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June 04 2007

BtVS vs. ED meds? Jan Chipchase travels the world for Nokia looking at the ways people interact with media. Recently, he saw these Chinese herbal supplement products. Who do we spy on the packaging? (Link possibly not safe for work).

Carl | Collectibles | 22:56 CET | 17 comments total | tags: chinese marketing, buffy

Should have a NSFW tag.

[ edited by chrisD on 2007-06-04 20:00 ]

chrisd | June 04, 22:59 CET

That is pretty funny. I can believe them using Buffy and Angel on these products.

the FAT indian | June 05, 00:14 CET

Although shouldn't there be some warning label about what happens if the guy achieves "perfect happiness"?

palehorse | June 05, 00:19 CET

Heh. There's something there about Mr Pointy being more Mr Droopy or maybe keeping the 'wood' in your stake that i'm totally not touching. I think i've grown ;).

And NSFW ? I suppose I can see it if you, like, work in a convent or something ;).

(also, I hope they mean the good herbal i.e. "made from herbs" and not the bad "made from endangered species" kind)

Saje | June 05, 00:35 CET

Um, Saje... I think you pretty much made the jokes already. Don't grow up too much, though.

I think it's usually pretty difficult to tell what's in "herbal" drugs.

My monitor just turned blueish in the middle of typing that. No joke. It's gone now but... NSFM, if your monitor is mine, and perhaps if you make fun of (magical power-having?) Saje.

Sunfire | June 05, 00:46 CET

Please tell me that I'm not the only person who looked at the headline before clicking on the link and thought ED meant Eliza Dushku.

Simon | June 05, 01:17 CET

Simon, I have no idea what I thought... because I didn't actually read the headline. I'm really bad about that. I skipped that first bit of text (acronym blindness) and was drawn instead to the one that said "Chinese herbal supplement products." And then I never looked back.

Sunfire | June 05, 01:57 CET

That didn't actually occur to me, I just assumed 'ED meds' were a US thing and the acronym/abbreviation (is it a true acronym if the 'word' is a name ?) would be explained in the article (which they aren't - exclusively anyway ;) - and which it was).

Saje | June 05, 02:18 CET

Simon, it's okay. For a second I was thinking it meant Evil Dead.

UnpluggedCrazy | June 05, 02:48 CET

You weren't the only one, Simon.

palehorse | June 05, 03:12 CET

I thought it was "Ed" the TV show. Yes, I am lame.

k8cre8 | June 05, 03:58 CET

Me too. Maybe it was because I was talking about Tom Cavanaugh with my friends yesterday.

For a moment, I thought there was going to be a crossover series between Ed and BtVS.:)

NickSeng | June 05, 06:16 CET

In my game, ED stands for 'Emotional Disturbance'.

Which is what the Fox/Whedon lawyers will probably be experiencing upon clicking that link. ;-)

And THAT product BTW, is just about the only 'Buffy' merchandise NOT in my collection! Should I feel deprived?

missb | June 05, 10:37 CET

If you don't have Chinese herbal supplements, of course you should feel deprived!

UnpluggedCrazy | June 05, 11:44 CET

Sometimes the world is just too strange, even for me. And that is strange indeed. I guess we who are just fans and not copyright lawyers should be proud and pleased that Joss's creation is recognized in China. And the irony factor is off the scale if you know the show, which I like to think would please Joss in some perverse way :)
Saje .... right there with you hoping it's not the made from endangered species kind of "herbs".

Shey | June 05, 14:33 CET

Oh, sure, you get a night of great passion. But the morning after is killer.

Airawyn | June 06, 01:20 CET

notsayingawordnotsayingawordnotsayingaword

DaddyCatALSO | June 06, 03:12 CET

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