quick question
Does anyone else feel their soul die a little when they see the Wendy’s commercial with “Blister in the Sun” in the background?
Am I the only one?
‘Cause it makes me feel dirty inside.
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a short note to advertisers
I’m really sorry for you. I know you’re working hard. God knows it can’t be an easy job, considering the fact the everyone grows up conditioned to the constant barrage of advertising coming at us from all directions, so I know you have to move heaven and earth just to get through to us, just to get us to focus our eyeballs for thirty seconds and actually pay attention to what you are trying to sell. So yes, I do feel for you.
It’s just…
That ad I just saw? Yes, that one. That’s the one I’m talking about.
It’s just…
Excuse me. Please allow me to be blunt.
The phrase “genital herpes”?
I’m sorry. You lost me RIGHT THERE.
Each word on their own? Not so bad. “Genital”? Who doesn’t love to talk about something genital? Hell! No one! EVERYONE wants to talk about something genital. And “herpes”… admittedly, a harder sell. But it’s a pretty short word, a mere two syllables… you can elide right over it. [cough]“Herpes”[cough]. It’s sort of… cute.
But “GENITAL HERPES”?
Nope. Sorry. Bam. Dead in the water.
I DO NOT CARE THAT YOU ARE SELLING GENITAL HERPES MEDICATION. IT’S STILL NOT GONNA WORK.
It’s the principle of the thing here.
I think you gotta get together, all you advertiser folks, just figure out amongst yourselves what new phrase you are going to use in place of “genital herpes” — some phrase that isn’t used for something else — and then just let the rest of us know. Something like “Danish Camel”… or “Retrograde Maple”… or… I don’t know… “Des Moines, Iowa”. Anything.
And then you retire “genital herpes”. As an advertising phrase. Forever.
BECAUSE YOU DON’T TRY AND SELL THINGS USING GENITAL HERPES AS YOUR HOOK.
NOT EVEN GENITAL HERPES.
IT JUST WON’T WORK.
nintendo planning to cause some awful schoolyard taunting
Their new multi-billion dollar entry into the hyper-competitive gaming market is called Wii.
Pronounced “we.”
Oh.
I’m sure there are ten good reasons to choose this name. I can’t think of one of them.
One should always be very careful in naming anything.
Of course, speaking from personal experience, certain circumstances are unavoidable.
The personal experience of which I speak?
“Jason’s weenie”.
(Repress. Bury the memories. Repress. Repress.)
Be careful in that schoolyard there, Nintendo. It’ll be rough.
I feel pretty oh so pretty I feel pretty and witty and zombie tuesday
Do you ever get the feeling the Zombie Tuesday is becoming a little redundant?
It’s like when you were a kid, and Mother’s Day or Father’s Day rolled around, and you asked your parents, “Why isn’t there a Kid’s Day?”… and then they said, “Everyday is Kid’s Day!”… and then you fell to the floor spasming, white froth at your mouth, chewing your own tongue to mash… and then they got the Thorazine… and then everything went grey and soft…
Well, now zombies are frickin’ everywhere. Everyday is Zombie Tuesday.
Where does that leave our poor little Zombie Tuesday posts?
Is it time to retire them? Reimagine them? Give Tuesdays to a lesser-known, hungrier-for-the-spotlight mascot?
What say you?
best commercial of the year
If Sprint was available here, I’d consider getting one of their phones… just for the beauty of this ad.
