[Dailydrool] Ask.com spot about dogs eating chocolate

[Sue Stevens]

Has anyone seen this? It's a tv spot for Ask.com that shows a kid 
feeding chocolate syrup to a dog. he older brother asks "hey 
Einstein, can dogs eat chocolate?" The younger brother says something 
to the effect of "look at him." The dog is greedily slurping up every 
drop. I can just see unknowing kids trying this at home and ending up 
with very sick dogs, perhaps dead dogs. Will they realize the answer 
to that question "can dogs eat chocolate" is "NO"??? Not necessarily. 
Will they go to Ask.com to find out? Not necessarily. That part of 
the spot is very very short. The "funny" scene with the dog slurping 
up the chocolate syrup is the bulk of the spot. I really think this 
ad is poorly conceived and may have disastrous effects. I have 
emailed the Chief Communications officer with Ask.com to complain 
about the spot to complain. I have asked that they remove the spot. I 
certainly will not be using Ask.com any time soon - I urge you to do 
the same.  If you're interested in complaining as well, the person I 
emailed was Mary Osako, chief commmunications  officer for Ask.com. 
Her email is posted on the website and is mary.osako at ask.com.

Sue N. Stevens
and Onslow (just say "no" to chocolate!)