Those Wacky Germans (SS Chicken Nip)
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Tender, Juicy Obama Fingers Hit the ShelvesBy Charles HawleyA German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.
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u cant be serious
This prejudice is not very known over here in Germany. I'm sure, the company just wanted to use Obama in a cool way to have an "American style" product. Hell, we even eat Pizza "Boston Style" over here.
"we F*ck everything"?
Curry: the world's favourite sauce (ok, this is debatable)
Obama: the world's favourite politician
Product ticks all the marketing boxes
Apparently Barry makes a mean batch of Chicken Wings.
I'm serious.
Only poor fucks eat that stuff here. Certainly isn't stereotypically black.
In fact, more likely to be pasty faced feral white kids with white shell suits and baseball caps at an insouciant angle. Chavs, they're called.
Regardless of the people its aimed towards, there's a suspect connection that was made.
Its like those Cookies dude was making here in NYC.
Im surprised that someone who listens to hours of Black Music never came across this "stereotype."
A local car wash changed it's name to Obama in the aftermath of the election. It's run by a bloke with Bangladeshi heritage if that makes a difference.
Not sure if anyone in the world has Obama pegged as that stereotypical dude, though.
Even the Germans.
Anyways, has the usual stereotyping and general xenophobia shifted from gay Paree to Berlin and Bonn?
Xenophobia is probably the wrong word. I don't think anyone's afraid of the French.
he doesn't. he only listens to British TV themes for days...
Black people love the Golden Gate Bridge.
What are u sayin?
So Obama's win says NOTHIN AT ALL about Racial Progress? Nothing?
He's Not Really Black? He's not like those other Negroes? That's not really him playin' basketball?
Since he's the President, he's not really Black/African/Whatever.....?
Hilary Clinton Fish Sticks?
"Say you love Crepe!"
I feel lied to by Kam & Rap music.
It's a safe bet that neither any of the people who designed this product nor the idiots who buy and eat this crap have ever heard of the racist implications that fried chicken products have here in the US.
Regardless of that, this of course is extremely tasteless on various levels.
Can a president trademark his name?
Shredded and molded chicken-byproducts... disgusting!
Haha, that was the part that messed me up. Like "What the fusk is that doing there?"
I understand Obama is an international icon, but why would you want to eat something with his name on it? Especially a body part. "Ooh, I'm eating Obama's fingers! Mmmm-mmm!"
I love me some Scarlett Johansson, but I would not be lining up to eat ScarJo Toes.
Ricky Bobby: Well I got something for you from the late great Colonel Sanders who said "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken"
Now Say "I LOVE CREPE" or I braek your arm!
I don't know about trademarking the name, but throughout the States companies that have put in the Obama name into their products were given cease and desist letters, and some were raided by the secret service. I know for sure they put a stop to Sixpoint's Hop-Obama beer, and Ommegang had to put a stop to its Obamagang beer. Had something to do with a federal law banning the use of the President's name in products, or something like that.
Ricky Bobby: Nobody plays jazz at the Pit Stop!
Jean Girard: Then why is the song on the jukebox?
Bartender: We use it for profiling purposes. We also have the Pet Shop Boys and Seal.
It's just a really thin pancake!
There's a joke waiting to be made here somewhere about Obama+Stimulous+Package.