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August 19, 2005 12:03 AM
Broken: Vonage ad banner
It looks like the lady has fat arms, but really she's sitting in a chair.
As a medical Doctor, I can tell you that this woman suffers from an abnormality known as tinyheaditis (authentic medical terminology).
Interesting. Given some of the other vontage ads this is not really a big problem. I do find it rather interesting that many of their ads do not like each other. On several sites I visit there are several places on the page for ads. If two of those places are taken up with vontage ads all to often my browser or the whole computer crashes. Really good advertisement for a tech company.
Look, let's not get all up in arms about this, okay? I think Vonage should be applauded for going out on a limb like this. Clearly they are trying to elbow out the competition, but in doing so they've shouldered a lot of advertising expenses. It's no wonder, then, that they've resorted to such strong-arm tactics in their ads.
Oh come on! I think that's a stretch. I wouldn't consider it broken or funny. It's just a sad attempt at advertising using lame off-the-shelf lifestyle photography.
mudflap, I think that gmangw was probably right. If someone starts banging on your door really loudly, sneak out the back door. . .
u guys r crazy..if u cant recognize that its not her arms but the chair she's sitting on then u r one big fat old ppl .. huh just trying to make fun out of anything?
When I first saw the ad, i got scared cuz it looked not normal. I encourage all to put this on the Vonage forum
This is perhaps one of the most useless posts I have ever seen. Not broken, and, as far as I can tell, looks like a chick sittin' in a chair
I think people need to lighten up. I was on the phone and laughed so hard when I saw this, I then had to spend the next two minutes explaining to the client on the other end.
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If you dont sign up for their service, she'll pay you a visit, and she wont be smiling any more...
She looks like bride of the hulk. i hope they paid her a lot to appear in the ad.
Posted by: gmangw at August 19, 2005 12:45 AM