Pictures of sexy ladies on product packaging.

UndercoverElephant
UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
edited March 2013 in Commuting chat
So, a DDD style Friday thread.

Even in the year 2013, it still seems acceptable to pop pictures of sexy ladies onto product packaging, even on products that are completely unrelated to such matters.

As a case in point, I draw attention to the back of the packaging that my new tyres came in yesterday. Continental: such wondrous beauty, though very easy on the eye, has nothing to do with the tyres in the box. Disgraceful.

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DISCUSS!!

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  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    FFS, why did you not put NSFW in the title.
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    phwoarr look at all the chins on the "chick" on the right...that reminds me i need some new tyres

    you see it works on a subliminal level
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    I thought the post was going to be about this:
    http://www.fatcyclist.com/2013/03/05/le ... -to-assos/

    (Which I think is b*llocks by the way)
  • msmancunia
    msmancunia Posts: 1,415
    Fair play to them for doing something different I suppose.

    I must admit, the Assos ads for women's bib tights do get on my nerves - why they can't put a sports bra underneath I'll never know.

    *Dons feminist boxing gloves and waits for backlash*
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,319
    msmancunia wrote:
    Fair play to them for doing something different I suppose.

    I must admit, the Assos ads for women's bib tights do get on my nerves - why they can't put a sports bra underneath I'll never know.

    *Dons feminist boxing gloves and waits for backlash*
    Because they are an unecessary evil. :lol:
  • I like to think that the lady in front is called ATTACK and the one behind is FORCE. Note how ATTACK is slightly thinner, and FORCE looks the more powerful.
  • msmancunia
    msmancunia Posts: 1,415
    Veronese68 wrote:
    msmancunia wrote:
    Fair play to them for doing something different I suppose.

    I must admit, the Assos ads for women's bib tights do get on my nerves - why they can't put a sports bra underneath I'll never know.

    *Dons feminist boxing gloves and waits for backlash*
    Because they are an unecessary evil. :lol:

    For you maybe! I don't want my boobs hanging round my knees when I'm sixty, thank you very much.

    And judging by some of the men I see, they could do with wearing one too!
    Commute: Chadderton - Sportcity
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    You can hang them round my knees if you like. :) <hides...>

    My umm experience of these sports bra things is that they don't do the job that a bra's intended to do and it results in an unsatisfactory sweaty experience for the lady involved.

    I'd like to add that the image(s) isn't displayed on my browser here so I'll have to take a look later.
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    msmancunia wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    msmancunia wrote:
    Fair play to them for doing something different I suppose.

    I must admit, the Assos ads for women's bib tights do get on my nerves - why they can't put a sports bra underneath I'll never know.

    *Dons feminist boxing gloves and waits for backlash*
    Because they are an unecessary evil. :lol:

    For you maybe! I don't want my boobs hanging round my knees when I'm sixty, thank you very much.

    And judging by some of the men I see, they could do with wearing one too!

    my mrs struggles with all things sports bras with her being erm... how do they say it "gifted" best thing she has found is like a straightjacket
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    msmancunia wrote:
    Fair play to them for doing something different I suppose.

    I must admit, the Assos ads for women's bib tights do get on my nerves - why they can't put a sports bra underneath I'll never know.

    *Dons feminist boxing gloves and waits for backlash*

    Do Assos sell cycling specific sports bras?
  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    notsoblue wrote:
    Do Assos sell cycling specific sports bras?


    Their sister company 'Titos' do.
  • notsoblue wrote:
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    Hey, she's almost as lovely as FORCE.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,938
    msmancunia wrote:
    *Dons feminist boxing gloves and waits for backlash*

    Girls boxing? Shouldn't be allowed. Not natural, is it?

    Now wrestling, that's a sport for the ladies...
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Now wrestling, that's a sport for the ladies...
    In mud?
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,319
    msmancunia wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    msmancunia wrote:
    Fair play to them for doing something different I suppose.

    I must admit, the Assos ads for women's bib tights do get on my nerves - why they can't put a sports bra underneath I'll never know.

    *Dons feminist boxing gloves and waits for backlash*
    Because they are an unecessary evil. :lol:

    For you maybe! I don't want my boobs hanging round my knees when I'm sixty, thank you very much.

    And judging by some of the men I see, they could do with wearing one too!
    Sorry, couldn't resist.
  • CiB wrote:
    I'd like to add that the image(s) isn't displayed on my browser here so I'll have to take a look later.

    Boy is he in for a let-down...
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    CiB wrote:
    I'd like to add that the image(s) isn't displayed on my browser here so I'll have to take a look later.

    Boy is he in for a let-down...

    Or maybe he isnt... :shock:
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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