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Tag Archives: thingsthatmakeyousayhmmmmm

Drunk Depressed Penguins

November 3, 2008 – 11:59 am

Right… so the penguins are loosing their habitat, so what is the solution? DRINK!

Denial and commerce: it is the American way.

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Is the Ad Porn more Ad Creep?

August 6, 2008 – 2:22 am

The interwebs are abuzz with tittering about the video of a pretty young blond woman who sensually sexually licks nearly every phallic object in the hotel room of a chain hotel. You tube has gone so far as to put a warning that the content is “inapropriate for some users” and requires you to [...]

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“Montauk Monster” is a “Marketing Monster?”

August 2, 2008 – 1:13 am

Loren Coleman at Cryptomundo has done something inbetween suggest and imply that the “Montauk Monster” is nothing more than a publicity stunt to sell Snapple’s “Venom” energy drink. He writes

The response has been generally good-humored and filled with crypto-intrigue regarding the fact Dr. Pepper/Snapple’s Venom Energy Drink would offer a bounty for the live [...]

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A Blast from the Ad Past

July 16, 2008 – 11:23 pm

Funny or Die posted up some golden oldies from the thirties. These are the choicest cuts of retroactive poor taste. Taglines include “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette,” “They’re happy because they eat lard,” and my favorite, “Eat! Eat! Eat! And always stay thin” which is an ad for sanitized tape worms. [...]

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