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waider ([personal profile] waider) wrote2003-01-08 03:04 pm
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CAUTION! DANGER!

Vodafone have been slapped by the UK advertising standards folks over a promo which included a boiled sweet, on the grounds that a child could (and apparently almost did) choke on the sweet. In their defense, Vodafone said that the sweet was wrapped in plastic. Yes, I can see how that might prevent the child from choking...
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[identity profile] zadcat.livejournal.com 2003-01-08 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
What exactly is a boiled sweet?

[identity profile] fredfred.livejournal.com 2003-01-08 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
Something Roald Dahl talked about.
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[identity profile] waider.livejournal.com 2003-01-08 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
A hard candy, consisting of about 99.999% sugar (I'm guessing the second bit).
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