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rvt1000rr

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36. LMAO! No, not offended at all,
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 03:15 PM
Feb 2013

But, then, I have a perverse sense of humor. Plus, I enjoy a good play on words...

Apparently not. I clicked the link. yardwork Feb 2013 #1
I'm not offended by it Dorian Gray Feb 2013 #201
good grief Lars39 Feb 2013 #2
as a post menopausal woman NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #3
Me too leftynyc Feb 2013 #15
yup NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #24
+1000! pacalo Feb 2013 #61
I laughed at it too. HappyMe Feb 2013 #28
me too! robinlynne Feb 2013 #94
"a polished knob always gets more turns" Flaxbee Feb 2013 #133
I find all euphemisms offensive. sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #4
There is a vast difference between a euphemism and crude slang. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #32
I can't believe these will ever be ads BainsBane Feb 2013 #5
They ARE ads. The other three aren't so crude and offensive, just tasteless. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #40
Not scientifically accurate. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #6
You're probably not in their target market. sadbear Feb 2013 #7
Nice Beaver NightWatcher Feb 2013 #8
Thanks, I just had it stuffed. sadbear Feb 2013 #9
OK, that was even funnier than the ad. GliderGuider Feb 2013 #49
It should be, it had better writers. Actual writers. Not ad men (or boys, whichever) redqueen Feb 2013 #60
Note to self: Summer Hathaway Feb 2013 #116
I had a totally tasteless joke I was going to say ... littlewolf Feb 2013 #150
LOL! polly7 Feb 2013 #135
This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Feb 2013 #10
Who will put this up first? riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #11
Howard Stern has been advertising this product for a few weeks. sadbear Feb 2013 #17
But a picture is worth a thousand words riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #23
Not on TV. sadbear Feb 2013 #29
the ability to be easily offended datasuspect Feb 2013 #12
Your post offends me Orrex Feb 2013 #13
So you say. Doesn't make it a fact. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #19
you hit the trifecta! datasuspect Feb 2013 #30
Izzat so? Funny, I always thought resorting to crudity was. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #33
10 roger good buddy datasuspect Feb 2013 #34
I'm offended that your offended... that you find offensive...umm what was I offended about..? Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #43
"Leave it to Beaver" the story of an adolescent boy named Beaver Cleaver. nothing new here lol nt msongs Feb 2013 #14
Not everything is sleazy. This ad? Sleazy. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #21
The dirtiest thing said on TV in the 1950s... Bay Boy Feb 2013 #108
bwaaha hhaaaaaaaaaa! Pharaoh Feb 2013 #183
I'm more offended by their product than ... surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #16
Offended, really? That's quite puritan for today's ads. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #18
Not really, not with language. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #22
Doubtful. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #20
Is this for really real? Are they actually using this babylonsister Feb 2013 #25
Be careful where you bathe your Beaver... Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #26
Holy shit that's a VERY wet beaver Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #27
It's either been in the water too long or it's happy to see you. Beacool Feb 2013 #155
I predict a new advertising firm and new marketing exec in Playtex' near future. stevenleser Feb 2013 #31
Two kinds of ads: effective and ineffective. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #35
LMAO! No, not offended at all, rvt1000rr Feb 2013 #36
I've been looking, and I'm not finding ANY supportive comments on their FB page. LOL. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #37
Best comment = Call Playtex consumer affairs at 1-888-310-4290 lunasun Feb 2013 #195
yeah, very uncouth, tacky, gross Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #38
Well, now, that's a bit crass. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #39
I find it eyeroll and facepalm disgusting Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #41
Two part offensive HockeyMom Feb 2013 #42
Rec'd Kalidurga Feb 2013 #44
I laughed. But I have a sense of humor. nt TeamPooka Feb 2013 #45
Men DO find this sort of thing humorous. Especially the 12 yo variety. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #48
especially the cranky grandma variety. TeamPooka Feb 2013 #50
DU DEMANDS BIGGER FONT SIZES ON THE DAILY BINGO CARDS Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #107
i shared this thread with a woman datasuspect Feb 2013 #51
I thought it was funny. HappyMe Feb 2013 #59
there's someone here to speak for you datasuspect Feb 2013 #64
I am. But, then, I have a little self-respect. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #82
Good grief! HappyMe Feb 2013 #90
Aha! So only women "with no self-respect" find it funny! Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #92
Heh-heh. You said 'knob.' Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #95
Perhaps you've heard of my punk band Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #97
Quite a mouthful, there. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #207
"Teens Sexting Beyonce Facebook Sex Sex Cell Phones JVS Feb 2013 #171
"In my line of work, it's important to stay hep." Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #182
Wow! Sissyk Feb 2013 #102
do beavers find it funny? snooper2 Feb 2013 #66
They won't find this funny Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #100
Too funny! Spike89 Feb 2013 #166
Check out a lot of the comments on Upworthy. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #68
I think the "wood" thing is narrow & uncreative. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #206
you know, I have been hearing that same line for decades when I point out that something is niyad Feb 2013 #202
We live in a cruder society today. Xithras Feb 2013 #46
never read rabelais, nicht wahr? datasuspect Feb 2013 #54
This ad is not a ribald satire on society; it is itself worthy of a satire. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #112
Actually, Playtex is finding out via its FB page that their marketing is a huge fail kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #72
I wonder why they didn't think of depicting a beaver's dam made of tampons. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #114
THEY ARE DOOOOOOOMED! Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #125
Just an eyeroll here. Pretty damned juvenile humor. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #47
No. Whoever dreamed that up and whoever approved it are disgusting. I find no humor in it at all. appleannie1 Feb 2013 #52
just curious datasuspect Feb 2013 #65
A lot of things that don't demean women, gays or the disabled. appleannie1 Feb 2013 #71
so ... Lurker Deluxe Feb 2013 #120
jokes about anyone. To me calling a woman a beaver or a man a prick or pecker are equally offensive appleannie1 Feb 2013 #160
about anyone .... Lurker Deluxe Feb 2013 #162
Do you hear those crickets? GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #189
Sure do. The only people with anything to say are the trolls and I have to wonder what name they appleannie1 Feb 2013 #209
The poster asked for a joke - GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #212
Vagina vagina vagina! Pharaoh Feb 2013 #188
stupid DURHAM D Feb 2013 #53
Whales take in enormous amounts of water, seeking small bits of food. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #55
You win the thread! GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #63
you have to be capable of having a well rounded perspective datasuspect Feb 2013 #67
Nasty = shows who the real dirty pigs are who need to get hosed down lunasun Feb 2013 #56
The crude idiot crowd on DU has already shown up to voice their approval. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #73
*** Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #111
It's a cunningly constructed campaign. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #57
as a marketing piece datasuspect Feb 2013 #62
And it offended that pretentious little prig on Upworthy - Mordecai something GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #70
One can see nude newscasters in Europe. Your point? (And no, your pun did not go WinkyDink Feb 2013 #117
I just see our Calvinist heritage yet again coming to the fore. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #175
I'm no prude (just ask any of my 3 gentleman friends). I find the whole "dirty vagina" kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #176
Did you look at the entire campaign? GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #178
I'm not offended, but I think it's juvenile and if I were a woman it wouldn't make me want to buy... slackmaster Feb 2013 #58
Looks like an updated version of the "Douche with Lysol" ads of yesteryear... KansDem Feb 2013 #69
omg omg omg. bunnies Feb 2013 #101
Here's another... KansDem Feb 2013 #146
One more... KansDem Feb 2013 #152
Oh my....it probably prevented pregnancy and VD!!! LeftInTX Feb 2013 #113
And resulted in deaths... KansDem Feb 2013 #144
My mother had a bottle of Lysol in the bathroom cabinet to douche with. Seriously. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #148
facepalm.... mike_c Feb 2013 #74
Given the context, I'm offended. Remmah2 Feb 2013 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author pa28 Feb 2013 #76
Someday... FightForMichigan Feb 2013 #77
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2013 #134
Disgusting. Brigid Feb 2013 #78
Probably. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #85
Could it that the middle school interns yellerpup Feb 2013 #79
OMG! Delphinus Feb 2013 #80
It's okay with me, as long as it doesn't turn into some anorexic OCD thing, like other people's patrice Feb 2013 #81
As a man, I am not their target audience... Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #83
or 4 RobinA Feb 2013 #119
Every ad begins with the implied statement "You need this, you are not this" Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #167
perhaps they should have went with a "pussy" cat instead? Pharaoh Feb 2013 #184
As in "A clean pussy (cat) gets more 'birds'?" Oh my! :P Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #192
That is pretty tacky N/T deathrind Feb 2013 #84
Sounds like something a 6 year old would make up. I take that back. > BlueJazz Feb 2013 #86
I think it's rather lame, actually. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #87
I agree. I think the ad is 'meh' but the product... AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #136
I find it interesting that most DUers who think this is funny and ok are male. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #88
People who don't share your outrage are "blatantly sexist apes"? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #98
I'm just dishing out a sexist comeback for some of the cruder remarks. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #127
HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A BLATANTLY SEXIST APE Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #141
All you've done in this thread is call people names for disagreeing with you mythology Feb 2013 #198
Did you not count all the women Sissyk Feb 2013 #105
Good grief, what sorts of singles bars are you going to? Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #109
and don't forget the sexist beavers... snooper2 Feb 2013 #121
I am outraged at your patriarchal and misogynistic use of the condescendingly sexist term ... 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #122
I am sitting in my office, laughing out loud. DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #163
thanks :) ghurley Feb 2013 #170
Zing!!! RobinA Feb 2013 #123
Explain the sexism in the ads to me. Xithras Feb 2013 #174
Hmmm ... I wonder if they'll pick up on a theme like this for Tush Wipes? RKP5637 Feb 2013 #89
Not offended. temporary311 Feb 2013 #91
What if.. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #139
Dear Lord Aerows Feb 2013 #93
I know I'm interested in nothing other than getting more wood wryter2000 Feb 2013 #96
I'm not offended, but ... groan. Myrina Feb 2013 #99
I think that "enjoy the go" campaign came out of some marketers focus group "how can we make using Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #104
Offensive coz it's so lame. graywarrior Feb 2013 #103
Meh. I am neither highly outraged nor highly amused. (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #106
I'm too old for this. Playtex is marketing them for both: LeftInTX Feb 2013 #110
Except, of course, if you're a lesbian justiceischeap Feb 2013 #115
Just as an aside, did Kurt Vonnegut document or invent that particular hedgehog Feb 2013 #118
No. Vonnegut wrote about "wide-open beavers" due to the pre-existing slang JVS Feb 2013 #126
I find it offensive, too. forestpath Feb 2013 #124
This thread has been most helpful in confirming what I already suspected about several DUers. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #128
I'd rather be the beaver than the wood. liberalmuse Feb 2013 #129
great, now I'm gonna "El Condor Pasa" stuck in my head all day. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #132
^^^^^^^^^ jaded_old_cynic Feb 2013 #205
Maybe...I think it's funny. Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #130
*facepalm* sakabatou Feb 2013 #131
Not offended but I find it tasteless and - lynne Feb 2013 #137
"Remember - when you see an ad, no matter how stupid or offensive: somebody wrote that down. mikeytherat Feb 2013 #138
It's an entire advertising firm who got a seven-figure contract to create, develop, test, and deploy Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #161
I think about that when I see trailers for the typical "blow-em-up, beat-em-up, special effects, niyad Feb 2013 #203
I was a bit more irritated by Always wishing me a "Happy Period." ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #140
That's right up there with "enjoy the go" Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #142
We live in an anything goes culture, sadly. No maturity, no restraint, no decency. reformist2 Feb 2013 #143
Offensive but still funny. I don't think it was meant to be funny. Cleita Feb 2013 #145
stupid, juvenile, aimed at prissy people Scout Feb 2013 #147
If you ask me, the product itself, and the implication of the ads, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2013 #149
Yes, and I didn't make that clear, that the entire concept is a FAIL. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #153
Ahem. Holy Cock alert: LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #194
No reference to an icky, smelly animal that needs to be cleaned up. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #196
"Boys, Be Careful Where You Park That Thing!" Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #197
The OP had a cute lil wet beaver LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #199
Shaming women into believing they smell bad Generic Other Feb 2013 #151
in my mind the add does its job Drale Feb 2013 #154
Yes bigwillq Feb 2013 #156
I'm embarassed to say that it took me a second to even get it. UtahLib Feb 2013 #157
me too. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #168
I think it's crass, bathroom humor. Since men don't usually buy such products woodsprite Feb 2013 #158
Their FB page is blowing up in their faces and they're all too busy kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #165
Creatively crass... TeeYiYi Feb 2013 #159
Not at all loyalsister Feb 2013 #164
You may be offended, but you'll remember it. Mission: success LittleBlue Feb 2013 #169
What I will remember is that Playtex and Energizer Holdings are run by a bunch of sexist pigs and kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #172
You will, but most won't though LittleBlue Feb 2013 #173
Ditto MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #180
Remembering an ad doesn't equate success..... llmart Feb 2013 #179
Vagina. The word itself is bothersome to some men. Initech Feb 2013 #177
I like vagina. Glassunion Feb 2013 #187
There are people who scan the internet Pharaoh Feb 2013 #181
I just texted this to my wife. I'll let you know when she gets back to me if I'm offended. Glassunion Feb 2013 #185
Good news! I was not offended. In fact I got quite the giggle out of the double entendre. Glassunion Feb 2013 #186
bwwaaaahaaa! Pharaoh Feb 2013 #191
LMAO!! Sissyk Feb 2013 #190
Cheap, LCD "humor" for adults whose brains are still in 7th grade. alp227 Feb 2013 #193
It's misogynistic, just an updated version of the ads that used to push Lysol as a feminine smokey nj Feb 2013 #200
Not much different than Axe ads targeting men Prism Feb 2013 #204
On both of their FB pages, comments appear to be running about 500:1 against the ad campaign. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #208
Ugh. Disgusting. frogmarch Feb 2013 #210
Reminds me of a billboard near here that was eventually removed, Sheepshank Feb 2013 #211
I think the message is muddled at best, but I admit I laughed Bettie Feb 2013 #213
No you're not helveticas Feb 2013 #214
What's offensive ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #215
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