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Missed Opportunity

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

I’m watching Y&R, and they have a scene in a book store.  In the background behind one of the characters, they had a book cover prominently displayed, for “Bumpy the Camel”.  I’ve never been more disapointed in not being advertised to.  OK, that’s a little hyperbolic, but still, I can’t believe no one has written a book with that title yet.  Maybe I will.

One day there was a camel.  A camel named Bumpy.

“I’m not bumpy

I am humpy” he cried, whenever someone called him “Bumpy”.  So naturally, all the animals called him Bumpy.

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Clearly Incompentent Marketing

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

CLEAR (presumably the former clearwire), is running a direct mail campaign with envelopes that state on the outside “This is not junk mail”.  I’m not clear I understand the message they intend to send with this mailing. Is it that Clear is run by  people who would lie to you?  How exactly is that a selling point?  I’m not saying it’s a surprise, I’m just surprised at how much money they’re spending on telling people that they are willing to be dishonest to get your business, with all that implies as to how they would treat you after you are a customer.

“Trust me, I’m a liar”, just isn’t the killer opening line you think it is.

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Chia Obama? Really?

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

I mean wow….just wow.  Let it never be said that the American dream is dead.

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Who Are The Beatles?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

I see them pushing this new band, “the beatles” all over the place. It’s on constant revolution at Starbucks, like they were the next boy band you’d never heard of, and never would if not for the advertising.

The beatles need this kind of hard sell, really?

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Dear Comedy Central Jerks

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

You wasted your money on all those “now on DVD” ads on my “That’s My Bush” DVD.  You tried to make them unskippable, but you didn’t hire very smart people to do that job, so I don’t know what you wanted to try and sell me, just that it was a pointless effort on your part.

Rest assured, though, I won’t ever buy another Comedy Central DVD.  I’ll just go back to renting them at Blockbuster.

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Machine Greetings

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

In addition to the traditional calls from Mom, Dad, and Sister1, I got a birthday greeting from the robot at HR Block.  It was a little creepy.  I wonder if they make those calls to all people who file with them, or just the ones with birthdays close to tax season.

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Jacta Alea Est

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

(The die is cast, latin)

My vote is in the mail.  If only tv-advertising could be aware of that fact, and not keep annoying me with commecials for/against different parties, policies, and whatnots.

At least the rain stopped long enough that the roads had dried out enough, I was willing to scooter over to the post office.  First trip attempt since purchasing a scarf.  I will need to try some different ways of putting that on.  Today’s choice was less than fully effective, and made me paranoid that it was going to fly off me, and onto the windshield of the car behind me, in some cartoon-capers-esque prelude to a disaster.  Thankfully, this trip went without incident.

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