Bologna bubble gum

Violet says this gum is "the best $1.00 I've spent so far this year. " Link

[#1 posted by isaacb2 , January 8, 2008 10:50 AM]

I like my fruit, bologna, and gum flavors all separate, thank you.

And "Blow your lunch!"? That's the tagline they came up with?

[#2 posted by Steven , January 8, 2008 10:56 AM]

does anybody know what that typeface is, at the top? it's terribly attractive.

[#3 posted by Crash , January 8, 2008 11:13 AM]

Steven: perhaps http://www.identifont.com can help you.

[#4 posted by arttoys , January 8, 2008 11:13 AM]

@Steven
My guess is Myriad.

[#5 posted by klg19 , January 8, 2008 11:20 AM]

"Blow your lunch"? Yikes. I think I just did.

[#6 posted by dculberson , January 8, 2008 11:31 AM]

@Crash: Thanks for the cool link! I didn't know about that. I went through the identifont questionnaire, and my guess from the results is FF Transit Print or Fruitiger.

@Arttoys, Myriad's a good one, too.

Any of those three would pass, at least for the word Bologna!

[#7 posted by GuidoDavid , January 8, 2008 11:34 AM]

Violet... Beauregard?

[#8 posted by odszkodowania , January 8, 2008 11:37 AM]

Good Job

[#9 posted by GuidoDavid , January 8, 2008 11:44 AM]

Violet... Beauregard?

[#10 posted by Anonymous , January 8, 2008 11:44 AM]

But does it pinken your teeth as you chew?

:P

[#11 posted by help i cant comfirm my username themelonbread , January 8, 2008 11:52 AM]

This is why dollar stores rule. Through a dollar store, I've bought gummy bear lip balm and a ribbon with a smiling turtle that says "I feel good about myself".

[#12 posted by Anonymous , January 8, 2008 12:10 PM]

I like how it says "for best quality, open package and chew them all"! Wow, does that sound appetizing...

[#13 posted by Chickie Pants , January 8, 2008 12:12 PM]

I remember something similar when I was a kid, but I think it was actually licensed by Oscar Meyer. Maybe I'm just imagining it, though.

[#14 posted by eigafan , January 8, 2008 1:31 PM]

They also make franks bubble gum.

lunchmeat gum

[#15 posted by cyenobite , January 8, 2008 2:10 PM]

¢50 for one piece of gum?! I must be getting old. I remember in my day when Bazooka was ¢2... oh the times they are a changin...

[#16 posted by Blind Zen Archer , January 8, 2008 3:05 PM]

It always goes wrong at dessert...

[#17 posted by ill lich , January 8, 2008 3:15 PM]

Maybe if they maybe fruit flavored bologna I'll buy some.

"For best quality open package and chew them all"-- hmmm. . . why not just say "For MOST fun, open package and throw out gum, then buy another package. Repeat." That's why I mistrust shampoos that say "lather, rinse, REPEAT"-- seems like a ploy to make you use more, hence buy more. I now distrust other product instructions, like laundry detergent-- how do I KNOW that I really need 1/4 cup of liquid?

[#18 posted by turncoat_tendrils , January 8, 2008 3:15 PM]

The SRP is $0.59, but I paid a whole gosh darn dollar for this thing. At least I finally got a post on boingboing!

[#19 posted by extra88 , January 8, 2008 7:39 PM]

That color scheme and package design looks vulnerable to a trade dress lawsuit from Oscar Mayer. Someone is unlikely to mistake it for Oscar Mayer bologna but they might think it's an Oscar Mayer product. The photo on the Ford Gum site makes the colors look like an even closer match (strangely, it makes the gum look more like processed ham than bologna).

[#20 posted by Evil Jim , January 9, 2008 2:55 AM]

Am I the only one that's a little disappointed that the gum isn't, you know, bologna flavoured?

[#21 posted by cprompt , January 11, 2008 3:27 AM]

You're not the only one. I thought I had finally found the "meat-flavored gum" Guybrush gets in Monkey Island III.