Friday, January 23, 2004

Could've Been A Good Boys Band

Giant Microbes' Health Dolls. Featuring The Flu, Sore Throat, The Stomach Ache, and The Common Cold.

Why a boys band? Because they're cute (to some people). They can't sing. And too much exposure makes you sick.

Still at the same site, this product deserves a Nobel prize for being able to combine "Ebola" and "Love" in the same description.


MARKETING BLOOPERS REMINDER

The company called Perdue Chickens made a fatal error during advertising their franchise in Spain. Their english slogan "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken" was translated too literally. So instead, the Spanish version said, "It takes a sexually excited man to make a chick sensual."

Frank Perdue wasn't the only one having that problem. In Chinese, Colonel Sander's Kentucky Fried Chicken's slogan "Finger Lickin' Good" came out as "eat your fingers off."

On a side note, "It takes a sexually excited man to eat your fingers off" may be a successful slogan for selling chickens in Indonesia. Because
1) It contains the word "sex." And,
2) It has no meaning.

(Thanks to Donald W. Hendon and David Schronce)


REDUNDANT HEADLINE OF THE WEEK

Women 'Should Stay Single to Stay Sane'

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