…and this is a 
Marketing genius?
Category: Weirdness
Posted on: June 6, 2007 10:30 AM, by PZ Myers
Do you really have to be a marketing genius to sell sex? This crazy Scot in Australia has hit on a scheme to combine aphrodisiacs: he feeds oysters Viagra. It sounds silly—if you want an erection, take the Viagra directly, without the additional step of having it diluted, filtered, and processed by a mollusc—but he claims his business is booming.
Now I just have to convince investors that my plan to breed rhinoceroses raised on a diet of Viagra-fed oysters is the Next Big Thing…hey, getting them to breed won't be any problem at all, will it?
(via Hillary Rettig)
Comments
What does an oyster boner look like?
Posted by: notthedroids | June 6, 2007 11:29 AM
Do you really have to be a marketing genius to sell sex?
Depends on with whom.
Posted by: AJ Milne | June 6, 2007 11:46 AM
Little blue oysters?
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | June 6, 2007 11:59 AM
I can't wait until someone gets Norwalk virus and priapism at the same time.
Posted by: spencer | June 6, 2007 12:03 PM
"That's some erection you have there, sailor!"
"Aw, shucks, ma'am..."
Posted by: Kseniya | June 6, 2007 12:13 PM
If you go ahead with the rhino investment you might want to get a lawyer -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19067777/
Posted by: Bonzo | June 6, 2007 12:52 PM
I've seen drinks that mixed pomegranate juice with blueberry juice. Apparently some people think that 8 oz. of pomegranate and blueberry mixed together will give you more antioxidants than just 8 oz. of one or the other by itself.
Posted by: Mark Borok | June 6, 2007 1:27 PM
This ranks pretty low on the "ingenious Scottish marketing scam" scale. It's probably above Braveheart (successful as it was, it was just something we grabbed onto, rather than something we came up with) but it's pathetic compared to Haggis Hunting and, of course, Nessie.
Posted by: Alex Whiteside | June 6, 2007 2:29 PM
Of course the oysters keep dying because they can't fend off predators. It seems that their shells keep getting propped open for some reason.
Posted by: Calladus | June 6, 2007 4:20 PM
I'll stick to the old-fashioned method, thank you very much: daily injections of ground-up bull testicles.
Posted by: George | June 6, 2007 6:09 PM
Hm. Rev. Chimp, if we can get some followers perhaps we can start a little blue oyster cult?
Posted by: Anuminous | June 7, 2007 8:14 AM