Huh. Since they're described as "stacked," I expected them to appear as breast substitutes.
Ryan — December 18, 2008
eallen - Seriously, the illustration guy really dropped the ball here. I mean you've got two "mounds" of cream filled goodness. The picture should basically draw itself. If I had to guess the guy writing ad copy assumed it was going to be a girl wearing these as a bikini top only to have the idiot artist (who happens to be the son of the director of Marketing, and wouldn't no a "Well Stacked" snack cake if it bit him on the ass) mess it up with his "Hostess head" monstrosity.
Tina — December 19, 2008
tee hee...they are balls...
Elsa — December 19, 2008
When I tried Sno-balls, I was disturbed by their textural similarities to breasts. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose mind went that route.
rrsafety — December 19, 2008
"Snowball" also has a meaning related to a specific sex act, however I'm not sure the term was in use back when this ad appeared.
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eallen — December 18, 2008
Huh. Since they're described as "stacked," I expected them to appear as breast substitutes.
Ryan — December 18, 2008
eallen - Seriously, the illustration guy really dropped the ball here. I mean you've got two "mounds" of cream filled goodness. The picture should basically draw itself. If I had to guess the guy writing ad copy assumed it was going to be a girl wearing these as a bikini top only to have the idiot artist (who happens to be the son of the director of Marketing, and wouldn't no a "Well Stacked" snack cake if it bit him on the ass) mess it up with his "Hostess head" monstrosity.
Tina — December 19, 2008
tee hee...they are balls...
Elsa — December 19, 2008
When I tried Sno-balls, I was disturbed by their textural similarities to breasts. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose mind went that route.
rrsafety — December 19, 2008
"Snowball" also has a meaning related to a specific sex act, however I'm not sure the term was in use back when this ad appeared.