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Old 05-28-2013, 06:06   #1
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World war brew: J.C. Penney

"World war brew: J.C. Penney places huge billboard advert over Interstate Highway for kettle 'that looks just like Hitler"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ke-Hitler.html

Now this is funny. Guess the guys in the add department didn't take their smart hat off and look at it through regular guy eyes.
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Old 05-28-2013, 06:53   #2
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Do they make the companion Duce coffee urn?
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Old 05-28-2013, 07:35   #3
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If the kettle wears an SS uniform, can the pot still call it black?
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Old 05-28-2013, 07:38   #4
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My first thought was it looked like Oliver Hardy.... (which is sorta close right?)
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Old 05-28-2013, 08:06   #5
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Modernist architect Michael Graves designed 'Bells and Whistles' stainless steel tea kettle.

Billboards of modernist tea kettles as Al Hirschfeld caricature Rorschach Tests - what's next, a scientific explanation.

http://www.livescience.com/25448-pareidolia.html

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