June 07, 2004

Learn (sort of) as you eat Using new technology ingeniously called "Prints", text can be printed directly onto food. Apparently, one of the inaugural uses is printing Junior Trivial Pursuit questions onto Pringles Potato chips (with the answers on the back, presumably).

How long until we see ads for other P&G products on beloved foodstuffs? The synergy of Noxema ads on potato chips seem undeniable for long. Ads bombard my headspace enough already, this seems so invasive; but I guess it's like jokes on Popsicle(TM) sticks? Also: JUNIOR TP? Interesting revelation about their target market: kids and munchie-driven pot-fiends?

posted by ilyadeux 20 years ago
  • Brilliant. Put my daily dose of "Zippy the Pinhead" on the back of my Eggos. Synergy=Bliss.
  • It's funny that they can't do anything to be artsy for its own sake. It's always got to be some form crossmarketing. Leave no square inch unadvertised. How about ads for Disney movies ("Shrek XIV", etc) imprinted on McDonalds buns... that is a marriage in the making; mark my words.
  • They gave me $100 to tatoo a picture of Ellen DeGeneres on my ass.
  • I think I'm glad to hear they had to pay you to do that Dizzy, but I'm not sure. Not sure what cross-marketing they were going for also. [also, thank you for commenting on my first FPP. that makes me happy, so now is the time where I dance.]
  • *pulls up chair, watches ilyadeux do happy dance*
  • Am I the only one wondering what they're using to "print" onto the chips? Admittedly, I'm not a big fan of Pringles, but it just doesn't sound appetizing to have Trivial Pursuit text on food.
  • Does anyone eat one chip at a time? It's been years since I ate Pringles, but I seem to remembe stuffing 4 or 5 of them in my mouth at a time - and not looking at them when I did. I kinda think that the point of eating Pringles is to stuff them im your mouth while playing video games or watching tv. Can't imagine why anyone would think anyone would want to read the chips before eating, one at a time.
  • You're right there, path. I usually just stuff my face with Pringles while doing something else. Although I do glance at the chips to make sure there's no mold/paper/creepy-crawlies/powdered arsenic on them before popping them into my mouth. I suppose I could practice my speed-reading then.
  • You know what, there's a Trivial Pursuit question where the answer involves having two penises. I ain't gonna eat that Pringle.
  • That's easy. It just has to be a question about snake mating habits.
  • While in theory I think this is cool, I'm somewhat disturbed how rigorously they're going after kids to eat salty processed potato food. I mean, Pringles already have crack in them.
  • I think that given the situation, it's the best you're gonna get. I mean, printing Trivial Pursuit questions on carrot sticks ain't gonna get kids to eat 'em. If kids are going to gorge themselves, you might as well make them learn at the same time.
  • mmm, pringles.
  • mmm, crack.
  • mmmm, cracks fulla Pringles...
  • This could make it easier for politicians, etc to eat their own words.