Ikea has a nice little controversy on their hands -
An IKEA catalogue with a photo that appears to show a dog with a larger-than-normal, human-like appendage has not been tampered with, according to the furniture giant’s Canadian office.
The first photo in the 2007 catalogue — a two-page, front-cover foldout — shows a young family lounging on a bed with a dog.
The dog, which appears to be a greyhound or whippet, seems to have one distinctly human male characteristic, prompting some to suggest the image had been tampered with by a mischievous employee using a program such as Photoshop.
Exhibitionist Dog Makes Computer Geeks Jealous…
Right … obviously some people have too much time on their hands (and obviously Cynapse is lacking inspiration today for propagating this story). At first glance, I thought this was the dog’s paw and nothing more. Only after reading the CTV story and a few other blogs did the idea of large human genitalia digitally grafted onto a dog for the cover of a furniture store catalog become semi-feasible. However a close-up on the dog appears to erase doubt.
…For no readily apparent reason
As you can see, the appendage in question initially points to the dog’s head and folds back onto itself towards the dog’s posterior – precisely the position of a dog’s leg when laying down. It’s also very apparent that the appendage has fur on it, much like a leg and not much like a dog’s phallus.
So much for that, although I’m sure this issue will surface again. I still recall when hysterical parents thought that Disney was broadcasting subliminal messages to their children via the promotional artwork of The Little Mermaid.
The Castle Apparently Belongs to King Midas
People are very strange.
A prof at UWO wrote a book years ago about subliminal advertising. It raised hell at the time but darned if I can recall the name of it now.
All kinds of people got in big trouble.
Seems to me we’re back to square one after a long hiatus and maybe we should remind people that the book is still in their public library gathering dust.
Good one…
Got it after I thought about it for a few minutes…
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451061489/104-4239014-6891927?v=glance&n=283155
Later…
Regarding the ikea controversy article where you claim it has fur on the “leg” as claimed. I suggest you get out a good old fashioned magnifying glass and look again. This appendage has no hair nor does it have nails or a paw and not only that this dog would not have a hind paw as large as this appendage. It is out of proportion for this breed in all ways!. How many paws do you see that get larger at the end and have a slight twist. With a magnifying glass you can see it is coming out from under the dogs hind leg not a part of it. I do agree with Ikea that the picture was not tampered I would suggest the new realistic adult toys that are on the market. Take a look using a magnifying glass.
You are correct. It is definitely a paw, a circumscised paw.
I stand firm (no pun intended)
What you might call the “head” of that penis looks like it is attached to the lighter area behind it. The darker section that you might call the “base of the shaft” is consistent with the color of a paw, which tends to be darker than the rest of the leg for these dogs. Also look at the proportion of that thing – a lego man might be so equipped but for most human “it” would be thinner and longer with a less pronounced head.
I guess Snopes is going to have the last word on this, but for now I’d class this alongside backwards messages on Ozzy Osbourne records – ‘truth’ only to those willing to believe it.