“Madam Lengsfeld, say thank you to PROLLblog for the idea behind the poster”

PROLLblog ("Beefblog") is a satirical political blog written by an anonymous German blogger. In April 2008, the blog published a fake poster of Chancellor Merkel (below) which read "Of course there's growth in Germany - look at my tits!" The blog was of course delighted to see that the idea was put into practice by the party itself.

It's with great pleasure that we've been looking upon her breasts her efforts in the Berlin electoral battle for the CDU. We appreciate in particular the sacrifices made for the campaign poster, on which she explains - with such clarity that it could not go misunderstood - the part of the anatomy on which she rests her values and the values of the German chancellor. Who could resist such grand things?

We explicitly welcome this understanding of the present-day functioning of politics and the media - and that of ‘cleavage-ity'. But along with our joy comes some regret. Madam Lengsfeld, won't you admit, that it wouldn't have been too hard to say thank you to PROLLblog for the idea behind the poster."

PROLLblog’s original poster

Posted by PROLLblog 15 April 2008. Top: "Merkel heats things up". Below: "Of course there's growth in Germany - look at my tits!"