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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 08:38 PM Apr 2013

Zombie ex-girlfriend doll bleeds when you shoot it...really.

Being marketed to I hate to think who:


http://www.salon.com/2013/04/01/bra_clad_zombie_ex_girlfriend_target_bleeds_when_you_shoot_it/?source=newsletter



Target manufacturer ZMB Industries is selling a bra-clad “zombie ex-girlfriend tactical mannequin target” that bleeds when you shoot it. How do you know it’s a “zombie” and not just a bleeding woman wearing a half-torn shirt?

Because ZMB Industries says so, that’s how.

The description for the target (which its manufacturers will predictably defend as “all in good fun” and “in no way condoning violence against women):

Be warned, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but a man scorned is nothing to mess with! A young gent from Louisiana, we’ll call him Andre to protect his identity, was deeply committed to his one true love and her to him, or so he thought. While partying with her friends during one particular Mardi Gras, she took several suitors over the course of the festivities. Andre felt something odd indeed, so he paid a visit to his great aunt, Marie, who helped him see the truth. With a few eggs, candles lit and kiss upon his forehead, her voodoo curse was set in motion. Late each night while lying in bed, a smile would appear across his face, for a slight breeze would travel through a cracked window bringing with it, a faint whiff of decay and a unnatural cry of regret....more


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Zombie ex-girlfriend doll bleeds when you shoot it...really. (Original Post) Skidmore Apr 2013 OP
What a half-assed attempt at making it look 'like a zombie' Electric Monk Apr 2013 #1
Yup. I loathe Skidmore Apr 2013 #2
Is there a marketing company somewhere... sarisataka Apr 2013 #3
How else are we supposed to train for the Zombie Apocolypse?! nt Demo_Chris Apr 2013 #4
The paper targets are good enough I think ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #5
 

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
1. What a half-assed attempt at making it look 'like a zombie'
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 08:49 PM
Apr 2013

Actually, now that I think of it, even a 'good' zombie costume already looks like a victim of domestic violence.

eg

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
2. Yup. I loathe
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 09:02 PM
Apr 2013

zombie movies anyway but this "target" doesn't say zombie but makes me concerned for ex-girlfriends of the immature jerks who would buy this thing.

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