Here's a close-up. They look so happy. And green. And decapitated.
WTF, BROCCOLI? [Bread & Honey] (Thanks, Ryan!)
]]>Here's a close-up. They look so happy. And green. And decapitated.
WTF, BROCCOLI? [Bread & Honey] (Thanks, Ryan!)
]]>I couldn't eat that for fear of eating some poor guy's face!
]]>I've actually seen these before. Around 7 years ago, my friend and I were incredibly high and wandering the local Safeway looking for something to eat. My friend, who at the time was the head purchaser of organic foods for another grocery chain, excitedly dragged me over to the frozen foods aisle to show me packages of not only broccoli, but corn and other frozen items as well, with teeny tiny little faces 'shopped in to very inconspicuous places. My friend dealt with the company regularly and he told me that they were the faces of employees and their children.
Months later, I would remember this experience while shopping with a new girlfriend. I dragged her over to show her the faces, but alas there were none to be found, and I was thought to be insane. I called my friend right there on the spot and he confirmed to me that the company had changed hands or management or something, and the little heads had stopped appearing.
]]>And yeah, seriously about the murals! I tried to find some pictures, but failed. But if you're ever on the campus of Notre Dame, they're in the entrance hallway of the main building. I was on campus when they restored them, so I read a lot about it, and they were comparing them to ones from the same time period in Chicago, etc. ... which of course I then went to see in Chicago as well. It's too bad I can't find pictures online!
]]>@ShizaMinelli: I was wondering how many posts I was going to read without a soylent green reference. hahaha
I bet this is some "easter egg" of the manufacturers, like, the faces are the founders of the company, or some farmers or something.
]]>this is creapier
So that's what happened to the Jolly Green Giant ...
]]>Dammit...beat me to the Soylent Green joke...
]]>"Soylent Green is people!" ROTFLMAO
Am I the only one that thinks that face looks like Rush Limbaugh?
]]>See this is why I never eat broccoli.
]]>Soylent Gree-broccoli is people!
]]>Thanks for killing my liking of broccoli, Cascadian Farms.
]]>Agreed Creepy.
]]>The ultra vegans are right it is alive.
]]>@Eyebrows McGee:
Seriously? That is really cool about the murals.
Where do you find this in the newspaper??
This broccoli picture is VERY weird.
]]>@quagmire0: This site is not sinking. This site is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!
J/K, but I really hate this comment system.
]]>Oh wait, they're in broccoli. No one likes or eats broccoli. Carry on.
]]>They renovated one of the buildings at my college that had a bunch of these and did restoration work on the murals. In addition to restoring all the original crazy hidden items, they added some more modern ones, like Kermit the Frog.
Sometimes you find these in newspapers ... 2-point white text hidden in a 2-point black border line is shockingly readable.
]]>@Maglet: They're so happy because since they "are" the broccoli, they don't have to eat the broccoli.
]]>The founder is clearly one of the heads.
]]>They have been putting "Faces" in ads for a long time. Next time you see an ad for some kind of drink, try looking closely at the ice cubes in the glass - it is all a subliminal thing, kinda like what they do to you at the movies (ya know, they insert a frame of a picture of Popcorn and the next thing you know, you are getting the extra large with butter). Still really creepy to see those happy little broccoli people.
]]>@Ajh: The two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.
]]>Those are the souls of the migrant workers that died getting that broccoli to your table. You can tell by the smiles.
]]>Wait a minute.. Cardassians don't eat broccoli!
]]>Seriously, I read this book when I was a teen -- and woke up screaming. This doesn't seem like some photoshopper's cute joke to me -- IT'S EVIL.
]]>God, Jesus, Moses & Mary are all the people :p
]]>@Dobernala: having several packages of this particular broccoli in my freezer i can verify that it is in fact NOT people, and is perfectly tasty broccoli.
]]>the advertising/designers dept probably thought they'd leave their mark on what they created. standard practice for artists, not creepy or bad. Anyway, whoever spotted this had a lot of free time, didn't they?
]]>@Dr Steve Brule: Mmmm... I can taste the Falukorv!
]]>I know, a couple other posters beat me to the joke, but I had to do it.
]]>I'm going to the store tonight to buy a package of that broccoli. i will report back later to confirm if it is real. This will probably bother me forever until I find out for sure.
]]>@Hanzo: You know what's totally disgusting on burgers/in general? Thousand island dressing. Blech.
]]>/obligatory
]]>And that's why you steam it before eating. I'm going to start calling those raw foods people cannibals.
]]>Must be a slow consumer news day.
Gotta say though, how many people looked at that package design before it made it to store shelves and never saw the little faces. Somewhere a graphic designer is laughing their butt off.
]]>@NikkiSweet: Good catch. I see 'em all now.
]]>@NikkiSweet: I count 5, although the 5th (bottom right one) is vague.
Is this proof of elves?
]]>Soylent People is made of broccoli.
]]>OO OO OO does the real broccoli come with the faces also!
]]>Funny anecdote- My younger brother *loved* brussels sprouts for years, having been mislead to believe that they were "green meatballs".
When he found out what they "really" were, he refused to touch them ever again.
Also- I refused to eat ketchup until I was 23. Demanded that my food be served without it, etc etc. After losing a bet I caved and had some on a burger. Turns out it's not that bad.
]]>It reminds me of the happy pig at a BBQ place, why the hell is a pig so happy about BBQ? I mean a happy pig at a kosher place maybe....
/pointless comment
]]>Where's Waldo?
]]>@yashichi8bit: Nothing to worry about, it's just a "Serving Suggestion".
]]>No one ever looks at those things.
]]>Exactly what I was thinking. Just their way of "signing" their artwork! It is still a little creepy!
]]>PETA's already on the case!
]]>@NikkiSweet: I definitely see 4, not sure about the 5th. The three in the inset, one directly above the rightmost face from the inset, and maaaybe another directly below. Are those the ones you see?
]]>My money has the devil in it! And look at my grilled cheese sandwich! Just LOOK at it!
]]>I've been broccoli-blocked.
]]>@MercuryPDX: I really hope the guy who did this sees that his work isn't going unappreciated. I think if your job is designing frozen vegetable bags this would be the highlight of your year.
]]>Why the hell are they so happy?! ARGH!
]]>/insert soylent green joke here
]]>Oh god broccoli is people. I knew it, I just knew it.
]]>Them: Noooo, there are people on my food!
Me: Well, appreciate their sacrifice and eat up. Smiles make everything taste better.
]]>@Go4EVA: Soylent Borccoli?
]]>I count 4. Anybody else?
]]>In before the 'This site is really going downhill' posts. :D
]]>That is creepy.
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