Porn Flakes

Anyone in the publishing business knows that this is your darkest nightmare, the cold sweat that wakes you at 4 a.m., your personal Rosemary’s Baby moment: not catching a mistake on something before a zillion copies are printed. Well, guess what snuck in to a 7-page Food Guide I recently designed?! (The Guide is for daycare providers to help them learn what foods they can serve to their kids and be reimbursed for through a federal nutrition program.)??

I gathered hundreds of images from the internet and artistically arranged them by food group on the pages, added Spanish and English labels… and Corn Flakes here was smack in the middle of the Cereals. At least five people had proofed it and 100 copies had already been distributed before a *daycare provider* finally saw the…really happy rooster….cock… whatever.

I have no idea where this came from, but someone had a good time making Mr. “KKK October Centerfold,” as a friend calls it. 1,000 full-color copies have already been printed. Crap!

12 thoughts on “Porn Flakes”

Ripe, Inc. on October 26, 2011 at 8:42 pm said:

You’re joking!

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Laura Bruzzese on October 26, 2011 at 8:51 pm said:

No, sadly, I am not.

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jess_noon on October 26, 2011 at 9:25 pm said:

OMG so sorry for u but it is so funny!!

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Josh K on October 26, 2011 at 11:55 pm said:

That’s the best laugh I’ve had all day. Thanks!

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- Laura Bruzzese on October 27, 2011 at 2:02 am said:
  
  Why, you’re welcome Josh! Glad to share.
  
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DazzleMeInc. on October 27, 2011 at 2:04 am said:

Very funny!

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Roggie on October 27, 2011 at 3:38 pm said:

Is the rooster actually flashing? Hopefully it will become a collector’s item much coveted the world over with the added bonus of its nutritional advice reaching a wider audience. So much for my attempt at spin, don’t beat yourself up, shit happens….

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Laura Bruzzese on October 27, 2011 at 3:44 pm said:

Yes on both counts Roggie–the damn rooster is flashing + perhaps it’s a collector’s item along the line of the Beatles’ bloody dolls album cover,,, priceless and collectible in 20 yrs. For now, I’m trying to come up with a sticker I can use to cover it up. (someone already suggested a happy face with Eat Me, if that’s what you’re thinking)

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Donna on October 27, 2011 at 8:49 pm said:

Where can I buy my box o porn flakes? Maybe it’ll make me feel my cheerios.

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cristycarringtonlewis on January 26, 2012 at 9:46 am said:

That’s so awesome! You know, the kids gotta learn how boys are different from girls eventually.

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- Laura on January 26, 2012 at 10:11 am said:
  
  Yes, I suppose so re: girls and boys, and at least there was a hood involved. I only wish I could have been there to see the look on the elderly Navajo woman’s face when she discovered the “bonus” image, probably wondering what on earth she had just signed up for…
  
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Lita Ristuccia on June 24, 2013 at 9:23 am said:

“bite me” wouldn’t be bad either…..OMG, this is hysterical…….

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