Father's fury over children's 'pornographic' sweet wrappers

[KarlD]

Father's fury over children's 'pornographic' sweet wrappers

By Sara Nelson

Last updated at 9:41 AM on 28th August 2009

A father-of-two has spoken of his disgust after spotting fruity cartoon characters appearing to have sex on SWEET wrappers.

Simon Simpkins was buying Haribo MAOAM sour candies for his children when he noticed the 'pornographic' illustrations of limes, lemons and cherries romping with each other.

Mr Simpkins, of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, said: 'The lemon and lime are locked in what appears to be a carnal encounter.

'The lime, whom I assume to be the gentleman in this coupling, has a particularly lurid expression on his face.'

He said: 'I demanded to see the shop manager and, during a heated exchange, my wife became quite distressed and had to sit down in the car park.'

A spokesman for Haribo said the 'fun' packaging of the sweets was introduced in Germany 2002 and added: 'This jovial MAOAM man is very popular with fans, both young and old.'

© 2009 Associated Newspapers Ltd

Fruit sex, I feel sorry for the guy's kids let alone his wife.

EDIT: Title changed and article text added by WJ.

 

[ramonmercado]

Re: Daily mail reading morons go bezerk over......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209383/Fathers-outrage-pornographic-Haribo-MAOAM-sweet-wrappers.html

Fruitsex, I feel sorry for the guy's kids let alone his wife.

He has a point you know. Its one thing for a lime to do it with a lemon, they are both citrus fruits. But for a lime to go popping cherries is the equivalent of besttiality.

 

[KarlD]

Re: Daily mail reading morons go bezerk over......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209383/Fathers-outrage-pornographic-Haribo-MAOAM-sweet-wrappers.html

Fruitsex, I feel sorry for the guy's kids let alone his wife.

He has a point you know. Its one thing for a lime to do it with a lemon, they are both citrus fruits. But for a lime to go popping cherries is the equivalent of besttiality.

Rowntree are going to be publishing the karma fruitra next week.


I am sorry I'll just get my coat.

 

[Yithian]

It's the fruit of forbidden passion... Forbidden passion fruit.

 

[Mythopoeika]

If this is genuine, it's sad.

Some twat I worked with (just for an evil laugh) made a formal complaint about a TV advert for some sweet (can't remember the name, but the jingle was 'a finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat').
The manufacturer emailed him back and sent him a wodge of vouchers and packets of sweets on the understanding that he wouldn't take the complaint further.

That's the kind of bastards that make those complaints.

 

[WhistlingJack]

He'd probably have a fit if he ever saw a Curly-Wurly...

'Interesting' comment following the original article:-

It gives me scant gratification to be proved right in my warnings of a rising tide of filth.

"Gorgon" Brown has betrayed Christian families everywhere.

- Michael, Brora, Scotland, 29/8/2009 07:27

 

[Mister_Awesome]

The really sad thing is that these complaints have to be taken seriously in this day and age. They can't just ignore this stuff as screwballs being screwballs, because the chance of them getting successfully sued over something incredibly stupid is high. I don't know how this can be fixed, but I wish it would be.

 

[PeniG]

I can say nothing that Tom Lehrer hasn't said better (italics added):

All books can be indecent books
Though recent books are bolder,
For filth (I'm glad to say) is in
the mind of the beholder.
When correctly viewed,
Everything is lewd.
(I could tell you things about Peter Pan,
And the Wizard of Oz, there's a dirty old man!)

 

[GNC]

Just remember censors (and would-be censors) have the dirtiest minds of all...

 

[kitty]

ive noticed the wrappers on those sweets for years. They do look kind of pervy....or i have a pervy mind.

 

[AMPHIARAUS]

Should this should be in Urban Legends?

In 2004, a report on internet news service Ananova

A Catholic college has complained about new Haribo sweet wrappers which it claims portray fruit in sexual positions.

"We are shocked at the shameless presentation of sexual practices on the wrapping, which includes not only sexual intercourse but also fellatio and cunnilingus," wrote the St Blasien Jesuit College near Bonn.

The letter, complaining about the new packaging of Haribo's Maoam fruit chews, added: "It's irresponsible, to expose children to such pornographic representations."

The sweets wrapped in bright yellow, red and green colours show lemons, limes, strawberries, cherries and oranges playfully romping with each other. But the college sees it differently. They were especially opposed to the lemon flavoured chews, which "undoubtedly show a green figure having sex with a lemon.

"The lemon, which from the drawing looks female, is obviously enjoying it with the greatest of pleasure."

Spokesman Marco Alfter said: "The new wrapping is certainly fruitier than the old. But we have not had any other complaints. In fact until now the feedback has all been positive."

Seems to have been around a while. Viral advertising?

 

[escargot]

I rarely eat sweets but I sort of... fancy some, now.

 

[Xanatic_]

I remember someone pointing this out to me years back. It´s nice enough candy though.

 

[badwolf]

Fab piece of PR work if you ask me.

Is it Halloween soon? Maoam sweets make perfect treats.....

 

[Timble2]

....
Is it Halloween soon? Maoam sweets make perfect treats.....

But after this fuss you'd get arrested for corrupting minors.... :shock:

 

[badwolf]

Hmmm... sounds like there's some hard PR work to be done then.

I wonder if this story is part of a PR strategy though. The Haribo/Maoam factory is a major employer in Pontefract(where the guy complaining comes from), Maoam is not as well known as their sister brand, and with Halloween coming up they need to make the public aware of their hand sized, individually wrapped products. Perhaps there's a redesign of the packaging coming up in the next year?

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Well spotted, badwolf! The story rang a bell with me and I see it did also with Amphiaraus, who dug out the story of an earlier complaint from a priest at St Blasien Jesuit College near Bonn. Haribo's Headquarters are where in Germany? Bonn!

 

[GNC]

A conspiracy! I thought it was familiar too, but I'm still wondering, how are you supposed to pronounce "Maoam"?

 

[rynner2]

A conspiracy! I thought it was familiar too, but I'm still wondering, how are you supposed to pronounce "Maoam"?

I think it's an onomatopoeic word, meant to imitate the mumblings of a person performing cuni.... Er, no, better not go there! :shock:

 

[GNC]

A conspiracy! I thought it was familiar too, but I'm still wondering, how are you supposed to pronounce "Maoam"?

I think it's an onomatopoeic word, meant to imitate the mumblings of a person performing cuni.... Er, no, better not go there! :shock:

Now, now surely that's all in the mouth - I mean, the eye of the beholder.

 

[portius]

I managed to find a pic of the offending wrapper - I hope the image is not too graphic for you!

 

[McAvennie]

Haha! My lass bought a bag of these when we were on holiday and we were laughing everytime we had one at the erotic wrapper art.

I'm sure the kids would never have even thought about the sexual nature of the images without prompting from an adult.

With all the corruption and evil prevalent in this country you would think people would have bigger fish to fry.

Justice for the fruity fruits!

 

[JamesWhitehead]

My guess is that the Haribo design was deliberately fruity. It certainly got the Web all abuzz.

The jury is still out about Cock Flavour Soup at Asda and Minge Aromas at Lidl.

Googling the first of these produces a footnote that one result has been withheld due to child porn concerns! The mind boggles. Best let you try them yourselves. :?

 

[uair01]

It has happened before. But it seems the complaint was a high school hoax joke. And the pictures are certainly suggestive.

http://justinland.typepad.com/justinland/2004/09/fruity_snacks_1.html

09/06/2004 - Naughty Candy Wrappers?

Students at a Catholic school complained about new Haribo sweet wrappers which they claim portray fruit having sex.

Graduates from St Blasien Jesuit College, near Freiburg, were complaining about the new wrappers for Haribo's Moam sweets.

In a letter to the firm, they wrote: "We are shocked at the shameless presentation of sexual practices on the wrapping, which includes not only sexual intercourse but also fellatio and cunnilingus."

The letter added: "It's irresponsible, to expose children to such pornographic representations."

The sweets wrapped in bright yellow, red and green colours show lemons, limes, strawberries, cherries and oranges romping with each other.

The students were especially opposed to the lemon flavoured chews, which "undoubtedly show a green figure having sex with a lemon".

"The lemon, which from the drawing looks female, is obviously enjoying it with the greatest of pleasure."

 

[escargot]

"The lemon, which from the drawing looks female, is obviously enjoying it with the greatest of pleasure."

Can't have females enjoying sex, now, can we?

:lol:

 

[KarlD]

My guess is that the Haribo design was deliberately fruity. It certainly got the Web all abuzz.

The jury is still out about Cock Flavour Soup at Asda and Minge Aromas at Lidl.

Googling the first of these produces a footnote that one result has been withheld due to child porn concerns! The mind boggles. Best let you try them yourselves. :?

You can get spicey cock flavored soup here:- http://buygracefoods.com/site/product.c ... k_soup_env

I know I like my cock spicey.

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Cock Flavour Soup is a matter of taste but I'm not touching the link to Jerk Chicken!

 

[McAvennie]

I want a t-shirt with MAOAM sex fruits on it

 

[escargot]

Easy. Get a t-shirt printing kit from the stationer and print the picture out as a transfer.
My kids used to do loads. Great fun.