Beard Liberation Front
16th April
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Neither Colin or Cuthbert but Hirsute Chocolate Caterpillar cakes
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that while Marks and Spencer is pursuing Aldi in respect of a trade mark dispute over a chocolate cake, a wider issue has been missed altogether.
Neither Colin the Caterpillar (M&S) or Cuthbert (Aldi) is hirsute, yet in the natural world there are many examples of hairy caterpillars.
The campaigners say that there is surely no issue with replicating the hairiness of caterpillars in confectionary. There would no significant difference to the taste of the cake but a hairy chocolate cake might well appeal to the target audience- supposedly of younger people.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, this looks like an example of pogonopobia- the fear of follicles. Given that no manufacturer currently seems keen to produce a hirsute chocolate caterpillar cake this should be one area where there can be no trade mark dispute.
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