Bad Ads, cont.

I have no idea what they are selling, but damn if I don’t want some.

(H/T unindicted co-conspirator and Scissorhead GRS)

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12 Responses to “Bad Ads, cont.”

  1. TheCunningRunt: February 7th, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    Stay away from the brown acid. It ain’t nothin’ nice.

  2. Another Kiwi: February 7th, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    heh heh that is from the olden days in Ozzystralia. Rex is an echidna. Good times.

  3. grs: February 7th, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    Another Kiwi: What the hell is going on there? (I never knew echidnas cackled in delight.) So do the underwear come with a free echidna in case you get attacked by ants while in the underwear?

  4. Dimitrios: February 7th, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    I’d have called Rex a spiny anteater.

    And ants aren’t the worst insects your can have on your underpants.

  5. Another Kiwi: February 7th, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    grs: No one really knows what was going on. The set-up is that she has a trained echidna and uses him when ants go on her, in some parts of Australia this may be a constant concern. It is really a way to show women in underwear whilst not getting too pervy on it. Believe me, in 90′s Australia it stood out from the pack by a long way. Echidnas do not make any noise that I know off so some of the humour is that this one does and training one would be impossible, they’s not the smartest fish in the sea.
    I never saw any packets with “Now with free echidna” on the side but we did not shop in the better parts of Melbourne.

  6. Matty Boy: February 8th, 2012 at 2:32 am

    Very strange ad. The only part I understand completely is

    that model + as little clothing as possible = huge win.

  7. Count Typo: February 8th, 2012 at 3:58 am

    Would it help to know that Echidnas are Ant Eaters and have very long tongues? Ants, Pants, Long Tongues, “Sickem Rex”, delighted Giggles…………Get it…… No?……OK……..

  8. JohnnyB: February 8th, 2012 at 5:30 am

    Antz pantz are not your granny’s panties.

    Is the message here that the panties will attract ants so that your anteater can do what it does?
    Why not peanut butter pants and a dog?

  9. jimbo123: February 8th, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    I always thought “echidna” was what Ozzie girls called their cooters

  10. Zaius Nation: February 8th, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    I think that this commercial would have mad a lot more sense if there was chocoalte cake and ice cream… And maybe a coelacanth wearing sunglasses.

  11. Mountjoy: February 9th, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    jimbo – no, they call them Fannys here…

    Zaius Nation – no, she’d have had to be a Plus Size model if that lot was around…

    Count Typo nailed it – it’s a play on cunnilingus, suggesting she rather enjoys it when ants arrive, because it means Rex and his long tongue can Do Their Thang. Don’t know why she didn’t just call me…

  12. grs: February 9th, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    I’m am ashamed that I didn’t make the sexual innuendo connection. I’m getting old and losing a step, folks.

    I’m watching that clip and think of Australia’s crazy ants. Then I think that girls is nuts. Then I think, well, if those underwear can keep your junk protected from ants… I’m too damn literal sometimes.