The meaning behind ‘I pooted’

Ipootedbillboard As we’ve sometimes admitted, we at AdFreak don’t get out much. But this Fourth of July weekend, in an odyssey that took us from New York to Cape Cod to northern New Hampshire, we kept spotting these “I pooted” billboards (thanks to Flickr user bigChill for the picture). Of course, the billboards emitted the appropriate Pavlovian response: that the phrase must be Googled upon returning to home base. Our research now clearly demonstrates that the billboard is a teaser for a TV commercial for the Cartoon Network, which bought the keyword. (Oh, and as for what “I pooted” means, it’s toddler-ese for “I farted.”)

 —Posted by Catharine P. Taylor

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Thank you! I spotted this one in Hartford over the weekend and almost drove off the road. Couldn't imagine what they were selling. :-)

Posted by: Cheryl | Jul 5, 2006 12:47:57 PM

ya don't know the meaning of "i pooted". you're really showing your age here!

Posted by: anon | Jul 5, 2006 1:47:41 PM

they should spend money on better animation, their originals are so bad these days instead of billboards

Posted by: | Jul 5, 2006 5:01:56 PM

So idiotic, I sharted.

Posted by: VinFlin | Jul 5, 2006 5:55:28 PM

I'm guessing they bought the keyword recently because they didn't buy the site and were way behind the curve on capturing the people who googled the billboards. For a couple of weeks, I had regular hits on my site from turner.com and nashvilleistalking.com is still number one in natural search so the only way now to capture traffic is to buy the keywords.

Posted by: Lesley | Jul 6, 2006 2:21:19 PM

Speaking of aging oneself, anybody else remember Poot!, the British comic book?

Posted by: Bob | Jul 6, 2006 3:53:23 PM

I saw that ad on a billboard for the first time in Scottsdale, AZ the other day and I did just what the story said, I said I needed to go and "google it". I laughed so hard and had to call my sister who just had a baby and told her I didn't know my nephew was already advertising!

Posted by: Scott | Jul 9, 2006 11:30:54 PM

i saw that sign in connecticut and i laughed so hard. when i got to maine i asked my cousin if she saw it and she did and then my other cousin said she saw it and we must have been laughing for about an hour because thats the funniest thing we've ever seen. its amusing.

Posted by: kelly | Jul 10, 2006 8:40:30 PM

I was driving to see DMB with my girlies, when I spotted this sign.....we was rollin! All, weekend we used it in as many ways as we could, trying to think of our own meaning..... I pooted, I gotta poot, let's get pooted, Fro I forgot to give you the poot..... and many more. So, after I googled it which lead me here, I now know the true meaning of I pooted, told ya Woo it means I farted!

Posted by: Jamie | Jul 10, 2006 9:42:35 PM

my friend erik b. pooted

Posted by: bob the builder | Jul 10, 2006 10:14:52 PM

my asshole friend pooted in my car the othe rday them muthafuckas made my car smell so horrible i had to get about 2 bottles of air freshener and all these kind of sprays just to clean the shit up damn and now that they googled they know what it means but it really gets on my fucking nerves ok.... so if you can change the meaning or something i would be more than happy....... thank,kaitlin ambros 14 years old west haven conneticut i love smokin the ciggerettes

Posted by: the bitch's | Jul 10, 2006 10:21:11 PM

fucking assholes with this pooted shit

Posted by: nigger | Jul 10, 2006 10:22:21 PM

ive been working here for so long that i seen these i pooted signs all over the place on the highway especially in the milford area that i had to google and see what this billboard meant so im thinking it means something like a advertisment that they werent done with but then now im here and seen the dumb commercial with the thing and the horse that i dont know what the hell that means so now i come here and see it means "i farted" so now i kind of get the commercial a little bit so when im in the truck i here on the cb radio or big radiio that everybodys saying whqat the hell that is supposed to mean and all that stuff about this commercial or billboard i should say what it means so all the drivers hear it and thats really all i had to say about it
STEVIE B.

Posted by: Johns Refuse&Recycling inc. | Jul 10, 2006 10:34:24 PM

hmm.. i know who made this billboard.. his name is Justin Beaty.. no lie.. he`s a pooter.. yess .. he poot`s ALL day.. he pootifies everything.. at night he sit`s in bed and poot`s himself to sleep.. he poot`s in people`s faces.. sorry .. i know the true meaning.. mad love.. jennnaaa and amandaaa <333

Posted by: Jenna and Amanda | Jul 11, 2006 12:30:38 PM

Amanda poots all over Jennas face

Posted by: Justin | Jul 11, 2006 12:35:31 PM

What about the other billboards. I've seen "My boogers itch." and "I'm a hot toe picker." as well.

Posted by: Shannenigans | Jul 11, 2006 5:57:32 PM

I saw it in Hartford and it's been driving me crazy wondering what it's all about. In New Haven theres also a sign that says "Clowns Hate Tangoleros"

Posted by: darren | Jul 13, 2006 6:14:36 PM

Saw outside Scottsdale, AZ on the drive home. I too fell for the google bit. Catchy but who the hell is Cheese? As you see I don't watch the cartoon network. Not much info on the cheese guy. Enlighten me.
Cut the cheese????? Oh, pooted! ug

Posted by: The M | Jul 13, 2006 9:30:19 PM

here is the "full story of I pooted" http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/ipooted/index.html

Posted by: Gambler | Jul 15, 2006 12:43:04 AM

we were on vacation and we drove down to orlando flordia from nasville tennessee and we saw many of those signs. along with the i pooted...there is one that says yes and look i have a meat beard. very ironic but a creative way of advertising.

Posted by: kate | Jul 17, 2006 12:31:10 AM

I saw the ad twice in the middle of atlanta over 4th of july

Posted by: Destinee | Jul 18, 2006 11:39:52 AM

if u haven seen the commercial...they show it on Boomerang. My 4 year old kept saying it and I didnt know where it was getting it from, then he showed me the commercial...I must say, while disturbing that they would have such a retarded commercial, it was funny!

Posted by: | Jul 19, 2006 9:34:39 PM

is it me, or are most of these spottings in CT? there was one near I-95, around milford mall... just randomly out of nowhere you see this billboard...

Posted by: Matt | Jul 21, 2006 1:34:52 PM

I made up a new use for the word "poot"...
a variation of "pet"...as regards a
Doberman Pinscher dog.

Such dogs have a pot belly, and when they
have too much attitude, I pet on them
until a drum sound issues out. This I
call "Pooting"...especially if done to a
special,magical rhythm. Certain people
can also be Pooted.

I wrote a whole movie idea (copyrighted
but unfilmed) called "Poot-a-Rama",
exploring this concept.

Posted by: Ronald Vaughan | Jul 24, 2006 7:07:24 PM

Better yet! Check out the actual promotion. I'm a huge fan (freak, whatever!) He's my wallpaper on my cell phone.
"http://www.youtube.com/v/uCjMtVbylyE"

Posted by: DJ Joey | Jul 25, 2006 1:43:05 AM

"I Pooted" is from the show Fosters home for imaginary friends. Which is one of the funniest shows ever. Yes im 19 and yes i still watch cartoons. Their funny and its an escape from the real world of terrorists and bombs.

Posted by: Pooted | Jul 27, 2006 6:14:44 PM

I think my friend Beth pooted

Posted by: Erin | Jul 30, 2006 10:22:18 PM

I love this ad

I think they should have left off the cartoon illustration and just kept the phrase up.

It's the best.

Posted by: Beth | Jul 30, 2006 10:26:21 PM

Actually, Erin pooted.

Posted by: Beth | Jul 30, 2006 10:27:15 PM

My boy bunny just pooted!

Posted by: Timmy Bunny | Jul 31, 2006 4:13:53 PM

I wish there were bumper stickers with this on them I'd buy a dozen.

Posted by: Pootsie | Aug 2, 2006 10:39:27 AM

"I Pooted" is a quote from Cheese and imaginary friend on Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends.
'I'm a Hot Toe Picker" is a quote from Bloo - the main characted in the aforementioned Foster's program.
"The Hat Sells the Sandwich" is from the show "Squirrel Bot"
"Clown Hate Tangelos" is a qute from Billy on the Grim Adventure of Billy and Mandy.

All on Cartoon Network

Posted by: Hubble Q Hubble | Aug 2, 2006 12:11:14 PM

Am I bad for being amused at people who complain about the quality of Cartoon Network's animation but can't even construct a grammatical sentence?

Posted by: Lazlo Toth | Aug 4, 2006 4:41:40 PM

Hahaha We saw this "I Pooted" sign in Hartford on the way to PA. I was laughing for days. I also saw "Clowns hate tangelos" somewhere along that route. It had me laughing for days!

Posted by: Tom | Aug 28, 2006 9:07:54 PM

I want to create POOTING Zoos where
Dobermans can be POOTED and played
like a fiddle! (they have pot bellies,
and it doesn't hurt them).

A new use for the world's greatest dog!

Posted by: Ronald Vaughan | Sep 14, 2006 7:08:11 PM

you wanna smell my poot? I can give you something extra if you like. You like corn nuggets and peanuts?

Posted by: Cledus | Sep 15, 2006 11:05:40 PM

When I pet a Doberman to a musical rhythm,
CLEAN bursts of air come out...and it
frequency-modulates the breathing of the
animal (or human).

Those BURSTS of CLEAN air during that
process is what I call "pooting".

NOT the "usual" definition of passing gas!

btw: After a celebrity has been Pooted,it
seems that the star's "HOT AIR" would
increase in value....i'd like to sell
such hot air in a balloon on eBay!

Posted by: Ronald Vaughan | Sep 21, 2006 7:31:59 PM

At last the truth can be told: As a special feature on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show back in 1961, a pair of strange alien creatures named Gidney and Cloyd used to have a minute or so spot as a sidebar to the Rocky Show. Cloyd's favorite thing to do was to invent new nonsense words with which to exasperate Gidney. One of these was "I pooted". I saw Cloyd's picture and the caption of that phrase at the Eastland Mall ower level in Charlotte, NC last week. It was the first time I had seen it in 46 years. I am quite sure it means an exhalation of a bodily gas, but from which pore or place on an alien's body remains unknown. All the best,
Christopher

Posted by: Christopher | Nov 11, 2006 7:34:14 PM

my brother jack poots all day during school

Posted by: neil | Apr 7, 2007 9:03:42 PM

I think I have seen someone with a bumper sticker that says "I pooted". I think it is sexy when good looking girls "poot" and when it is real audible, especially since you never really hear them do it, as they go "oh gross" when they hear guys do it.

Posted by: Chris | May 23, 2007 2:37:36 PM

If you don't know the meaning of that your a retard.

Posted by: Paige | Oct 6, 2007 10:25:32 PM

i pooted

Posted by: pooter | Dec 16, 2007 9:46:30 PM

i pooted again

Posted by: pooteroma | Dec 16, 2007 9:48:09 PM

you are AAAALLLLLLLL i pooted pooter haters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


P.S.i pooted


Posted by: pooter | Dec 16, 2007 9:52:53 PM

ohh guys lmao this is off a show called foster's home for imaginary friends - on cable TV. lmao theres this character called cheese and he's such a tard. but yeh here's the link to the original image:http://radioactivejam.com/images/cheesePooted.jpg lollll

Posted by: Jasmine | Aug 8, 2009 9:20:08 AM


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