Girl Scouts and CFLs... Again?

We thought there ways no way our bizarre experience with CFLs, Scientology, and Girl Scouts could be duplicated. So you can understand why this ad in the North Berkeley BART station made a chill run down our spine...

Really, could she be any more creepy? Or is it just the repressed memory bubbling back up that perverts what should be a cute public service ad?

Note: to be fair, this isn’t really a Girl Scout; her uniform is artfully cropped to remove any evidence of organizational affiliation. And, as we learned since our first experience, the original Girl Scout/CFL/Scientology connection was in no way officially sanctioned, and almost certainly the result of a renegade troop leader. But still, the nightmares!

Comments (3)

Zombie scouts...pushing cookies or lightbulbs are just WRONG!

I have a strong suspicion that the first commenter is a Scientologist spy... but I should keep quiet. (too late? lol)

But that is seriously creepy. Perhaps I, too, am thinking that way because of the connection in this post between that ad and Scientology; and the website on that ad does seem like a pretty harmless California agency (yeah, I had to check it out). But still. It's not that the girl herself is creepy, it's just her expression. Bad ad agency, I say.

I've seen these ads around. Definitely found it creepy. Don't know if it's the expression on the girl's face, the fact that the CFLs look like some kind of bottles or the confrontational atmosphere of the picture.