How bizarre is this?

[ludwig]

I'm talking about the pictures, not the story.

Can anyone tell me what the point of the top two photographs is? It's like something out of Monty Python.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-120918 3/Millionaire-suing-ex-wife-300-000-raising-ch ildren-thought-own.html

[naomi24]

Ha ha! How funny!

[Gromit]

About as bizarre as this story. I though it was a spoof, but apparently it is genuine outrage.

Father's fury over children's 'pornographic' sweet wrappers

A father-of-two has spoken of his disgust after spotting fruity cartoon characters appearing to have sex on SWEET wrappers.
Simon Simpkins was buying Haribo MAOAM sour candies for his children when he noticed the 'pornographic' illustrations of limes, lemons and cherries romping with each other.
Mr Simpkins, of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, said: 'The lemon and lime are locked in what appears to be a carnal encounter.

'The lime, whom I assume to be the gentleman in this coupling, has a particularly lurid expression on his face.'
He told said: 'I demanded to see the shop manager and, during a heated exchange, my wife became quite distressed and had to sit down in the car park.'
A spokesman for Haribo said the 'fun' packaging of the sweets was introduced in Germany 2002 and added: 'This jovial MAOAM man is very popular with fans, both young and old.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-120938 3/Not-sweet-Fathers-outrage-pornographic-candy -wrappers.html

[mccfluff]

i wish i had been in the shop at the time....

[craft1948]

I think I've been out with the one on the left......well his face is a blur nowadays.....

[jno]

to answer the question... they probably ran the photos in the printed version of the paper purely for design reasons (pages need strategically placed photos to draw readers in; the pixellation might actually intrigue them rather than putting them off). Then they probably just copied it over to their website without stopping to wonder if there was really any point, since pictures don't seem to be important in getting people to look at websites.