Paddle Pops

More proof that everything is upside-down in Australia, as good old Popsicles become Paddle Pops.

Also, as in our previous entry on Gaytime Raspberry Roughs, I could easily imagine someone getting more than they bargained for when they requested a "paddle pop," especially if you went into a sketchy corner grocery store and asked for the flavor known as "dragon popper" and got some amyl nitrate instead.

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 01, 2015
Category: Advertising | Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings | Junk Food | 1960s | Australia

Comments

Orange, apple and grape are not flavors I would expect to compliment each other.

Posted by KDP on 07/01/15 at 04:54 PM

I like being paddled and it often makes me pop. A prize after is much appreciated.

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 07/01/15 at 06:00 PM

Why not KDP, you eat lifesavers don't you?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/01/15 at 07:04 PM

I admit that I never developed a sweet tooth, Patty. If I bought a roll of Lifesavers, I would have them so long that they would get all gummy and stuck together before I finished the roll.

I don't think that is a variety pack of pops. That box cover looks like a single pop has all three flavors bound into one.

Posted by KDP on 07/02/15 at 09:57 AM

That brand (swirly heart) changes names more often than I change sox! Every county we get into sells that brand but, always, under a different name!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/03/15 at 12:42 AM

I think you meant, amyl nitrite, not amyl nitrate.

Posted by Siggy on 07/03/15 at 02:05 AM

D'oh! Thanks for the correction, Siggy.

Posted by Paul on 07/03/15 at 11:10 AM

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