Offensive Products

Here2GetFit
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Pulled from a list published on MSN today. Thoughts? Any to add?

Adidas shackles shoes
Ben & Jerry's Lin-Sanity frozen yogurt
Ghettopoly
Abercrombie thongs for children
Barf detergent
Oreo Fun Barbie
The iBeat Blaxx music player
'I'm too pretty to do homework'
The Reebok Incubus shoe for women
The 'Lolita' bed for pre-teen girls
Pillsbury Chinese Cherry drink mix
Ayds appetite-suppressant candy
Five Wives Vodka

If you are not familiar with the products or why they are offensive, here is the MSN link.

http://money.msn.com/investing/13-flat-out-offensive-product-blunders

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  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    :noway: Barf Detergent?
  • SurfinBird1981
    SurfinBird1981 Posts: 517 Member
    There used to be a perfume in the UK called "Tramp" :laugh:
  • Here2GetFit
    Here2GetFit Posts: 292
    There used to be a perfume in the UK called "Tramp" :laugh:

    Mmmmm. The lovely scent of a Tramp. :laugh:
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    There used to be a perfume in the UK called "Tramp" :laugh:

    Mmmmm. The lovely scent of a Tramp. :laugh:
    I'm going to guess that perfume was "less than fresh"!
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    There used to be a perfume in the UK called "Tramp" :laugh:

    Mmmmm. The lovely scent of a Tramp. :laugh:

    We've got a perfume here called P*ssy and it smells sooo good.
  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    There used to be a perfume in the UK called "Tramp" :laugh:

    Mmmmm. The lovely scent of a Tramp. :laugh:
    I'm going to guess that perfume was "less than fresh"!

    It would take one heck of a marketing scheme to get it to sell....LOL
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Abercrombie thongs for children
    Sadly, this one surprises me the least. I've seen some seriously inappropriate clothes for little girls out there...mind blowing!
  • Here2GetFit
    Here2GetFit Posts: 292
    We've got a perfume here called P*ssy and it smells sooo good.

    Do you have this perfume? :tongue:
  • rossi02
    rossi02 Posts: 549 Member
    There used to be a perfume in the UK called "Tramp" :laugh:

    Mmmmm. The lovely scent of a Tramp. :laugh:

    We've got a perfume here called P*ssy and it smells sooo good.

    Along these same lines.. pretty sure there was an uproar a few years back about another perfume called *kitten*.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Along these same lines.. pretty sure there was an uproar a few years back about another perfume called *kitten*.
    Suddenly, I'm hearing the "I smell sex and candy" song in my head....:laugh:
  • Here2GetFit
    Here2GetFit Posts: 292
    Abercrombie thongs for children
    Sadly, this one surprises me the least. I've seen some seriously inappropriate clothes for little girls out there...mind blowing!

    What is mind blowing is parents actually buy inappropriate clothes for their kids!
  • kristen807
    kristen807 Posts: 361
    I find American Flags made in China offensive
  • Here2GetFit
    Here2GetFit Posts: 292
    I find American Flags made in China offensive

    Totally Agree!!!!
  • MandaPaigeSparkles88
    MandaPaigeSparkles88 Posts: 1,289 Member
    I like the I am to pretty to do homework thing cause really sometimes you just don't feel like doing it but I am far from pretty though. lol.
  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    If Abercrombie really does have childrens thongs that makes me want to punch someone, anyone right in the face.

    Any parent buying those would be a good starting point.
  • lmarshel
    lmarshel Posts: 674 Member
    I remember my grandma having that Ayds candy when I was little. It tasted good, so I wanted to eat it like candy and didn't understand why I couldn't have it.
  • GeorgieLove708
    GeorgieLove708 Posts: 442 Member
    I get why a lot of these are offensive, but the Oreo Barbie one is so stupid. It would be one thing if they had only release a black Barbie as the Oreo Barbie, but it started out only the white Barbie and they expanded. Sheesh.
  • Here2GetFit
    Here2GetFit Posts: 292
    I get why a lot of these are offensive, but the Oreo Barbie one is so stupid. It would be one thing if they had only release a black Barbie as the Oreo Barbie, but it started out only the white Barbie and they expanded. Sheesh.

    I am offended by ANYTHING Oreo that is dangerous to eat!
  • paigemarie93
    paigemarie93 Posts: 778 Member
    Oreo Fun Barbie
    This one really gets me, because Barbie contrary to belief does not just come as a white doll but also a black doll.
    So naturally when they made the Oreo Barbie they made it in both black & white, it was an easy mistake if you're not familiar with the slur 'Oreo' which I doubt they where 'cos even I wasn't until like a year ago, but I wouldn't count it as racist unless the only one they released was the black version.
  • paigemarie93
    paigemarie93 Posts: 778 Member
    There used to be a perfume in the UK called "Tramp" :laugh:

    Mmmmm. The lovely scent of a Tramp. :laugh:

    We've got a perfume here called P*ssy and it smells sooo good.

    Along these same lines.. pretty sure there was an uproar a few years back about another perfume called *kitten*.

    *kitten*... That's a line, French Connection UK, I don't recall any uproar :/
  • 1Fizzle
    1Fizzle Posts: 241 Member
    What's in a name?

    If these products were titled differently would it make a difference. I think marketers try to get this type of reaction to get people to make an impulse buy. And they actually want the uproar/press for the free advertising. Sucks that the product can't stand on its own, but that is the way it is. And as long as we jump on any and everything, this will continue.
  • smiley245
    smiley245 Posts: 420 Member
    There used to be a perfume in the UK called "Tramp" :laugh:

    Mmmmm. The lovely scent of a Tramp. :laugh:

    We've got a perfume here called P*ssy and it smells sooo good.

    Along these same lines.. pretty sure there was an uproar a few years back about another perfume called *kitten*.

    *kitten*... That's a line, French Connection UK, I don't recall any uproar :/

    It hit the news here in Canada a few yrs back. the uproar was along the lines of *kitten* almost looking like *kitten*....Meh...My son owns a bottle. Im not offended
  • VetteRn2013
    VetteRn2013 Posts: 9 Member
    LOL:laugh:
  • Here2GetFit
    Here2GetFit Posts: 292
    It hit the news here in Canada a few yrs back. the uproar was along the lines of *kitten* almost looking like *kitten*....Meh...My son owns a bottle. Im not offended

    I will be offended if my niece comes home smelling like your son's *kitten*! :grumble:
  • smiley245
    smiley245 Posts: 420 Member
    It hit the news here in Canada a few yrs back. the uproar was along the lines of *kitten* almost looking like *kitten*....Meh...My son owns a bottle. Im not offended

    I will be offended if my niece comes home smelling like your son's *kitten*! :grumble:

    :laugh: !!!!
  • Here2GetFit
    Here2GetFit Posts: 292
    It hit the news here in Canada a few yrs back. the uproar was along the lines of *kitten* almost looking like *kitten*....Meh...My son owns a bottle. Im not offended

    I will be offended if my niece comes home smelling like your son's *kitten*! :grumble:

    :laugh: !!!!

    Of course I wouldn't be offended if you went home smelling like my *kitten*. :wink:

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