# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/41 "2003-06-14T21:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > 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. As usual, I’m on my own. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/42 "2003-06-14T22:35:28Z")
Makes sense. Female types already got their own oatmeal; I saw it in the store today, specifically labelled: **Quaker™ Oatmeal for Women**. Asked my wife and she said I ain’t allowed to eat it - I’d learn too much. But I’m still trying to figure out, should a chocolate bar for men come _with_ nuts? Or without? Maybe it’d have only two nuts, protruding slightly, about midway down the lenth of the bar… No, already got those, called “Almond Joy”, and that’s _definitely_ not a man’s bar, not with the word ‘joy’ in the title. Too candy-ass. HEY! There’s a good name… No, scratch that, too limited an appeal. Less than 10% of the male population is too small a target demographic… ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/43 "2003-06-14T22:59:28Z")
> [@](#): > > _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.** > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Zhora_ > \*\*Yorkie Bars are not alone in marketing to men. Here we have Men’s Pocky sticks. What makes them manly is the dark chocolate. The unisex ones come in milk chocolate and other assorted flavors. \*\* ::looks down, checks for boobs:: yup, I’m female. And I buy Slim Jims in very large packages and once bought my ex-boyfriend a big expensive box of truffles just so I could get a free pound of French dark chocolate. Mmm… dark chock-lit… ::drool:: Guess I just have masculine food tastes… And **jjimm** and **Kallessa** - I got it too! And I’d imagine most of my circle of friends would have as well. Not as obscure as you’d think. 🙂 I took a Yorkie, out to see a movie… didn’t have to pay to get it in… ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/44 "2003-06-15T00:53:04Z")
1. The advertising campaign is a joke. 2. I do think that handing out bars to men only is a bit stupid - it will give the wrong impression if women are turned away. OTOH, it’s publicity, and targetting someone specific, can make sense. 3. Why should they be banned? Should they be forced to give out chocolate to anyone who wants it? 4. In the article linked I got the impression the council felt banning Yorkie was a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/45 "2003-06-15T01:06:27Z")
The male students at school were bringing in Yorkie bars and taunting the girls with them, so in class I said, “Go ahead and eat your sperm bar, James, and leave the girls alone” to one particular boy. I haven’t seen a Yorkie bar at school since. The kids all now refer to them as sperm bars. ---
**Author:** ![BadBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/46 "2003-06-15T01:49:27Z")
The whole thing is obviously a joke, but I can see some people getting a little offended. Not for girls? How cute! I think I’ll buy one just to see. You won’t give me a free sample based upon my gender? Somebody took the joke one step too far. I took a fish head out to see a movie didn’t have to pay to get him in Fish heads, fish heads, rolly poly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat 'em up yum They don’t play baseball; they don’t wear sweaters, they’re not good dancers they don’t play drums. Barnes and Barnes-- gotta love 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/47 "2003-06-15T05:46:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BadBaby \* > I took a fish head out to see a movie > didn’t have to pay to get him in > > Fish heads, fish heads, rolly poly fish heads > Fish heads, fish heads, eat 'em up yum > > They don’t play baseball; they don’t wear sweaters, > they’re not good dancers they don’t play drums. > > Barnes and Barnes-- gotta love 'em! I am soooo happy to be on a Board where so many people got this reference! 😃 Did they ever put this album out on CD? And my Yorkie bar–it was simply delicious. I love how it melted around my fingers as I ate it. Then I had to lick my fingers. Slowly. With long, wet strokes. One by by, up and down. Still think Yorkies aren’t for girls, guys? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/48 "2003-06-15T06:25:22Z")
\ All hail the crown princes of Loomaina Art and Artie Barnes. Anybody here see the video? \ Kallessa, thanks for the image. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/49 "2003-06-15T14:42:39Z")
Of COURSE we got the reference. Dopers are a special bunch! I HATE raisins or I’d try to find on of these, female or no. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/50 "2003-06-15T16:31:20Z")
I have a friend whose online name is Yorkie. We go to a message board whose members meet up several times a week, so she answers to ‘Yorkie’ almost as easily as her real name these days (as do I to ‘SciFi’). That ad campaign has been great for us to tease her about - she’s a lesbian! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![reverence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@reverence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reverence)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367/51 "2003-06-15T21:29:16Z")
I personally thought this was the best ad campaign ever introduced. With all anti-men press that gets fed into everyone’s mouths in the UK (there is a hell of a lot of it), its great to see someone standing up and poking fun out of it. Do admit that the handing out of the chocolate bars business was a little wierd though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkie-bars-not-for-girls/181367.md?page=2)