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Lost your knickers, did you? *heh*heh
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"Advertising causes conflicts at exactly the most vulnerable age for children to be in conflict with parents." –Quoted by Jonathan Rowe "Modern Advertising: The Subtle Persuasion" Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan 87
"Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding." –Quoted in David S McLellan and David C Acheson eds Among Friends Dodd, Mead 80 Dean Acheson "Advertising has always been the Peck's Bad Boy of American business ... urging us to buy things we probably don't need and often can't afford." –NY Times, 24 Jun 84
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Yes, advertising can be intrusive, offensive and dull. But it has given us so many clever turns of phrase and plays on words. For example:
A rejected suggestion for the campaign for the Dodge Omni car was to change the name of the sun roof to a "moon roof," and in ads feature the car under night sky with the caption: "Moon Over My Omni."
And one of my favorites is a Christmas holiday ad for a premium brand scotch:
Ingle Ells, Ingle Ells What's Missing?
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Then there's those supremely ironic (in the USn sense) moments such as Mercedes-Benz's choice of the Joplin/McClure song for their ad campaign a few years back.
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"I honestly believe that advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on."
- Jerry Della Famina, From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor (1971), New York: Pocket Books
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LOSE WAITNow, if it was LOOSE WAIT we'd know who wrote it, wouldn't we? moose season is still open
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