Friday, April 23, 2004

Whilst shopping thewife and I saw them. A range of HP pasta products that are pretty clearly aimed a pestering the fuck out of parents to buy extortionately priced shit, possibly filled with sugar, salt and all manner of crap to make their little kids into obese monsters. I pointed out Bob the Builder to thewife in total astonishment and a passing woman got really excited until she saw the price and then baulked. What the fuck is this about, do kids get to do the shopping and demand exactly what overpriced brands they've seen on television or on the shelves of a supermarket. It was then it struck me. Two new business ventures that promise to be massive. 1. Shit! Tesco's already do online shopping, but for people without internet access and a credit card, we go shopping instead of them and charge a smallish fee, they get what they want and the kids get nowhere near the shops. Pretty soon kids will believe that all food is delivered and think nothing of it. 2. The masterplan comes together. Bliss (tm) its like a box that sits on the television and filters out all advertising, instead playing short clips of waterfalls, goldfish etc. That way kids don't even get to see the work of the evil ones. Sorted. End of capitalism's outrageous exploitation of children.

Oh and we shouldn't be buying HP products anyway cos they are part of Danone who are part of an organised boycott!
posted by timesnewroman at 4:29 PM  

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