...to think somebody's marketing department deserves a kicking?!

[GloopyGhoul]

So, it's pyjama day in the Gloopy house, and I'm watching one of those crap kids' channels that show garish adverts for over-priced tat, All well and good, me and my daughter enjoy a good laugh at some of the more ridiculous ones.

Then on comes an advert for something that appears similar to Hama beads, only they join with water, rather than heat. The name?

Beados!

I'm no prude, but AIBU to think that someone really ought to have pointed out the unfortunate similarity with another word?

If you were their marketing department, would you not be cringing with shame right now? hopes no one from the Beados marketing department is a MNer

It made me think of Beano before peado.

I think you are over thinking this !

Speedos also rhyme with paedos...

used to be called aqua beads a far better name don't know why they changed it

I thought you were maybe worried by the similarity to bidet and was a bit confused. Until I read the PPs saying paedo.

Not overthinking chimes - if anything I was amused.

Tallulah yes, it does, and certainly when I grew up there was many a rhyme that disparaged the wearers of said speedos.

Took me ages to link to paedo! I though beano first.

Gloopy, I agree - as soon as you say it out loud it's obvious!

On a slight tangent, but similar - I'm in the forces and the (official) shortened title for Physical Eductation Officer is PEdO .

Why? Just why?

I always snigger at the amount of adults double taking at children that start shrieking "Beados" at minions in toy shops.

Similarly I'm can't help rise an eyebrow to the KFC colonels brownie bucket!

OP, I actually thought the same when I first heard this ad this morning!

I was distracted whilst doing something else and thought the product was 'Paedos', was just thinking "WTF!" and then realised it was 'Beados'.

We obviously share the same strange sick mind.

Hahahaaaaaaa! Brilliant.

What rhymes? Pray tell...

I thought of Speedos !

Really? Would've thought it was obvious... "Paedos wear speedos" etc.

I'm not saying it's particularly big or clever, but as far as the eleven-year-old type humour I recall, fairly standard.

What's the beados/minions link?

Brownie bucket. Snort.

Well I thought there was more than one...

In Despicable Me 2 the minion dressed up as a fireman shouts beado beado as a sort of minion nee naw replacement. Will try to find a clip

Beedo Beedo Beedo:

Hopefully this works

do you want them to do the same for pdfiles? you can download them straight to your pc

Maybe it's intentional, it's got you talking about it which is surely the intent in any marketing exercise?

I've never noticed 'pdfiles' before, but it would make me raise an eyebrow!

You're right there balls - I won't be forgetting the beados.