Comments on: Bologna bubble gum

By: help i cant comfirm my username themelonbread

help i cant comfirm my username themelonbread — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is why dollar stores rule. Through a dollar store, I’ve bought gummy bear lip balm and a ribbon with a smiling turtle that says “I feel good about myself”.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like how it says “for best quality, open package and chew them all”! Wow, does that sound appetizing…

By: Chickie Pants

Chickie Pants — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I remember something similar when I was a kid, but I think it was actually licensed by Oscar Meyer. Maybe I’m just imagining it, though.

By: cprompt

cprompt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You’re not the only one. I thought I had finally found the “meat-flavored gum” Guybrush gets in Monkey Island III.

By: extra88

extra88 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That color scheme and package design looks vulnerable to a trade dress lawsuit from Oscar Mayer. Someone is unlikely to mistake it for Oscar Mayer bologna but they might think it's an Oscar Mayer product. The photo on the Ford Gum site makes the colors look like an even closer match (strangely, it makes the gum look more like processed ham than bologna).

By: eigafan

eigafan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

They also make franks bubble gum.

lunchmeat gum

By: cyenobite

cyenobite — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Â¢50 for one piece of gum?! I must be getting old. I remember in my day when Bazooka was Â¢2… oh the times they are a changin…

By: Evil Jim

Evil Jim — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Am I the only one that’s a little disappointed that the gum isn’t, you know, bologna flavoured?

By: isaacb2

isaacb2 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like my fruit, bologna, and gum flavors all separate, thank you.

And “Blow your lunch!”? That’s the tagline they came up with?

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

does anybody know what that typeface is, at the top? it’s terribly attractive.

By: Blind Zen Archer

Blind Zen Archer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It always goes wrong at dessert…

By: Crash

Crash — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Steven: perhaps http://www.identifont.com can help you.

By: ill lich

ill lich — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe if they maybe fruit flavored bologna I’ll buy some.

“For best quality open package and chew them all”– hmmm. . . why not just say “For MOST fun, open package and throw out gum, then buy another package. Repeat.” That’s why I mistrust shampoos that say “lather, rinse, REPEAT”– seems like a ploy to make you use more, hence buy more. I now distrust other product instructions, like laundry detergent– how do I KNOW that I really need 1/4 cup of liquid?

By: turncoat_tendrils

turncoat_tendrils — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SRP is $0.59, but I paid a whole gosh darn dollar for this thing. At least I finally got a post on boingboing!

By: arttoys

arttoys — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@Steven
My guess is Myriad.

By: klg19

klg19 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Blow your lunch”? Yikes. I think I just did.

By: dculberson

dculberson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@Crash: Thanks for the cool link! I didn’t know about that. I went through the identifont questionnaire, and my guess from the results is FF Transit Print or Fruitiger.

@Arttoys, Myriad’s a good one, too.

Any of those three would pass, at least for the word Bologna!

By: GuidoDavid

GuidoDavid — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Violet… Beauregard?

By: odszkodowania

odszkodowania — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Good Job

By: GuidoDavid

GuidoDavid — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Violet… Beauregard?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

But does it pinken your teeth as you chew?