Oops! Obama World Cup Mug Was Supposed To Be Of England’s Chris Smalling
A mug manufacturer made one big oops when it confused United States President Barack Obama’s likeness with that of England football player, Chris Smalling on a tea mug. As expected, the gaffe has created a stir on social media and has led to all sorts of jokes.
If you look at Obama and Smalling side by side, you can see a certain resemblance, but come on, the President is too well known to confuse him with anyone. The British company also produces mugs with the rest of England’s squad members including Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard, but you if you’re a fan of Smalling, you may have to settle for an Obama mug.
It’s pretty funny really, because Obama is definitely a well-known international figure. Whoever was in charge of choosing the image clearly doesn’t follow world affairs.
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We know that Obama is a big sports enthusiast, but even he probably never imagined his photo would end up on a World Cup mug for England’s football team. The yet to be named company was left red-faced, and the site selling the epic mishap had this to say:
“The Dorset company in question (whose blushes we shall protect for now….maybe!) was given the seemingly easy job of sourcing royalty free pictures of each England squad player to use on the England mugs – along with other accompanying items such as England coasters, England mouse mats etc. They passed this onto to their young, bright eyed and bushy tailed new apprentice. The designs were proofed and signed off by the Boss, who had clearly had a heavy night with the lads playing poker and before he’d had his first vat of coffee the following morning.”
“Due to our ongoing commitment to help local companies get their products noticed, last Wednesday 2,000 of each of the England items came into the warehouse. We eagerly unpacked them and on close inspection it turned out that the Chris Smalling cup had Barack Obama’s head on instead of Chris’s.”
We don’t know how Chris Smalling feels about being confused with Obama for his mug or even if he is a fan, but the mistake is certainly giving him some free advertising. The apprentice reportedly used Google as his search engine, while looking for images of Smalling.
This has to be one of the most hilarious sports mistakes of this World Cup. As a joke, the website has priced the Obama mug at £2,000.00 (approximately $3,400). Check out what people are saying about the Obama World Cup mug on Twitter:
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[Image via Wholesale.co.uk]
