"if we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, would it?"

One of those late nights of typing on the work front, so instead of my regular wit and alleged wisdom, I offer a lesson in the dangers of using accurate language in product packaging.

Scott McKay is a Toronto strategist, writer, creative director, patient manager, half-baked photographer and forcibly retired playwright.
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"They had their cynical code worked out. The public are swine; advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket."
– George Orwell
"Advertising – a judicious mix of flattery and threats."
– Northrop Frye
"Chess is as an elaborate a waste of time as has ever been devised outside an advertising agency."
– Raymond Chandler
One of those late nights of typing on the work front, so instead of my regular wit and alleged wisdom, I offer a lesson in the dangers of using accurate language in product packaging.
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