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April 13, 2009

Plucking the Chrysanthemum...

...was a literary and poetic phrase in Japanese that meant to take the anal virginity of a young man. I don't think that's what the art director and copywriter in Saudi Arabia had in mind when they came up with this print ad for hemorrhoid cream:
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Posted at 08:14 AM in Advertising & Direct Marketing, Buddhism, GLBT, Japan |

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