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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Diet time #101048 04/16/03 09:33 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Lost your knickers, did you? *heh*heh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Advertising? Schmadvertising! #101049 04/16/03 09:39 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York "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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Advertising? Schmadvertising! #101050 04/16/03 05:18 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24 B beanie stranger beanie stranger B Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Advertising? Schmadvertising! #101051 04/16/03 05:27 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Advertising? Schmadvertising! #101052 04/18/03 03:17 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US "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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Diet time #101053 04/18/03 05:33 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... LOSE WAIT Now, if it was LOOSE WAIT we'd know who wrote it, wouldn't we? moose season is still open Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 755 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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