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June 10, 2005 12:04 AM
Broken: Unfortunate bus photo
This bus ad advertises "Nadine in Date Land." Well, given how strange her headshot looks, she might be there for awhile!
(It's just for fun, folks - the open window on the bus distorted the photo.)
It's a common stunt to paint up transit vehicles as entire advertising boards. I wonder if any of these ads had situations where the result of opening the window was much worse than just a distorted face.
Actually, if I were the advertiser, I would say that is in fact broken. The design of the ad does not take into account the fact that the medium (in this case, the bus) is alterable (i.e., someone can open a window and change the image).
That's great! I looked and looked at that for a few minuted before I realized why the picture was distorted that way. I would have laughed my ass off if I saw that driving by!
As a qualified Physician, it is my diagnosis that this woman has suffered a serious stroke, brought on by too much Bus exhaust.
That is really, really funny. It makes me think of silly faces we used to make by putting little folds in money, like making George Washington look like a mushroom.
At my son's school the kids were given "Cool kids don't use drugs" pencils. Problem was when the kids sharpened their pencils the message changed eventually to "use drugs" Of course being 10 year olds they all immediately sharpened their pencils when the word spread.
I've seen a photo of a radio station van. In very big letters on the side it says HITS. Unfortunately the S is on the door.
Open the door all the way and it now says S HIT.
ReelRadio.com has a picture of an LA station's billboard that was purportedly doctored by staff from a competing station. The station's slogan, "Today's Hit Radio" was altered by moving the "s" in "Today's" to the right.
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If they open that window any more, it'll be Nadine in Picasso land.
Posted by: Jen at June 10, 2005 07:38 AM