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And You Thought That "Mow the Lawn" Commercial was Bad...

Posted by Colleen Kane

The cutesy Schick "Mow the Lawn" ad got a lot of attention last week, but now let's consider the Japanese contribution to the commercials-about- unmentionables...

 

 

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Posted Apr 17 2009, 03:30 PM
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Litmus said:

I am confused. One of the original definitions of Mikada was the door to the Imperial Palace.  Perhaps a photo copy of the nether region qualifies as such.  It also appears as though the Mikada is edible.  You decide.

April 17, 2009 5:21 PM

Litmus said:

Adendum: Further probing has determined that LU Mikada are a chocolate biscuit, perhaps they could probe also. "Mikado are Japanese actually. They're called Pocky there :) LU changed its name for the Occidental market."  I prefer the Pocky name!

April 17, 2009 6:10 PM

jezebel9 said:

Um, how is a commercial about snack food qualify as a commercial about 'unmentionables'? I too am confused.

Btw, Mikado is the European name for what everyone else in the world knows as Pocky. Mmm... Pocky. My favourite kind is Men's Pocky. I think I need a Pocky fix now!

April 17, 2009 8:09 PM

Colleen Kane said:

Yep, I've had Pocky and Pocky for Men, which exists.

and jez9, I don't know if you caught that part where she was photocopying her cooch...?

April 17, 2009 8:20 PM

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Colleen has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.

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Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

Colleen Kane has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.

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