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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:01:02 -0700 (PDT)   
   "R. Mark Clayton"  wrote:   
      
   > On Wednesday, 29 March 2017 10:58:07 UTC+1, burfordTjustice  wrote:   
   > > Aussies Horrified by Bikini-Clad Popsicle Ad, Say It’s a Reference   
   > > to Female Genitalia   
   > >    
   > >    
   > >    
   > > Australia’s advertising watchdog received complaints after an ice   
   > > cream company depicted a bikini-clad green popsicle with a bite   
   > > taken out, accompanied by the slogan: “I can see your white bits.”   
   > >    
   > > Streets Ice Cream said the saying, delivered by its cowboy-themed   
   > > Bubble O Bill popsicle, was an obvious reference to tan lines. But   
   > > offended Australians saw it as a dirtier allusion.   
   > >    
   > > Complaints suggested that ‘”white bits’ is a reference to the slang   
   > > term ‘pink bits,’ which is Australian slang for female genitalia.”   
   > > One added, “While the joke may be intended to get adults attention,   
   > > the Bubble O’Bill ice cream product is predominantly marketed to   
   > > and consumed by young children.”   
   > >    
   > > Australia’s Advertising Standards Bureau, the self-regulation   
   > > system for advertisers, basically told complainants to quit being   
   > > so sensitive and to get their minds out of the gutter.   
   > >    
   > > “The Board noted that the Splice [ice cream bar] is wearing a   
   > > yellow bikini and considered that the reference to ‘white bits’ is   
   > > a play on words against both the exposure of the inside of the ice   
   > > cream as a result of the bite, and a reference to tan lines which   
   > > can result of wearing a bikini in the sun,” the watchdog wrote in   
   > > its decision. “The Board considered that the complainant’s   
   > > interpretation of ‘white bits’ being a reference to ‘pink bits’ and   
   > > thus to ‘female genitalia’ is an interpretation unlikely to be   
   > > shared by the broad community.” The ice cream company’s most recent   
   > > ad campaign has a good dose of cheekiness in it. Another ad   
   > > includes an apparent allusion to Brokeback Mountain; its Gaytime   
   > > popsicle, first introduced by Streets Ice Cream in 1959, asks   
   > > Bubble O Bill whether it is “Gaytime.”   
   > >    
   > > “Woah there, cowboy!” he replies. On the company’s website, the   
   > > Gaytime popsicle is advertised with the saying, “It’s hard to have   
   > > a Gaytime on your own.”   
   >    
   > The correct analogy is one in a sexist joke told to me by an former   
   > girlfriend decades ago - "Women are like chickens - the white bits   
   > are best!"   
      
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