spoon".

In turn, this has led to the most complaints to the government's Advertising Standards Authority since a condom ad in 1995.

If it was intended to both offend and get publicity, I guess it did; stirred up media attention.

DNK · 12-04-2003, 01:17 PM

I don't understand what the big deal is. The way I see it, that baby was born with food in it's mouth. Good protein. Sheesh.

GBA

DNK

FileNotFound · 12-04-2003, 01:18 PM

Doesn't that baby's head look mishaped?

Kitsune · 12-04-2003, 01:38 PM

Great timing on that image, too -- I was just sitting down to lunch with a fresh, crunchy salad.

Hurk.

Happy Monkey · 12-04-2003, 01:43 PM

Newborns often have misshaped heads. They usually even out eventually.

Kitsune · 12-04-2003, 01:45 PM

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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
Newborns often have misshaped heads. They usually even out eventually.

And they have that cool soft spot thing, too. We call it "the reset button", because they stop crying when you press it.

jinx · 12-04-2003, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Happy Monkey
Newborns often have misshaped heads. They usually even out eventually.

They often have cone heads - that baby's head is freakin' square.

FileNotFound · 12-04-2003, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by Kitsune

And they have that cool soft spot thing, too. We call it "the reset button", because they stop crying when you press it.

EEEEEEP!!!

Tell me more.

DNK · 12-04-2003, 01:59 PM

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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
Newborns often have misshaped heads. They usually even out eventually.

Not always:

Grew up to be:

Okay, not really.

But there was the ancient tribe (for lack of a better word) that found coneheads attractive. Here's a skull:

GBA

DNK

juju · 12-04-2003, 02:09 PM

Thank god I no longer have roaches.

e unibus plurum · 12-04-2003, 02:30 PM

just be careful of his little fontenelle!

FileNotFound · 12-04-2003, 02:35 PM

Tribe? Coneheads?

How did they shape the skull? What about the brain cavity?

chrisinhouston · 12-04-2003, 02:39 PM

Not the best photoshoping job I've ever seen.

Hey didn't the last issue of the Weekly World News have an article on some kind of bug that gets in your head and eats your brain?

Everybody be very careful

DNK · 12-04-2003, 02:47 PM

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Originally posted by FileNotFound
Tribe? Coneheads?

How did they shape the skull? What about the brain cavity?

Well, if I recall, some were found in Africa, some in South America. It was considered a sign of beauty, the more elongated the skull was. I think they did tight head wraps, same as those long neck people, or the big hole ear people, just stepped up progressions until the desired look was acheived. But what is eerie, is what could have been the motivation to emulate elongated skull structure?

Perhaps?

GBA

DNK

juju · 12-04-2003, 02:49 PM

Source?

12-04-2003, 12:48 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/4/2003: Baby / cockroach ad (Sorry to any UK readers who are already aware of this) This is an advertisement. One assumes it's also a fake. It's an advertisement from Barnardo's, a childrens charity group in the UK, who wanted to point out how 1 in 3 children in Britain are born into poverty. Thus the not-at-all-obvious pun, altering "born with a silver spoon in his mouth" with "silver cockroach". Yes, that's what they intend; the campaign, which is defended here by Barnardo's, is entitled "Silver Spoon". In turn, this has led to the most complaints to the government's Advertising Standards Authority since a condom ad in 1995. If it was intended to both offend and get publicity, I guess it did; stirred up media attention.

12-04-2003, 01:17 PM	#2
DNK Thick skinned and I like (my wife's) Bush Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hotlanta, Ga Posts: 54	I don't understand what the big deal is. The way I see it, that baby was born with food in it's mouth. Good protein. Sheesh. GBA DNK __________________ "Every man thinks his burden is the heaviest" Robert Nesta Marley

12-04-2003, 01:18 PM	#3
FileNotFound Intouch with his inner sheep rider. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 603	Doesn't that baby's head look mishaped? __________________ This is a rat. \|This is a hamster.\| This is a chipmunk.\| This is a Sheep Rider.

12-04-2003, 01:43 PM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Newborns often have misshaped heads. They usually even out eventually. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-04-2003, 02:30 PM	#11
e unibus plurum garbage in, refuse out Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 98	just be careful of his little fontenelle! __________________ //VTR.FT10F001 DD DATA

12-04-2003, 01:38 PM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Great timing on that image, too -- I was just sitting down to lunch with a fresh, crunchy salad. Hurk.

12-04-2003, 02:09 PM	#10
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Thank god I no longer have roaches.

12-04-2003, 02:35 PM	#12
FileNotFound Intouch with his inner sheep rider. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 603	Tribe? Coneheads? How did they shape the skull? What about the brain cavity? __________________ This is a rat. \|This is a hamster.\| This is a chipmunk.\| This is a Sheep Rider.

12-04-2003, 02:39 PM	#13
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Not the best photoshoping job I've ever seen. Hey didn't the last issue of the Weekly World News have an article on some kind of bug that gets in your head and eats your brain? Everybody be very careful

12-04-2003, 02:49 PM	#15
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Source?

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