One of the many dumb things that’s resulted from a loss of connection with the natural world is Peta – you know, the “tasty animals” folks. And even though there’s an unwritten rule in outdoor media not to give the Peta morons any press, I’m doing it because I think they’re funny!
(In fact, one of my favorite T-shirts ever is the one with a chick on it that reads “I am not a McNugget.” I would own one would it not entail sending Peta some cash for it.)
Like most things Peta, I really can’t understand the strategy behind its latest “Do anglers have small rods” campaign. Maybe this stuff appeals to Hollywood lobotomy patients or single ladies with 20 cats. Don’t know.
Either way, maybe we need to sic Brett Favre and his cell phone on these people…just to show…you know what I mean.
Oh yeah: The above graphic was for a billboard ad that was supposed to run just before an Australian fly fishing tourney. The billboard was rejected.
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Mike Fillmer
December 1, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Too funny!!!!! As I’ve always said, PETA never has the knowledge of what they are campaigning against.
Scotty Bud Melvin
December 1, 2010 at 2:44 pm
I have tangled with PETA before. Or at least tried. They hide behind their email addresses, computers, and fax machines. I called them out once before an event I was helping to put on, where there was supposed to be a pig getting chased around for prizes. No one came. They are the kings of press releases. That’s it.
admin (mostly Jay)
December 1, 2010 at 5:18 pm
They did show up at least one time at the Classic, some poor shmo dressed up in a giant fish suit in August in Alabama. Passed out and was helped by salt of the earth folks there to see the Classic. Classic….
Scotty Bud Melvin
December 1, 2010 at 5:39 pm
that’s right, geez, they don’t even know how to protest. i just had a flashback of herb tarlik on wkrp, who dressed up as a carp one time and got in a fight in the bathroom with the wpig pig.
James Foster
December 2, 2010 at 8:14 am
I remember the PETA presence at the Classic in Pittsburgh with the billboards asking if you’d fish for a dog. I seem to remember a funny little Loudmouth Bass segment involving a little white dog coming out of a livewell…
Ah…those were the days, Jay.
admin (mostly Jay)
December 2, 2010 at 9:36 am
I forgot about that! As I recall, a viewer favorite….
AlexV
December 3, 2010 at 3:23 pm
I’m sporting my LOUDMOUTH BASS baseball cap today!! That PETA pass out at the Classic must have been, well….. CLASSIC!!