Friday
Sep162011
Market "Shares"
September 16, 2011 When it comes to advertising their goods, this bakery knows just how to squeak by:
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IT'S A TRAP!!
Of course, not every label can be so appetizing:
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Because "Ball Sack" was just a little too formal.
And speaking of Balzac...
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Let's be realistic: It's French. No one will notice.
Now here's a place that knows just how to garner the most business with their promotional mailers:
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Yep, blurring out their contact information was definitely the right move.
And finally, this bakery gets the gold star for truth in advertising:
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Hey, you can't say they didn't warn you.
Thanks to Michelle M., Julie M., Tiffany H., Naveed & Athena, & Kristen Y. for signing us up.
Reader Comments (90)
Ok, I completely misread that as "Hole Pie", which doesn't make it any *more* appealing, just makes the transition to Ball Sack even funnier, IMHO. That one just floored me!
Maybe that "hole pile" is what you use to find out how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall...... maybe.....?
Is it significant that the picture of the hole pile is in the #2 slot?!?
Does "free" mean you'll pay for it later?
#1: Am I the only one who saw "Rosemary's Baby?"
Do. Not. Eat. That. CAKE!
I had a bad case of croisintis once. I couldn't get out of bed for a week.
On that first cake the slices look fairly big -- we'd need the mice to be hungry. But I think they're not allowed to eat chocolate, so we might need to reconsider. (And besides, then they'd want a glass of milk!)
OMG I need a vacation....all I could think of with the "hole pile" was "Thank goodness they didn't call them Glory Holes" LOL
Looking over the thrifty ice cream. What in the world kind of cake? At least I know what kind of cake I will get if I go there. The hat is cracked. The cake looks like it's about to fall. The swirls don't help in one bit. The roses, as mentioned earlier, look like potato chips. The colors just make no sense. We can do better. We can do a lot better.
Many are missing the real label on the mounded rounds of doughnuts labeled as "hole pile." Maybe I should explain to the goofy Gomers amongst us that Pile is another name for hemorrhoids and hole is another name for sphincter. That means the label proclaims this as a pain in the ass. <p>
Bit of TV trivia for the Wreckie audience: this explains why Gomer's last name on the show was Pyle.
I find it amusing that on this side of the Atlantic there's TWO more spelling mistakes than on your side:
personaliSe
and
DOUGHNUTS ;-)
I think "hole bunch" would have sounded a lot better... and thrifty Ice cream... yum! We have a couple of places around here that sell Thrifty ice cream :), but no one has the cylindrical scoop. :(
I was a very lucky child. My mother enjoyed stopping for Thrifty ice cream even more than I. My childhood realization of that fact catalyzed my epiphany that grown-ups are human too.
Man, now I want ice cream. Why did I become a vegan? Thank heavens I'm not strict.
Craig’s back in fine form!
SuBee- Croisintis was actually Estonian and wrote a diatribe against kissing. We celebrate the anniversary of his death every April 7.
Billsbayou- TMI and you should have sent her the doctor’s bill.
Now I feel left out as I used to live in CA and shop at Thrifty but never got a cone there (the guys on duty had suspicious hygiene at the one where I shopped). O.o
@Susan, I too went to the Beatles for #2, but I couldn't make it jell as a comment (it was dark outside). I'll try again:
Hole pile: the number of holes required to fill Albert Hall. Mr. Hall must not have much of an appetite.
1. I think someone needs to call in the health department, if their mouse infestation is so bad, they're proud of it!
2. At least they're not chocolate.
3. I can imagine that there multiple ways to mis-spell croissants (e.g.cross-ons), but how could croisintis make any sense. Oh, right, I'm assuming these bakery folks are acquainted with logic.
4. The cake is a wreck-- the edge by the "GR" is indented, the "A" is raised, the swirls are lumpy and the edge at the bottom is smudged. And if they handed out the flyer with their contact information smudged that's beyond wrecky. But hey, points for decent spelling (not perfect punctuation, but I won't be picky since it was above average!)
5.I like the theories that it's a tattoo place offering free cake. But I dont' think I want them branding me for life if that's their spelling
Mousse and swirl sounds good... although moose and squirrel could be the restaurant next door.
I LOVED Thrifty's ice cream when I was a kid! Wow, I hadn't thought of that in years and I certainly didn't "get" it from the ad. So glad there are sharper eyes out there than mine - thanks for the pleasant trip down memory lane. Now I want an Butter Pecan ice cream cone!
@Anne
A mouse is a small animal with a penchant for cheese, which sometimes lives in the desert.
A moose is a large quadruped living in Alaska, although not a baked Alaska, which is a kind of dessert.
A mousse is a fluffy dessert, sometimes chocolate flavored.
I have to share this with you today - I got a note from a coworker yesterday and at the end it said
Thanks "Maria"
I don't know whether she doesn't believe my name is really Maria, or whether she thinks I'm an imposter and that I've dumped the real Maria in a hole somewhere. Which I totally didn't. I'm really me. >.>
"Hole Pile"... "Ball Sack"... (blinkblink)... BWA, HAhAhaHAhahAhAhAhAhAhAhahAhahaHAHahahAhahAhahAhAhahAhAhaahAHahAHAhahAha!!!
(sniff)... (wiping away tears)... Thanks. I needed that...
Croisintis: A disorder of the cake and pastry eating patron resulting in a distinct fear of all Croissants and other French pastries. Symptoms include fear of Casablanca, Captain Picard and all Champagne and Burgundies.
To cure watching a marathon of Star Trek:TNG and copious visits from the Pillsbury Dough Boy until cured. A infusion of baguettes is also recommended.
As far as #1, I definitely prefer my mouse to be chocolate, strawberry or vanilla is not half as good.
However, maybe it's just me but up here in Canada (not sure if that has anything to do with this, but hey, we haven't had a Canuck bashing/defending post in a long time so I thought I'd throw it in...) I sometimes refer to a 'pile' as a medical condition generally requiring a dose of Preparation H. So, then if you just take it a small step further "Hole Pile" makes absolute sense. If you remove anything edible. Right.
And as an added bonus, I live not 5 minutes away from a small town called Balzac. We frequently pronounce it 'ball sac' just because it's better that way.
I want some thrifty ice cream topped with thrifty sprinkles.
Wow, "Mousse and Swirl" - the world needs this! As soon as possible! I know I'd eat there.
My wife and I think "croisintis" means "crostinis." That doesn't make it any more excusable. :\
For No. 1, I was wondering if it was a crunchy mouse; I have become quite fond of crunchy frog chocolates, so I would try the cake willingly IF it were a crunchy mouse. Otherwise, no.
Mmmm. Crunchy mouse and a nice, steaming mug of Conquistador Instant Coffee.
Is it possible that they meant CROSTINI? The italian appetizer? Small pieces of toast with different kinds of toppings/spreads. It would be a much more forgiveable error. Other than the fact that Crostini is already plural and there for the extra 's' would be completely extraneous.
Nevermind. What the heck kind of bakery woud sell crostini, anyway? Pretty sure I need to stop overthinking these posts and just enjoy the giggles.
That's what I thought, too.
If they sell Texas Toast, why not Italian Toast?
Selling either in a store is pretty silly.
Mousse and swirl, isn't that what you get at a trendy hairdresser's where they serve wine and nibbles? To me it sounds like a descendant of the bulbous bouffant, not dessert.
Love this page, you get some great sweets here but I have to say that the cookies made by Carmie00 were the greatest things I have seen, that takes one heck of an imagination ant art to pull that off.
Thanks again for a great URL.
Euphus
what does thrifty ice cream mean? no nevermind i dont want to know
Thrifty. I adore your rainbow sherbet and chocolate malted crunch. GO NATIONAL, ALREADY!
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im confused about what's wrong w/ the ad (#4). help?
To Annie: The sign says "Mouse" instead of "Mousse"
What is the joke with the cake ad? At first I thought that the cake was spelled wrong but it's not. It is an ugly cake. What is up with the graphics in the bottom left corner also? Am I the only 1 that sees an evil baby face on a coffee cup, with a little flag sticking out the handle? Really though, what is the joke on this ad?? It's driving me so crazy that I keep reading it over & over again! (Guess that's why I'm seeing little evil baby faces on it.)
@Sharyn, I was wondering if croisinitis was a medical condition. Thanks for clearing that up for me in the comments, and also offering a "cure" :-D
The Hole Pile of what?
I'll take one chocolate mouse cake to go, please...wait. What?
Another one who doesn't get what's wrong with the flier. It's not a *great* cake, sure - but hardly on a par with the usual standard of mock-fodder.
About the cake on the flyer--to me, it's one thing to sell somebody a poorly decorated cake, but it's another thing altogether to proudly display a poorly decorated cake on a flyer that cost money and is meant to represent your work. The mortar board is droopy, the cake is dented on top, the roses look like they are made with slightly curdled frosting (or maybe it's sprinkles!), and it looks overall untidy. Just my two cents.
That said, the posts, commentary, and fan comments had me in tear laughing!