I have to take a break from our regularly scheduled programming today to share something with you that I found absolutely hysterical but SO disturbing last night.
Do you remember the opening scenes of The Empire Strikes Back, when Han Solo and Luke were on the ice planet Hoth. Luke had passed out or was frozen or something and Han was trying to get them to the rebel base? Then, their big animal, the Tauntaun, freezes and dies as well?
What does Han do? He slices open the animal and shoves Luke and himself inside to keep warm.
I can still remember the sound it made as the tauntaun’s guts spilled out on to the frozen tundra, and even though it was a movie, I was always sure I could smell it…particularly because Han even mentioned how bad it smelled.
Well, last night on Facebook, a friend of mine shared this link:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/
Ew!!!
It is a Taunton sleeping bag so that your child, too, can sleep inside this large animal from the ice planet of Hoth. Look closely…they’ve even drawn intestines on the inside.
This is absolutely hysterical and yet so disturbing to me on a fundamental level. My kid sleeping inside an animal, snuggling into the intestines? Ick.
Great marketing. Very creative. Very gross. )
Yes, ick. Very good marketing ploy though! Can you imagine the children’s faces when they think they are sleeping inside! 🙂
Comment by Debbie — October 14, 2009 @ 7:43 pm |