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February 15, 2005

What the Heck Is That?

It took me a while to figure out exactly what this bespectacled man was kissing in this Lever 2000 ad from this week's Entertainment Weekly. At first, I thought “Part 596” was buttocks. Yes, buttocks. But why was there a little nub on that butt? Did this person have a wart or something there? And why didn't the ad's quality control people Photoshop that ugly thing out? It took me a while, but now I realize I was just an incredible dumbass, and that the round thing he's kissing is a pregnant woman's distended belly.

Somehow, I think the confusion was intended by the ad agency as they feature a “Spin the Parts” game on the Lever 2000 site where you can “massage” your *oh my* on your partner/friends *oh my*. But I bet *vulva* and *scrotum* aren't options in that game.

Posted by timothompson at February 15, 2005 04:14 PM