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Grave concerns over new advertising stunt

 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
10:45 / 19.03.02


From the Grauniad:

quote:A computer games firm has been accused of pushing back the frontiers of bad taste after it announced that it was seeking to advertise its latest title on gravestones.
 
 
Shortfatdyke
11:03 / 19.03.02
i saw this yesterday! it *must* be a wind up/publicity stunt - not so long ago i seem to remember a big hoo-ha over whether or not tombstones in the shape of teddy bears were acceptable, so i doubt if ads would get the thumbs up.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
11:15 / 19.03.02
Not as if the average graveyard would qualify as a busy public thoroughfare.

Come the inevitable, I want to be prepared by Gunther von Hagens and displayed on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square, holding up a big advert for Budvar.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
11:21 / 19.03.02
Oh, yeah, it's a blatant wind-up. I just thought it was funny, that's all.
 
 
Shortfatdyke
11:29 / 19.03.02
on the other hand, i bet mcdonalds are right now dreaming of red and yellow plastic tombstones.....
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
11:51 / 19.03.02
Possibly not the kind of association that Maccy D's want to go for, given that they spend a small fortune trying to convince the world that guzzling down saturated animal fat and sugary crud is heathsome.
 
 
noone
12:00 / 19.03.02
Mad Ad

A Madison Avenue whizzkid
thought it a disgrace
That no one had exploited
the possibilites of space
Discussed it with a client
who agreed and very soon
A thousand miles of neontubing
were transported to the moon.

Now no one can ignore it
the product's selling fine
The night they turned the moon
into a Coca-Cola sign.

- by Roger Mcgough in "You at the Back"
 
 
noone
12:02 / 19.03.02
You should read the Vogon translation of that poem. it'd kill you.
 
 
The Monkey
13:08 / 19.03.02
Thanx, but the original is causing enough internal damage as is.

So has advertising gotten to that point of idiocy where the attention-getter is staged controversy. Eesh.
 
 
Mikaël
07:12 / 20.03.02
quote:Originally posted by little brained brain surgeon:
Mad Ad
[..]
The night they turned the moon
into a Coca-Cola sign.

- by Roger Mcgough in "You at the Back"




from Z comme Zorglub (1959) by Greg & Franquin
 
 
Gus
02:23 / 22.03.02
EVIV BULGROZ!
 
  
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