# There are faces in the broccoli! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395 "2008-10-24T17:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/21 "2008-10-27T16:18:50Z")
There are 3 or 4 more faces below the yellow ribbon that you can’t see in that shot. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/22 "2008-10-27T17:16:35Z")
See, this is why we can’t allow genetically modified food! Even when they try to give it a fancy scientific name like _Brassica pareidolia_ it’s still evil. Broclent Green is people! You’ve get to tell them! Tell everyone! IT"S PEOPLE! ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/23 "2008-10-27T21:40:47Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > One wonders what Wilson Brian Key would think of this. He dies this month, Oct 8, 2008. Because of him I still (after reading his stuff in college in late 80’s) look for naked ladies in vodka ads. [A Straight Dope Classic](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/556/are-subliminal-messages-secretly-embedded-in-advertisements) ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/24 "2008-10-27T22:01:36Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > He dies this month, Oct 8, 2008. Because of him I still (after reading his stuff in college in late 80’s) look for naked ladies in vodka ads. yeeeargh. Obviously that is _died_ this month. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/25 "2008-10-28T01:01:28Z")
I was wondering if it was a photoshop or a graphic designer joke, turns out it’s a graphic designer joke. I picked up a box at the store tonight and the best me and the kids can do is 11. On one hand I have a yummy treat for lunch tomorrow but on the other hand I can’t help but feel that I have fallen for an ingenious marketing ploy to sell me a small box of broccoli for $3.50. It was a fun box, here’s hopeing it’s some damned good broccoli. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/26 "2008-10-28T12:49:56Z")
> [@nd\_n8](#): > > It was a fun box, here’s hopeing it’s some damned **good broccoli**. Impossible. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/27 "2008-10-28T13:39:47Z")
True story: Home grown broccoli as a part of dinner. “Mommy, there’s a caterpillar on my broccoli” “Hey, there’s a caterpillar on mine too!” Dad: “There’s one on mine!” Mom: "I cooked it, but I’ll take the caterpillars off and cook it some more. " Us “No, we just lost our appetites.” ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/28 "2008-10-29T06:10:27Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > True story: > Home grown broccoli as a part of dinner. > > “Mommy, there’s a caterpillar on my broccoli” > > “Hey, there’s a caterpillar on mine too!” > > Dad: “There’s one on mine!” > > Mom: "I cooked it, but I’ll take the caterpillars off and cook it some more. " > Us “No, we just lost our appetites.” :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/29 "2008-10-29T11:22:28Z")
Wow, none of you hear the voices in the broccoli? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/30 "2008-10-29T12:16:30Z")
I hear their screams every time I open the freezer, but they’re not as loud as the others. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395/31 "2008-10-29T17:55:38Z")
Just an update: It appears that, if you want a package of broccoli with faces, you’d better be quick, because apparently the practice is going to be [discontinued](http://consumerist.com/5070359/tiny-faces-on-broccoli-to-be-heartlessly-discontinued-as-will-these-decapitated-heads-on-jam-jars). > [@](#): > > The tradition of hiding names or faces on Cascadian Farm packaging began over a dozen years ago. It was unspoken tribute by the package design department to the friends & family of Cascadian Farm. The faces won’t be included on our redesigned packaging. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-faces-in-the-broccoli/469395.md?page=1)