July 31, 2008
Missed wordplay opportunity
If you're going to put a (probably infringing) Disney character on the label of my pluot...
...it should really be Pluto.
Posted by Francis at 10:06 AMThey already had the right orange color and everything! What a waste.
Posted by: Debby at July 31, 2008 04:27 PMPer Wikipedia, one of the pluot varieties in season right now is "Flavor Grenade." I'd like to believe it was so named because it was developed in Grenada, but I don't have a lot of hope that that's true.
Posted by: Scott at August 2, 2008 09:23 AMNote that it does say "(c) Disney" on the side, so I suspect it's not infringement. It is, in fact, part of a series:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4263/402/640/100_2234.jpg
Posted by: Lance at August 4, 2008 02:00 PMI don't know -- just because they put a copyright line on the side doesn't necessarily mean they got permission. But you're right, it's possible. Re that other photo: w00t! There it is.
Posted by: Francis at August 5, 2008 08:36 AM