The Vaseline Engine

Published by Grebo in Satire
August 24, 2009
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Sometimes you just need an imaginary product to make life a little easier.

Advertising: You Almost Got Me!

Published by Dean Nichols in Life
November 20, 2008
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What if old mops really could talk?! Convince me baby.

Vintage Ads Show How Not to Raise Kids

Published by Paula Mitchell Bentley in Offbeat
November 18, 2008
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Oh, the good old days. When nursing moms were supposed to drink beer, television was good for kids, smoking wasn’t bad, and cocaine was legal. What the heck were they thinking?

Wickedly Funny Classified Ads

Published by Paula Mitchell Bentley in Life
November 14, 2008
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If you scour through the classifieds of your local newspaper, you may just find a chuckle or two. Sometimes they’re funny on purpose and sometimes they’re just funny.

Seven Subliminal Images with the Word Sex Barely-legally Hidden Inside

Published by Alex Santeria in Offbeat
November 13, 2008
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How do companies like Disney and Pepsi constantly force the idea of sex into your subconscious mind?
This article gives seven ranked examples of the outrageous subliminal images they use to do this. Comics, movies, and foods intended for children all contain hidden messages of sex.

How to Lose a Job in Advertising

Published by Rightwriter in Work
October 21, 2008
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My life as an ad man. At least until this is published.

Advertising Phrases Re-Defined

Published by Rightwriter in Work
October 21, 2008
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With the popularity of Mad Men, advertising is in. Here are some common phrases ad people use to communicate, and what they really mean.

Twelve Terrible Advertising Translation Mistakes

Published by Andrian Swall in Humor
October 7, 2008
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Your product’s doing very well in your home market, all thanks to your clever advertising. So, why not replicate its success abroad? All you have to do is translate your successful adverts. What could possibly go wrong?!

Funny Engrish T-shirts

Published by Paula Mitchell Bentley in Offbeat
October 2, 2008
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Sometimes translators or translating programs make mistakes when converting a language into English. The mistakes can range from making the translation complete nonsense to something x-rated (not covered here) to something really quite funny. Check out the funny pictures of T-shirts badly or funnily translated!

Who Told You We are Martians?

Published by amitmehra in Satire
September 30, 2008
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Ever wondered how it feels to be known as someone you are not.