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London Underground Bans Man-Breastfeeding Advert
The Tube has no sense of humor. Or a stiff upper lip. Or something.
The London Underground has banned a new ad campaign by bookie Paddy Power promoting its new online bingo business, because of the “potential to offend public decency”. Advertiser Paddy Power has been in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority before with two previous campaigns judged having a “potential to cause widespread offence”. One campaign featured DaVinci’s “Last Supper” on a casino table, and the other portrayed two grandmotherly types crossing a busy street with odds posted over their heads.
So are you offended by this?
Seriously, are you offended?
(The tagline of the ad, by the way, is “Where have all the women gone?”)
So what is the problem here?
- 1. The idea of a man breastfeeding.
- 2. Women gambling.
- 3. Ugly semi-nude guy.
I can’t figure out where the problem is myself.
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2 Comments
MamaT commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThat is frickin hilarious! But I agree – I would have enjoyed a hotter man.
Funny story – we co-sleep and the baby will root around at night with his eyes closed. One night he was turned a different way and tried to latch on to hubby. They both woke up not so pleased.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI’m not offended, but they could have used a hotter guy!!
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