# White Slavery & not so subliminal message

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-slavery-not-so-subliminal-message/77962>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 24, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-slavery-not-so-subliminal-message/77962 "2001-08-24T18:17:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-slavery-not-so-subliminal-message/77962/1 "2001-08-24T18:17:35Z")

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Check out SS’s illustration for Cecil’s “White Slavery” column:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990115.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990115.html)

Is it just me, or does the guy on the left have a penis for a nose?

Spiff

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-slavery-not-so-subliminal-message/77962/2 "2001-08-24T20:15:15Z")

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:shrug:

It’s you.

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**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-slavery-not-so-subliminal-message/77962/3 "2001-08-24T21:27:07Z")

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The guy on the right has a tongue for a nose. :eek:

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-slavery-not-so-subliminal-message/77962/4 "2001-08-31T06:19:25Z")

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Signior Signorino typically draws noses flat, as though they’ve been carved out of a board and stuck to the front of the head. No, I don’t know why. It does make for some oddly suggestive images sometimes, as in this case. Anyway, go back and check the archived columns to see other examples.