for your own safety, please… no spitting
October 5th, 2009This is a sign on the Mars Petcare campus in China (Mars, as in M&Ms. And yes, they are in the pet food business – Pedigree, Whiskas, and Sheba are all Mars brands).
It’s a fun barrage of things that, for your own safety, you can’t do – including sleeping, spitting, playing, and taking pictures.
As for this photo itself, is it unauthorized? I don’t think so – I mean, really, you need a picture to reference if you’re going to remember all that.
spontaneously combustible babies
August 20th, 2009I guess there’s a few possibilities here. Could be the manufacturer, and the shirt itself is made from something like flash paper. Or maybe it’s a problem with consumers, putting space heaters in cribs or something.
Honestly, I can only think of one child who’s parents should be concerned about whether or not his clothes are flame-resistant.
But really, note how small that tag isn’t. They seem pretty serious.
hog-tying lex luthor
August 18th, 2009I didn’t expect to top the last recession DVD salesman, but we have. Heroically. And on the same street corner.
I can honestly say I have never been closer to purchasing a DVD for $5 than I was right here. Commanding the attention of thousands of New Yorkers at rush hour on the corner of 7th Ave & 34th, this man unabashedly paced back and forth, fearlessly shouting, “Everyone! Come and see! Everyone! Come and see!”
I was secretly hoping he was about to hog-tie a tourist with a steel bar off the stair railing.
And while generally speaking I am an advocate of relevancy in marketing, I can’t fight the awesomeness of those cowboy boots.
we do billboards right… behind stuff
August 12th, 2009a “gazillion” is a lot
August 10th, 2009an utterly disturbing logo
July 8th, 2009Back of the truck: what do you see?
If you said a mostly obscene shot of a dairy cow’s hindquarters wearing a sombrero, you are correct.
If you said a one-armed man with enormous hips wearing a pink frock, cow-patterned western jacket, and sombrero, you are also correct. A true “cowboy.”
“Country Fresh Dairy Products.” Naturally, country=western and dairy=bovine derrière…
And voila! I’ll never look at milk and ice cream the same way.
UPDATE: Jane has brought it to my attention that the “sombrero” is the hat of the kid leading the cow, that you see on the side of the truck. Guess I didn’t stare long enough…
not a good sign
July 7th, 2009no swimming – surfing only
June 25th, 2009don’t Remorse’ls look delicious?
June 23rd, 2009I must have seen this billboard 5 or 6 times before I finally realized what they were doing…
I would catch glimpses of it as I slalomed other commuters in the breakneck race for Penn Station. Amidst the rush, all I ever really noticed of this billboard was the enormous “Remorse’ls” fudge rounds and the bright white text, “Chocolaty goodness without the guilt.” Seemed tongue-in-cheek in intention, yet just didn’t work. And to top off the ambiguity, fudge-covered remorse looks so delicious!
So when I finally left work a few minutes earlier and had some time to stop and take a picture of it for Gawking In Traffic, I noticed the real product in the bottom right corner…
Huh… thanks, but I’ll take remorse.
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