Ben and Jerry's has a new ice cream flavor out called "Schweddy Balls."
Adults may find it amusing if they watch SNL on late night tv, but really? This should not be on ice cream sitting on shelves in grocery stores or on the ice cream which kids will eat.
There's simply no reason to name an ice cream with such an in-poor-taste name, even by a cutting-edge company. Let's face it -- there are many other more creative name possibilities. Even if a company wants to use a marketing strategy that involves identifying with pop culture or a famous person, other choices abound.
I, personally, am not going to buy such a product no matter how good others argue it may taste (if it does) because I'm not going to support uncouth, only-out-to-make-a buck-at-any-cost business people. Yes, I know businesses, by their very nature, have a right to make money, but where's the line? Senseless vulgarity shouldn't have a place in main-stream marketing.
No wonder the French hate American tourists -- inappropriateness and rudeness seem to be prevalent and acceptable everywhere, even in our ice cream names. C'mon, America -- stop being such crass, disgusting, mannerless, "I can do anything I want and you can't stop me" Jackasses.
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