{"id":2218,"date":"2013-05-29T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T17:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2218"},"modified":"2013-05-29T17:10:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T17:10:14","slug":"adolf-hitler-kettle-sells-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/adolf-hitler-kettle-sells-out\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Adolf Hitler kettle&#8217; sells out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The emergence of a kettle that appears to look similar to Adolf Hitler has captured many headlines in recent days, and amazingly it seems the item has been a huge hit with consumers.<\/p>\n<p>JCPenney was responsible for creating the kitchen appliance with an uncanny resemblance to the Nazi Germany figurehead and it caused something of a stir when images spread across the web.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the company moved to reject suggestions the lookalike had been intentional, tweeting: &quot;If we'd designed the kettle to look like something, we would've gone with a snowman.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the scandal, the kettle seems to have proven extremely popular with customers, as it has now sold out online.<\/p>\n<p>Features on the kettle are believed to give it a likeness of Hitler's side parting and moustache.<\/p>\n<p>It first shot to fame when a shot of it on a huge billboard was sent around the world via the internet and many people noticed the similarity.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801591788-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801591788\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retailers have run out of a kettle likened to Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Adolf Hitler kettle&#039; 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