Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Wednesday Waffler: Farina Creamy Hot Wheat Cereal



For some reason I’m showing hot cereal packaging two days in a row... caught my eye I guess.

Anyway, I’m pretty sure that kid is effing creepy as hell. And good luck fitting that shovel-size spoon into your mouth you little aryan bastard! But am I wrong for still loving this?

Is it Pr*tty or Sh*tty?


Also, happy birthday Mom!

12 comments:

  1. He is creepy looking. That is some strange perspective - spoon to the creepy kid's head.

    Good catch.

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  2. i say shitty.
    that kid's freaky little teeth have creeped me out for years.
    in fact, i can say with a fair amount of certainty, that it's the reason that i've never considered eating farina in my entire life. and i don't think i'm gonna change my mind.

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  3. Dan's right on the money; that scary-looking kid has turned me off to Farina as long as I can remember. I can't call the design good if it repels me from the product.

    Totally sh*tty.

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  4. The top of his head seems missing too.

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  5. The kid is too 60's-70's looking. Also, the top of his head looks like it is finished off with a couple wheat stalks. Awkward. I think a new design is needed. The closeup of the dish w/spoon is one of those, in your face things. Meh.

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  6. Kirsten Dunst teeth! aaaaagh!

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  7. oh yeah, love the wheat comb-over!

    i don't mind that he looks suspended in an era (can you imagine how horrible the 90s xtreme makeover would have been?) but the over-correcting of his eyes to make them match the reflex blue gradient is what creeps me out.

    i wanna like it but its naivete doesn't win out over its children of the corn vibe

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  8. Pr*tty layout ruined by sh*tty photo and/or illustration. Does it make me want to buy or eat Farina? Nope. I guess that makes it sh*tty.

    Suggestion Box Submission (I wrote this already under "This blog is not an island," but thought it might get missed because that was from a month ago):

    Have you thought about adding a poll to the Wednesday Waffler? That way, people could vote and then see instantaneous results to the question....

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  9. Alice, yes, I saw your suggestion, and intend to do something with it. Just haven't gotten to it yet. Thanks.

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  10. The design itself seems fine, but yeah, creepy kid = WRONG. Just WRONG WRONG WRONG.

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  11. I say sh*tty. It's creepy and weird. *shudder*

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  12. The kid's extraterrestial face has been adorning Farina boxes for at least as long as we've been around and will probably continue to do so long after we're gone

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