[West Ender]

I think the intention of the advert was to display a little humour in having the "mother" portrayed as a street-wise, world-weary New Yorker (didn't he look like Robert de Niro? I like him), with the accent we all associate with the Sopranos. I suppose the inference was that Heinz Mayo is good enough for a NY deli, where they know their sandwiches.

On the more thorny question of homosexuality (which, in my opinion, has nothing to do with this advert), I can only say - whatever floats your boat. I don't, personally, understand how one can desire a member of one's own sex but I appreciate there are those who do. I don't think it's "natural", because I am heterosexual, but I'm pretty sure it feels very natural to a gay person. I don't know why anyone, of either persuasion, should get hot under the collar in a discussion like this. The way I see it is - I like sugar, you like salt, so what?