Friday, July 01, 2011

1526 M&Mmmms

I recently acquired a package of the new Coconut M&Ms. And I'm a little concerned. The cartoonish scene on the package depicts what appears to be questionable activity on a tropical island. Questionable if you consider this could be a candy for kids.
A giant coconut is in the center. Nestled within the coconut are various M&Ms in the colors of brown, light green, and white. All well and good. But next to the coconut filled with regular M&Ms is a cartoon figure of what appears to be a feminine M&Ms creature.
She has large eyes, eyelashes, and brows drawn in a come-hither look, a hibiscus blossom festooning her shoulder, and lush green lips. She is sitting on the sand in a seductive pose, leaning on one hand while the other drapes languidly across one of her knees. Her over-sized hands, honoring cartoon convention, are of course three-fingered and wearing white gloves.
Her legs, however, are clad in knee-high Nancy Sinatra boots. With what appear to be three-inch heels, they are certainly not practical for walking on the sand of the beach where she is apparently sitting. Bad lesson for the kids right there.
Be that as it may, and putting aside for a moment the odd idea of a sexy M&M stretched out on the beach, the other cartoon figure drawn in the distance is even more disturbing. It's of a male M&M falling from a coconut tree.
He is upside down, with an expression of dismay on his face. But even more dismaying is that falling down with him is a pair of binoculars.
Voyeurism and chocolate candies, what will they think of next? Coconut M&Ms, preferred by perverts everywhere. Thank goodness this isn't Easter and he's not ogling those marshmallow chickens.
Talk about peeping Toms.
America, ya gotta love it.

2 comments:

Scott Haley said...

The lady's called "Green." Sweet girl.

Funny Guy on the Prowl said...

Good taste too...