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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJC Penney in hot water over kettle that looks like Hitler
Images of the billboard featuring the kettle, which is above the 405 Intestate highway, near Culver City, California, went viral online, with many users commenting on the likeness the product bears to Hitler.
One Reddit user wrote: That Hitler looks like a kettle, and another said: He even has his right arm extended. A third wrote: Im a little Nazi, short and stout.
The Telegraph reports that the kettle, from the Michael Graves Design, named the Bells and Whistles Stainless Steel Tea Kettle, sells at £35.08 on the JC Penney website, and is eligible for UK delivery.
The kettle is described as: This stainless steel tea kettle has all the bells and whistles youll need a cool-touch handle, space-saving design and a delightful whistle to let you know when its ready to pour.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/05/28/us-gay-friendly-retailer-jc-penney-in-hot-water-over-kettle-that-looks-like-hitler/
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ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)Seriously.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)for stupid things to get worked up about.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)resemblance because I wasn't looking for it.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Don't know how you can not see it.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)Please O Holy Father, in all your glory and power, we pray that you send the extinction level event asteroid to earth.
We pray this in Jesus' name,
Amen.
a la izquierda
(11,803 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)i get really disgusted with the times that i live in and the insipid, proud stupidity i seem to be surrounded by on a constant basis.
Many thanks for the laugh
JHB
(37,166 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)Warpy
(111,466 posts)and what the hell would a toasted Jebus be doing with a left black eye and broken nose?
JHB
(37,166 posts)...especially when browning sliced bread.
Cirque du So-What
(26,032 posts)in Our Idiot Brother.
tblue37
(65,552 posts)The best Jesus pics are the ones on dogs' butts:
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Mr Samuel Hain
(32 posts)Some people are already denying that the billboard was there in the first place...
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Do not get him steamed.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)BainsBane
(53,137 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)catbyte
(34,546 posts):ROFL:
Seriously? Sieg Lipton!!
AndyA
(16,993 posts)Anybody wanna bet this has something to do with jcp running ads with Ellen DeGeneres, gay parents, etc., and telling complainers to basically go stuff it?
You really, really have to stretch to see what they're claiming IMO.
riqster
(13,986 posts)Response to AndyA (Reply #18)
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SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Ian David
(69,059 posts)It's Mel Brooks.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)Some people have too much time and not enough to do with it. Next up, woman sees Jesus on a piece of toast. Oh, wait...
smokey nj
(43,853 posts)Warpy
(111,466 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)We make stupidity into an Olympic sport! It looks like a teapot! People that see Hitler, WANT to see Hitler. HEY LOOK! Next on the TVEE, it is Ouch My Balls! I hear it is the highest rated show ever to exist.
Blue Owl
(50,588 posts)n/t
ileus
(15,396 posts)To me it looks like pol pot
no wait....what kind of dolts come up with BS like this?
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)With that said .... as I read the article, I thought "yeah, right" ... when I saw the photo I LOL because it really does look like Hitler holding a bird.
Obviously, JC Penney will take it down ... who wants an ad campaign to be even slightly reminiscent of Hitler?
morningfog
(18,115 posts)How did it make it to a billboard.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)How did this happen? I am not prone to seeing Jesus on a piece of toast ... or other such things. it immediately looked like a (cartoonish) Hitler to me ....? How did this get through advertising departments?
rug
(82,333 posts)edbermac
(15,952 posts)HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)Separation
(1,975 posts)W is the 23rd letter in the alphabet. Its symbol has 3 points up and 2 points down.
Hitler formed the socialistic party on the 23rd of January.
Hmmmm
Heidi
(58,237 posts)Plenty, I bet.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)After a year or two we got a call that someone was complaining about the dust collecting on the grills in a swastika pattern.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)It won't look like Hitler in the kitchen without the white background
Atman
(31,464 posts)At least that's what they were claiming on the news yesterday.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)Sorta like Cartman and Hitler combined.
Carhitler.