Archive for April 25th, 2007

Nutricia Baby Books 3 - Peter’s Little Farm

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Here’s the Nutricia Baby Book for this week. This time, it’s clearly a lesson in gender discrimination that no one should do without !

Also, if you have tips for the translation, please send them over. I’m not sure about the translation of “omspitten” (to dig in a garden befor sowing) or “boerin” (a farmer’s wife)

Nevertheless, have fun, as we present…

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“Peter’s Little Farm”

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Eurocentric rant (or, let’s bash some American cliches)

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

OK, bear with me. So there’s a chain of sandwich franchises named after the Blondie character Dagwood. And there’s a shoppe” opening up in Washington DC, as ComicsDC reports based on an article in the Washington Business Journal.

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But look at that photo. Does that look like a sandwich to you ? I mean, this thing could feed a family. I would have thought that after Super Size Me things like this would be a bit less probable…

Spider Spud

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

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Merchandising gone absolutely haywire : the Mr Potato Head - Spider Spud Red. I didn’t like the “red vs black” thing the first time around, and I don’t like it now.