It is indecent to link pizza with condoms in New Zealand, according to recipients of an advertising package from Hell Pizza that contained rubbers. Especially when condoms constitue a choking hazard and look so much like a wipey that you can sneak them past a cursory glance onto the family dinner table.
A glance through the Hell Pizza site shows a certain frat-boy humor at work, so it's not surprising that they'd take a chance on such a controversial campaign. And the protesters are of course working directly as probably planned, bringing attention to the pizza chain even way outside the delivery zone.
Me? I think it's tasteless. I wouldn't file any complaints, but I wouldn't be amused, either. How do I know that the condom wasn't damaged in transit? Sitting in a hot mail truck? Poked by a sharp object? Am I going to trust my sexual health to a pizza joint whose menu lists Envy, Gluttony and Damned as combination pizzas?
Although they do list interesting ingredients, like apricot sauce, capers and cranberries...
[via The Sherman Foundation blog]
