"White Power" Toothbrush

Let the whiteness shine through with today's Gold Box Deal of the Day! [Ta, FP]

Update: They fixed it !

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Boundegar

How unfortunate. But I’ll point out that’s not a bad price for a Sonicare.
Chuck

Finally! A “healthy” alternative to the traditional kinds of white power.

Also — are you supposed to use the toothbrush to play your guitar in your white power band?
- benher
  
  “White Power! For Gum Disease! Before it gets toooo laaaaaa-eh-ehte!”
  
  Also for giggles – black man toothpaste from Taiwan!
  - penguinchris
    
    That’s “Darlie” toothpaste (I used it in Thailand) – I was told by a professor I worked with in Thailand that it was originally called “Darkie”!
    
    You should be able to find it in most Chinatowns if you’re curious, it tastes pretty excellent by toothpaste standards.
Bill

It’s encoraging to see such obliviousness to racial double meanings.
- Spezz
  
  Pretty sure this was a case of poor punctuation/formatting, you know like:
  “Helping your uncle, Jack, off his horse.”
  vs.
  “Helping your uncle jack off his horse”
  - malindrome
    
    Obligatory Onion reference.
    - AerosmithNirvana
      
      Eh, that joke was around long before the interwebs.
jowlsey

Now it’s the ‘HealthyWhite Toothbrush.’ How boring.
tomrigid

My Sonicare is black and I can’t go back.
- bbonyx
  
  I wanted to chime in with more than a “like” here. You, sir, have provided me with my much-needed lunchtime laugh of the day.
- millie fink
  
  Double plus good, sir!
  
  tomrigid (?!) wins all of today’s BB threads.
  - relawson
    
    I don’t know. I’d split them up evenly between tomrigid and xian
Petzl

Wow, imagine the synergy with other “white” organizations…. I can see the advertising campaign, which naturally deals with “white pride”…. Yes, this is such a well-chosen product name!
- RJ
  
  I dunno, now… you could be onto something here. I could imagine seeing one of those full-page ads in a magazine. Taking up most of the page would be a beautiful non-caucasian woman with big smile on her face, showing off her perfect white teeth. In big, block letters over her head, two words: “WHITE PRIDE.”
  
  The remainder of the page would be taken up with the toothbrush itself and maybe some blurb about how effective Sonicare is.
  
  It would be outrageous, but a kind of “oh, you!” way.
  - Petzl
    
    So, sorta like a “bizarro-Benneton.”
    Have your people call my people.
Jason Baker

The good news… this is the only thing on BB tagged “white power.”
xian

Customers who bought this item also bought…

white sheets
- phor11
  
  and Saltines.
millie fink

I think I found their spokeslady–

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhqn5QSa-s
Yavar

Healthy White is the name of this product line, and it’s a power (electric) toothbrush. Honestly, if the wrap text had been a little shorter I don’t think anyone would have noticed. Is this really newsworthy?
- http://twitter.com/Noddy93 Noddy Ninetythree
  
  yes. yes it is.
- IronEdithKidd
  
  No, but it is amuse-worthy.
- millie fink
  
  You come to BoingBoing for “news”?
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    All The News That’s Fit To Be Turned Into A Steampunk BananaLOL
http://twitter.com/jblsmith jblsmith

The Lonely Island was on it years ago in the opening segment to a pilot TV show. It’s downright hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKMesCAe44Q
http://twitter.com/adamcreen Mr Memory

Reminds me of the “Digital Blue Movie Camera” – it’s an educational product! Won’t somebody think of the CHIDREN?! http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/kentict_hardware_digitalblue_resources.cfm
vrplumber

These supreme teeth will last a thousand years, and rule all those who venture into the mouth-er-land.