Taco Bell cancels "Pink Taco" promotion

[mens_issues]

Taco Bell cancels "Pink Taco" promotion

Thomas Fullery - 10:13p.m. EST October 17, 2012

IRVINE, CA - In a major gaffe for the fast food giant, Taco Bell has cancelled its "Pink Taco" promotion, intended to raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness month.  The $4.99 special apparently featured three tacos with pink shells and a choice of side and soft drink.  Women's groups are outraged by the insensitivity of the promotion.  "What were we thinking?" said chairman Glen Creed at a press conference at company headquarters earlier today.  "I've had the promotion cancelled and am apologizing to women nationwide for this oversight.  If any offense was caused by this, owe it to our lack of knowledge of the modern American vernacular."

The fundraiser had raised $103,467 so far, and Taco Bell intends to distribute the funds raised to the Susan B. Komen Foundation, as originally promised.  

In related news, Denny's has also come under fire for it's "Sideways Sloppy Joe" special.

[Disclaimer: This article is satire!]

[davis2ab]

Oh, come on.  How exactly did that insult women?  Even if you consider the "implications" of the word taco, how is that an insult to women? Actually, the color pink is a female color I think because it is the general color of the vagina. Women clearly are not offended by the color pink. Women talk about their vaginas all the time.

I just don't get it other than the general fact that you can never do the "right" thing when it comes to women. The truth is that they probably never thought about this particular slang for vagina.

I guess they shouldn't sell tacos at all because their very business of selling tacos insults women.

Stupid women. They stopped a campaign that apparently was successfully generating money for women.

Taco Bell would never run a campaign to raise money for penis cancer.

[mens_issues]

Actually, this was just satire.  I made the article up, but apparently it seemed so much like what one sees in the news that it was believable.  You could say that I was inspired by The Onion.

I had thought of using Photoshop to color an actual taco pink, but was running out of time last night.

Perhaps I should put "satire" in the heading instead of at the bottom.

[davis2ab]

Obviously, you successfully fooled me. Yes, I think this kind of "story" is completely plausible as possibly reality.

[davis2ab]

I guess I stopped reading at some point because I did not see your disclaimer or the Sloppy Joe thing.

[BRIAN]

Too Funny!

P.S. Susan G Komen Fund is a scam.

[mens_issues]

Too Funny!

P.S. Susan G Komen Fund is a scam.

Glad you like it.  I have some more satirical articles in mind and may post them here as well.

Hint: If you see an article posted by me written by "Thomas Fullery" you know it's Tom Fullery/tomfoolery! 

[Cysterhood]

Actually, the color pink is a female color I think because it is the general color of the vagina

Actually before the 20th century the colours were reversed: pink for boys and blue for girls. The theory for that was that blue was for the coldness of women and pink for the explosive passion of men. Makes more sense to me. In the olden more enlightened days women where seen as cold and calculating, accurate. But under the the current spin cycle were in, with the rise of political power of women and spin that results from that, that has given women the opportunity to cover up that perception by reversing the colours.