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06/27/2008: "Ahoy?"

I'm the last person in the world to question how someone else chooses to run their business. After all, I'm the guy who writes a blog that never gets read. But wouldn't you love to have been in the board room at Mill Farm Candies when the Product Development guys made their pitch for their new Gummi Lighthouses?

Beyond the basic lack of interest in lighthouses by the target audience - children - that would make you wonder why this particular shape was chosen to emulate, someone in the room ... someone ... had to have that seminal moment (yes, pun intended) ...

Product Development Guy: OK, that's our pitch. Any questions?
Junior Executive (nervously, absently rotating candy in hand): Umm ... does anyone else notice that this candy looks an awful lot like a ... penis?

Apparently, JE was out of the room relieving himself, or perhaps was afraid to bring up his concern, because the candy hit the market anyway. And now, even though there's no website for Mill Farm Candies, their Gummi Lighthouses are a bona-fide internet star.

In today's viral world, the initial thought is that these things can't be for real, and are just someone's idea of a prank. But apparently not - or at least no one's owning up to it so far.

Somewhere, someone's lookin' for a new job ...