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Target Grinch Pistachio Ad Unintentional Dirty Joke For $3.99

This is a photograph of an in-store product display for Wonderful Pistachios at a Target retail store, priced at $3.99. The display features promotional art of the Grinch character paired with the copy: 'Green and salty. Just like my nuts.' The joke comes from the unintended double meaning of the word 'nuts', which can refer both to the pistachios being sold (the intended meaning) and crude slang for male testicles, making the innocent ad sound accidentally vulgar and suggestive. The meme caption at the top reads 'Target didn’t think this through....' with a laughing crying emoji, pointing out the marketing team's oversight that led to the inappropriate interpretation of the ad copy.
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Target didn’t think this through.... 😂
Green and salty.
Just like my nuts.
Target Wonderful Pistachios 3.99

Overview

This is a photograph of an in-store product display for Wonderful Pistachios at a Target retail store, priced at $3.99. The display features promotional art of the Grinch character paired with the copy: 'Green and salty. Just like my nuts.' The joke comes from the unintended double meaning of the word 'nuts', which can refer both to the pistachios being sold (the intended meaning) and crude slang for male testicles, making the innocent ad sound accidentally vulgar and suggestive. The meme caption at the top reads 'Target didn’t think this through....' with a laughing crying emoji, pointing out the marketing team's oversight that led to the inappropriate interpretation of the ad copy.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit, as confirmed by the provided source information, with the original post title 'For 3.99 😏'. It is a photo taken by a Target customer who noticed the unintentionally suggestive ad copy, shared to Reddit meme communities where it went viral for the humorous marketing fail. It is not confirmed if the ad copy was officially created by Target/Wonderful Pistachios or edited as a prank, but the meme is widely shared as an example of poorly thought out marketing.

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