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Nothing but gold paint to protect her famous modesty

Published Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:25 GMT

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So where's... 

By Big Al
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:29 GMT
IT Angle

...the IT angle?!

If Paris is selling it 

By Lloyd
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:29 GMT
Coat

can we assume that it has a salty aftertaste?

I just dont see... 

By Dan Collett
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:31 GMT
Paris Hilton

The Paris Hilton relevance of this!

Where's the Paris Hilton angle? 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:32 GMT
Paris Hilton

Oh, no, wait. Nevermind...

it looks like... 

By andy rock
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:34 GMT
Stop

...a can of Red Bull!

@ Big Al 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:38 GMT
Thumb Up

IT angle? Who needs an IT angle with a picture like that???

Who Cares 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:38 GMT
Stop

yes, really, who the hell gives a shit what the jail wh0re does.

unless of course she does something for charity, then at least some good will come out of it.

bigger pic please 

By Rob
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:38 GMT
Paris Hilton

have you got a higher res version of that goldfinger pic so i can have my own personal paris on my desktop?

-I'm sure i'm not the only one keen to have something larger.. (fnar)

brilliant, ham in a can ! 

By triky
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:41 GMT
Coat

oh wait, i thought that said prosciutto... dagnabit.

Prosecco? 

By TeeCee
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:51 GMT
Stop

<wine pedant>

Er, Prosecco has been around for a long time in bottles and stands on its own merit (hic, pardon). It's never been one of the johnny-come-lately Champagne clones and is made from the Prosecco grape rather than the Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay used in Champagne and its copies (yeah, I had to look that latter up). Describing its not being called Champagne as an effort to avoid lawsuits from France is not only inaccurate but bloody ignorant as well.

I'd expect this sort of thing from PH (who probably describes Irn Bru as alcohol free champagne), but not you guys.

Having said all that, they deserve to be sued for putting it in tins.......

</wine pedant>

@ Big Al 

By Slaine
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:51 GMT
Happy

The whole point about this well-researched article is to provide us hard El-Reg students and contributers with a little well-deserved and welcome relaxation from decyphering all the rubbish that I type and, more importantly - from wondering when, how many records, about what, are about to be lost from which department next. So, in order to achieve this, the delightful Ms Hilton has chosen (JUST FOR US MIND) to pose seductively with a tin of something remotely alcoholic and leave us with a lingering subconscious message that she's about to pour it over herself and that she'd like us to lick IT off.

(and THAT's the IT angle).

Goldfinger's Mistake 

By JR
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:54 GMT
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Too bad you only die in Movies when covered in Golden Bodypaint...

@brilliant, ham in a can 

By Rob
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:54 GMT
Pirate

that would be spam wouldn't it?

I always rated that at the about the same culinary level as dog food.

Nice one Lloyd 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 14:57 GMT
Happy

lmfao @ that :D

Classy 

By Tim Lane
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 15:12 GMT

Champagne in a can? Classy. Paris Hilton? Classy.

Shaken, not stirred 

By SoupDragon
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 15:15 GMT
Coat

They decided not to run with the advert where someone off camera shakes the tin hard & opens it close to her, as it would cause a huge reduction in water pressure as cold showers were turned on simultaneously in n million homes countrywide - apparently the energy companies can cope with this sort of surge (as it were), but not water companies.

Where's the -proper- booze angle? 

By Sacha TF Padovani
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 15:17 GMT
Coat

I mean.. Prosecco IN A CAN?

You don't need to be PH's army of barristers'n'slaves to predict a veritable outpouring of legal papers between the Prosecco-police over here in Northern Italy.. Try convincing the Valdobbiadene producers that THAT goldeny stuff is proper Prosecco.

They'll sue The Hiltoness untile she's ..er... shirtless? then .....pantless? No, not that, damn....

Can we have a booze-angle icon? Please?

RE: Brilliant ham in a can 

By gareth
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 15:19 GMT
Joke

@Rob

no spam is SP(anial and h)AM in a can

@ Rob 

By sean
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 15:24 GMT
Coat

so Spam is why dogs lick their balls? To take the taste away? Ah, it's all making more sense now. Thanks for sharing ;)

How 'very.' 

By Paul F
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 15:29 GMT
Paris Hilton

I guess all the binge drinking bimbos will want to start doing Champagne Bongs ("sparkling wine bong" just doesn't scan, sorry frenchies*).

Isn't there a facebook thing called "30 Reasons Girls Should Call It A Night” in which drunk girls in various states of shame and undress showcase themselves? I'm sure that crowd will love this stuff.

*not really sorry at all

Prosecco 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 15:55 GMT

Prosecco is lovely.

Prosecco in a can is sacrilege. Burn her!

Trade Description Act 

By chris
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 15:56 GMT
Stop

I've seen those boobs, as have most men courtesy of the interenet, they are the worlds smallest breasts ever.

Someone, who should be ashamed of themselves, has used the morph tool in photoshop to give her a substantial pair of puppies.

This advert therefore beaks the Trade Descriptions Act.

Withdraw and grovel I say.

Paris... Sparkling wine in a can..?! 

By laird cummings
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 16:03 GMT
Paris Hilton

OK, Paris is a low-rent* strumpet, but fronting for wine in a can..? I bet her mother is weeping. At least *that* woman knows class, even if she has none herself.

*Yes, low-rent. As in, she goes for the cheap.

Advertising....... 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 16:41 GMT
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Actually............

i dont think in the UK you can advertise alcohol beverages if they give the impression that they can make you more attractive to the opposite sex, so if her boobs are enhanced, does that mean drinking this gives you bigger boobs ?

Does it also work for men?

I mean it could have saved me a fortune I've spent years on pizza and vodka to get my man boobs where they are today.

either way I want it banned, unless she poses with natural tits.

Booze angle 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 17:16 GMT
Paris Hilton

prosecco & cuervo black popper

what to call it?

re Goldfinger's Mistake 

By Matthew Smith
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 17:24 GMT
Stop

"Too bad you only die in Movies when covered in Golden Bodypaint..."

No.. actually you do. You have to leave an unpainted patch at the small of your back or you will actually die. Also, never look at the sun, even through the spotter scope or binoculars.

Angle? 

By Nick
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 17:54 GMT

It may have been photoshopped, but I thought the (T) IT angle was clearly shown.

Plonk in a can? 

By Mike Richards
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 18:08 GMT

Finally, something that makes wine in a box look classy.

Meh. 

By Glenn Amspaugh
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 18:51 GMT

Her torso to leg ratio is off (legs too short).

They need to spray paint more women and provide more choice.

Tasteful 

By Ashley Pomeroy
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 18:58 GMT
Paris Hilton

Is there anything more classy than champagne in a can? Vodka muffins?

@Matthew 

By Geoffrey Summerhayes
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 19:05 GMT
Go

Arrgh! Not this old chestnut again...

http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/goldfinger.asp

2nd paragraph in origins section.

Been done before 

By JonRB
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 19:44 GMT
Joke

This isn't the first time champagne has been sold in cans.

Apparently Moet et Chandon used to sell their product in cans. And it used to be endorsed by none other than Daniel Day Lewis.

But they ceased production as it wasn't popular enough.

As a show of appreciation they gave the Last of the Moet Cans to Daniel Day Lewis.

(I am so, so sorry)

Move along 

By heystoopid
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 20:35 GMT
Paris Hilton

Move along , no meat here to see !

chav 

By og
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 21:26 GMT
Flame

is that Sidcup I see in the distance?

@Geoffrey 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 21:35 GMT
Jobs Horns

YHBT. HAND. TINC.

Correction 

By Chris Braisby
Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 23:12 GMT
Paris Hilton

It is a well known fact that PH has no known jubs

Police! Police! 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 00:30 GMT
Unhappy

Someone's stolen the poor girl's nips! Get them back, quick!

Paris Hilton Angle? 

By Brett
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 04:57 GMT

Sorry but all I see is curves.

Babycham reborn.. 

By Douglas Norton
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 05:02 GMT
Stop

.. for chavs, of which P.H. is most certainly the prime example.

So, will FireCrotch be pitching Cinzano in a tetrapak, with a straw.

Am I the only person 

By Les Matthew
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 08:57 GMT

that doesn't find Paris Hilton attractive? ;)

@chris 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 09:41 GMT
Go

And what's wrong with small? In my experience small ones are much more sensitive than the standard XXXL Bulgarian variety.

More importantly, is El Reg going to update the PH icon with a new thumbnail?

@Les 

By Mike Taylor
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 10:19 GMT

Glad I'm not the only one. She looks weird and runty. Well, her face does.

Les 

By Frank Bough
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 10:50 GMT
Unhappy

"that doesn't find Paris Hilton attractive?"

No. I've had worse, but I say that to my shame.

Now I know what NSFW stands for 

By Ferry Boat
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 10:58 GMT

News Service For W*nkers.

So, all the PH stories are prefixed with it. I can see clearly now the stain has gone.

@sean 

By Colin Millar
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 13:01 GMT
Coat

"..so Spam is why dogs lick their balls"

No - as any fule kno

Dogs lick their balls -

- because they can

Death valley? no - it's... 

By Dave Aitken
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 13:13 GMT
Dead Vulture

Stevenage, Croydon, Milton Keynes, Cheltenham, Billericay.

There used to be a F14 squadron in the US Navy called VFN-147 The Pukin Dogs - where's the pukin dog logo?

Cassis and strawberry? 

By steogede
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 17:17 GMT
Coat

Surely it should be 'blackcurrant and strawberry'? or at a pinch 'cassis et fraise'? or even 'ribes nero e fragola'?

Does it work for men? 

By John D Salt
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 18:59 GMT

Yer man A. Coward says:

>i dont think in the UK you can advertise alcohol beverages if they give the

> impression that they can make you more attractive to the opposite sex, so if her

> boobs are enhanced, does that mean drinking this gives you bigger boobs ?

> Does it also work for men?

Yes, it does -- one of well-known effects of prolonged concumption of alcohol is to give men bigger boobs.

HTH, HAND,

John.

Her torso to leg ratio is off (legs too short). 

By Danny Thompson
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 23:01 GMT
Coat

Yea, but they can spread very wide, which apparently is an advantage of having short legs.

Okay, so I just made that last bit up

sorry 

By Slaine
Posted Friday 14th December 2007 15:05 GMT
Thumb Up

just popped back to look at that picture again

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