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grumpyduck

(6,678 posts) Wed Apr 3, 2024, 11:05 PM Apr 2024

Why is Charlie the Tuna smiling? [View all]

Bought a couple cans of tuna the other day to make tuna salad sandwiches, and here's Charlie, on the lid, smiling and pointing at a caption that says Always Wild Caught. Like, what's wrong with this picture?

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Why is Charlie the Tuna smiling? [View all] grumpyduck Apr 2024 OP

Charlie is a cannibal? Bayard Apr 2024 #1

Yeah, that was my first thought. grumpyduck Apr 2024 #3

If he's a tuna, he is jmowreader Apr 2024 #18

Silly, but it's 'advertising!' elleng Apr 2024 #2

StarKist doesn't want tuna with good taste JoseBalow Apr 2024 #4

Sorry, Charlie. n/t Harker Apr 2024 #5

He likes getting the attention nuxvomica Apr 2024 #6

He knows what's really in the can!😏 Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2024 #7

Tuna sure has changed from when i was a kid bedazzled Apr 2024 #8

The asian canners are still honest justaprogressive Apr 2024 #13

Great! Will check it out! bedazzled Apr 2024 #15

don't mention it justaprogressive Apr 2024 #16

Albacore was being overfished, designated as "Near Threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature,... LudwigPastorius Apr 2024 #17

He's smiling because he's not in the can. LudwigPastorius Apr 2024 #9

From 1962. I was 6 years old when this ran! NewHendoLib Apr 2024 #10

That's even stranger and dumber than I remembered. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2024 #11

That's a weird ad XanaDUer2 Apr 2024 #12

Charlie can smile because AnnaLee Apr 2024 #14