These aren’t really boobs, but they still may not be safe for work. So, after the jump…
An ad for lotion featuring knees and toes (copyranter):
A mammogram promotion featuring bald heads and noses (copyranter):
NEW (June ’10)! Jay Livingston sent in this ad that simply features a beer:
Also in boobs: booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs.
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Comments 19
Chungyen Chang — March 21, 2010
i dont understand how people can get away with ads like this.
KD — March 21, 2010
Uhhhhh? These are marketed toward women? Why?
REAvery — March 21, 2010
Yikes, the bottom one is one of the more disturbing things I've seen this week.
But really, who thinks this will appeal to women? I can't imagine wanting to associate a couple of strange bald men with a painful breast examination.
Simone — March 21, 2010
Ew. Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew.
katyhalo — March 21, 2010
I just... don't understand the lotion ad. Is it supposed to be inferring that by using it, one's knees will become more like boobs? Who wants their knees to be all squashy? Am I missing something?
Andrew — March 21, 2010
Would you really call this an obsession? Or is it just that when we think we see boobs it gets our attention?
I mean, as I've always understood it, that's sort of the point of advertising.
styleygeek — March 21, 2010
Do you think some of the reason for these ads is that they wouldn't be allowed to show ACTUAL boobs?
Diana — March 22, 2010
Has anyone else noticed that all the boobs, except for maybe one on the Booooooooooooobs link, are white?