Kettle that looks like Hitler brews trouble for JCPenney

[Syt]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10084348/Kettle-that-looks-like-Hitler-brews-trouble-for-JCPenney.html

Kettle that looks like Hitler brews trouble for JCPenney



Trouble is brewing for an American retailer after customers noted that one of its tea kettles bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.

Bemused motorists took photographs of the huge JCPenney billboard advertising the kettle as they drove past it on the 405 Interstate highway near Culver City in California, one of America's busiest stretches of roads.

"That Hitler looks like a kettle," commented one user of Reddit, one of the several websites where the image was posted over the weekend.

"He even has his right arm extended," wrote another, while a third added: "I'm a little Nazi, short and stout".

Things that look Hitler have become a popular web meme - with the genre perhaps defined by the house in Swansea that bears an unsettling resemblance to the Nazi Fuhrer.

The kettle - officially the Michael Graves Design Bells and Whistles Stainless Steel Tea Kettle - retails for £35.08 on the JCPenney website, and can be delivered to the UK.

"This stainless steel tea kettle has all the bells and whistles you'll need - a cool-touch handle, space-saving design and a delightful whistle to let you know when it's ready to pour," the website stated.

One reviewer on the website noted that she loved the kettle's "sleek European design". "My kids love when it boils and starts to whistle," she wrote. "I can not say enough good things about this!"
A second reviewer was less enthralled, however, describing the quality of the kettle as "extremely poor". "Mostly (sic) importantly the kettle's bell does NOT ring and its whistle volume is extremely low!" the consumer wrote.

When listing pros, however, the same user noted that the appliance "looks beautiful".

Now they also need a Mussolini Pot.

[garbon]

[Zanza]

I think the guy that made the billboard had a good laugh putting it exactly in that way.

[Caliga]

Probably already a dozen YTMND sites about it already.

[lustindarkness]

I wonder what the Downfall Hitler thinks about this? I bet there is one already,

[derspiess]

Funny as shit.  I wish I could have seen the billboard before this to see how quickly (or whether or not) I'd make the connection.

[fhdz]

Bells UND whistles! I've been trying to figure out what to drink this morning, and I've reached a Final Solution - a nice cup of tea.

[garbon]

Probably already a dozen YTMND sites about it already.

Don't you have better things to do than make a dozen YTMND sites?

[Caliga]

 

[CountDeMoney]

I think the guy that made the billboard had a good laugh putting it exactly in that way.

You know, that sort of thing strikes me as something you don't notice putting together on some graphics program, but when it's up on a 60' interstate billboard, then it hits you. 

[Malthus]

"Mostly (sic) importantly the kettle's bell does NOT ring and its whistle volume is extremely low!" the consumer wrote.

"For a final solution to this problem, note that the kettle works best on a gas stove"   

[Syt]

"Mostly (sic) importantly the kettle's bell does NOT ring and its whistle volume is extremely low!" the consumer wrote.

"For a final solution to this problem, note that the kettle works best on a gas stove"   

[Ed Anger]

Time to go shopping.

[derspiess]

Time to go shopping.

LEAVE ONE FOR ME.

[Drakken]

Come on...