Been-around-forever Exhibit A:
Just-found-in-the-most-recent-People-magazine-and-impressively-icky Exhibit B:
Apparently, that clean white stuffing represents diarrhea. Hurrah for visual euphemism.
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I suppose one could attempt to connect it all via the phrase: “does a bear shit in the woods?”. But that might be attacked as being over obvious?
bears are cuddly!
Saddly pookie bears white skat does not bode well. It indicates an absence of bile salts and likely liver failure. Bear needs a new liver, not some electrolytes.
Vive la merde! Poop is big business.
@1 that is exactly how that ad campaign was born, I’m sure of it.
Sadly, Pookie Bear doesn’t have diarrhea, he is hemorrhaging his internal organs out his anus.
I don’t think Pedialyte will help.
pookie bear is leaking santorum.. and ummm…ummm i don’t know what to do about that.
How is this not a Lindy post?
@8.
I think the real question “is how is this not a Mudede post?”
@8: Schmader’s been on the fecal beat for years (see: Last Days, Metro horror stories, etc.), Lindy just screams FECES!!!!!!!!!!! so loudly that it’s hard to think of an excrement-based post without her name on it.
That 2nd ad is really gross.
I refuse to buy Charmin now that they’ve started doing the butt-lint ads. There is no need to see a family of cartoon bears checking out each others butt-lint on tv.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLKTUsyCM…
Just not right.
Best posting title ever. Fecal avatar!
But electrolytes are what bears asses crave!
Best part: that $6 worth of Pedialyte (or $2 for store brand) is pretty much the difference between life and death for toddlers with viral gastroenteritis. Think about it: right now, a baby is dying in a third world country because his parents can’t get / afford Gatorade.