# Yorkie bars -- NOT for girls **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367 "2003-06-12T16:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/21 "2003-06-12T21:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jb\_007clone \* > \*\*On another note, I proclaim the coolest chocolate bar to be the “Clark” bar. Followed shortly by the “100 grand” bar. > \*\* We call it the “Hundred Thousand Dollar Bar” , but I would have thought you have have found the name so patently offensive to even try one. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/22 "2003-06-12T21:54:58Z")
hijack I’m just thinking of all the mildly offensive (and downright weird) ads in the Uk that simply wouldn’t make it in the states. - The Bounty ads with the men in drag (“for even the toughest housewives”) - The Alpen bar ad (“This Alpen bar is just like a visit to the gym, full of nuts and fruits.”) - The woeful Falsh ads where the husband is rewarded with sex/pizza for cleaning the kitchen. to name a few. ---
**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/23 "2003-06-12T22:15:16Z")
Yah, unfortunately we in the States take ourselves too seriously and our sense of humour has been replaced by Political Correctness. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/24 "2003-06-12T22:22:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irishgirl \* > \*\*hijack > I’m just thinking of all the mildly offensive (and downright weird) ads in the Uk that simply wouldn’t make it in the states. > > - The Bounty ads with the men in drag (“for even the toughest housewives”) > > - The Alpen bar ad (“This Alpen bar is just like a visit to the gym, full of nuts and fruits.”) > > - The woeful Falsh ads where the husband is rewarded with sex/pizza for cleaning the kitchen. > > to name a few. \*\* Yeah, the Flash ads are crap, but what about those utterly _shit_ ads for that building society (I think it’s the Halifax): (sung to the tune of “Who let the Dogs out?”) “WHO GIVES YOU EEEX-TRA! WHO! WHO-WHO-WHO!” Aaaauuuughhh! Turn it off! Turn it off! ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/25 "2003-06-12T22:26:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke of Rat \* > \*\*We call it the “Hundred Thousand Dollar Bar” , but I would have thought you have have found the name so patently offensive to even try one. \*\* The $100,000 bar is fine; it’s the $1,000,000,000 bar that our good clone objects to. ---
**Author:** ![jb\_007clone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jb\_007clone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_007clone)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/26 "2003-06-13T00:44:33Z")
> [@](#): > > We call it the “Hundred Thousand Dollar Bar” , but I would have thought you have have found the name so patently offensive to even try one. Ha! Sheesh, is that thread gonna follow me around forever?!? Next thing you know I won’t be able to eat a can of nuts cause of that “fat cat” Mr. Peanut on the label! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/27 "2003-06-13T07:06:22Z")
I’ll have you know that this thread caused me to go out and drive–out of my way, and to where the parking is lousy–to the Scottish speciality store that sells British candy and buy a Yorkie. A store I wouldn’t even know existed, let alone that it sold Yorkie bars, if my friend had not wanted a kilt. For weeks, months even, I’ve known that I could get a Yorkie, but having to go out of my way for it kept me from buying one, and so helped me stay (more or less) on a diet. This thread, this thread put the damn things into my head until a little voice in my brain was running around saying “Yorkie bar, Yorkie bar, Yorkie bar” over and over and over. As far as I’m concerned, not having a Yorkie bar is not for girls. We frail flowers of femininity just aren’t strong enough to resist its wiles. Yorkies, Yorkies, Roly poly Yorkies, Yorkies, Yorkies Eat them up Yum. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/28 "2003-06-13T07:17:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Loneraven \* > **They were doing a Yorkie bar promotion round here not long ago - read, they were giving out free chocolate. I was intrigued. So off I went to try and snaffle a free sample, and they wouldn’t give me one, on account of my double X chromosomes! I was much annoyed.** I first encountered this advertising campaign on Victoria station, where some poor girl was employed to hand out Yorkies to the men, but had to tell the ladies that “it’s not for GIRLS” - I felt kind of sorry for her… Yorkie Bars have a special place in my heart as my great aunt used to bring some for us kids whenever she visited South Africa… Grim ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/29 "2003-06-13T08:02:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kallessa \* > \*\*Yorkies, Yorkies, > Roly poly Yorkies, > Yorkies, Yorkies > Eat them up > Yum. \*\* Yorkies are never seen in Italian restaurants drinking cappucino with oriental women. Yeah. In the morning, Laughing happy Yorkies. In the evening, Floating in my soup. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/30 "2003-06-13T08:15:38Z")
For the benefit of our American cousins i think its worth pointing out that the “Yorkies - just for men” thing is very much a joke as **jjimm** pointed out. If you’re worried about its “anti-woman” message, then its also worth mentioning that it plays on the fact that in recent times, British advertising has been filled with “Anti-men” adverts. The yorkie adds poke fun at that. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/31 "2003-06-13T11:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > **Ah well, Liverpool council is giving them the publicity they are looking for. Very clever.** That’s weird. I already mentioned I saw a Yorkie promotion - what I didn’t say was it was in Liverpool. Well, it wasn’t me who complained. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/32 "2003-06-13T11:45:53Z")
**gallows fodder** , thanks for the info. I will see if any of the other Super Fresh’s have them. That might be a bad idea though as there is some candy that I would just have to have. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/33 "2003-06-13T11:50:49Z")
I like this quote from the article **gallows fodder** posted: > [@](#): > > Zarin Ainsworth, from the National Council for Women, said: “I think advertisers are deluding people into buying these products.” No. Really??? Advertisers??? The shock…the horror…somebody alert the authorities!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kirk280980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@kirk280980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk280980)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/34 "2003-06-13T12:24:30Z")
Has anyone seen the Yorkie billboard ads? The one that states “Save Your Money for Driving Lessons” had me in stitches, I must admit. **irishgirl** , I love those Bounty kitchen towel ads. Also the ones for Charmin arsewipe, where the bear takes a shit in the woods and gets an almost orgasmic, simpering look on his face when he wipes up. Fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/35 "2003-06-13T16:57:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Yorkies are never seen in Italian restaurants drinking cappucino with oriental women. Yeah. > > In the morning, > Laughing happy Yorkies. > In the evening, > Floating in my soup. \*\* Thank you, darlin’, for getting my joke. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/36 "2003-06-14T14:00:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kallessa \* > \*\*Thank you, darlin’, for getting my joke. \*\* It was so obscure that I’d imagine we’re the only two people on the boards who got it. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/37 "2003-06-14T14:13:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > There’s already a men’s candy bar. It’s marketed under names like “Slim Jim”. You almost never see one of the fairer sex eating one of those. As **Red Green** says: “For men there are two food groups; Meat and salt.” > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sionach \* > Yah, unfortunately we in the States take ourselves too seriously and our sense of humour has been replaced by Political Correctness. 😛 Author! Author! So, I suppose I’m the only one who saw this thread’s title and immediately thought of one of those yappy little mop-like terriers dipped in chocolate with a stick up its butt? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/38 "2003-06-14T14:45:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke of Rat \* > \*\*We call it the “Hundred Thousand Dollar Bar” , but I would have thought you have have found the name so patently offensive to even try one. \*\* We can build one. We have the technology. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/39 "2003-06-14T21:11:55Z")
How would you gals like it if we started buying up all your Secret deodorant and Virginia Slims cigarettes? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/40 "2003-06-14T21:14:40Z")
> [@](#): > > So, I suppose I’m the only one who saw this thread’s title and immediately thought of one of those yappy little mop-like terriers dipped in chocolate with a stick up its butt? Zenster, you are not only the only person who had that thought upon seeing the thread title, you are also hopefully the only person to have ever had that thought period. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367.md?page=3)