Risque Tongue billboard complaint upheld in NZ

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Posted by caffeinegoddess on 25. January 2006 - 19:55

New Zealand's ASA has upheld the complaint of shoe retailer Tongue's risque billboard ad, finding it indecent.

This isn't the first time Tongue's ads have brought about complaints to the ASA. In the past, other ads, created by Adworks Ogivly, have also caused raised eyebrows around the island.

Read on to see the "offending" images.

Wording along side the image read: "In a recent survey, 95 per cent of women said they liked tongue ..."

In 2004 this ad went through the complaint wringer:

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Submitted by dabitch on 25. January 2006 - 20:46.
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Cripes! crepes! I dunno! Crappers!

Submitted by philmang on 25. January 2006 - 22:34.
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i like the "le coq sportif" logo placement in the first one -- just enough to get it in the frame, and add a little more of that oh so offensive content to the ad :)

Submitted by kidsleepy on 25. January 2006 - 23:17.
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i'm more offended that it is a stupid visual pun.

god please dont' let puns be making a comeback again. please.

Submitted by caffeinegoddess on 26. January 2006 - 1:14.
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Look in Archive. They never left. ;)

Submitted by dabitch on 26. January 2006 - 1:17.
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aye! I predict a trend for 2006 are visual puns in languages nobody understands! ;P

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