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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2015, 01:36 PM Jun 2015

Is this the worst summer job ever?



A nineteen-year-old in Norway has been hired by a sexual health charity to play a giant penis who surprises passers-by by spraying them with golden confetti.

“I thought it was hilarious. If I can do a good thing for others, just by being a dick, there is nothing better,” Philip van Eck, the man inside the penis costume, told Norway’s Tønsberg Blad newspaper.

Philip got the job fronting a campaign for the sex education charity, RFSU, beating the several hundred other applicants primarily because of his height; he is 1.93m tall, and because he fits the costume perfectly.

“Sex should be fun, exciting and a little naughty. We wanted the campaign to reflect that," said Pernille Berg of Involve! Advertising agency who produced the film. "The campaign found favour and people understood the humour in our message, although many, especially those over 30, thought the campaign was both banal and idiotic.”

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http://www.thelocal.no/20150623/norways-golden-shower-giant-penis
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Is this the worst summer job ever? (Original Post) n2doc Jun 2015 OP
Depends on the pay. malthaussen Jun 2015 #1
I would say, hands down, yes. Worst job, and a dumb idea! MADem Jun 2015 #2

MADem

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2. I would say, hands down, yes. Worst job, and a dumb idea!
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 02:59 PM
Jun 2015

I think this is an ill-thought-out "campaign." I am not a prude, but I think there is a time and a place for everything. While you're enjoying a day at the shore, you don't need to be harrassed by a giant schlong.

I can just picture toddlers and young 'uns running after the giant dick on the beach, like they might after Mickey or Minnie at Disneyland...not a good look at all.

"The campaign found favour and people understood the humour in our message, although many, especially those over 30, thought the campaign was both banal and idiotic.”


The video is rather goofy:

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