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Stupid ad on Facebook
« on: March 26, 2011, 06:26:12 PM »
A couple of times a day I check in on Facebook to see what my nieces and nephews are saying (usually nothing interesting).

Today I checked in, and saw this stupid ad:



Why do I say it's a stupid ad?















BECAUSE IF I HAD WHAT'S IN THAT PHOTO, I WOULDN'T BE THINKING ABOUT SLEEPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO CREATED THIS AD? PEREZ HILTON?
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2011, 06:34:53 PM »
"BECAUSE IF I HAD WHAT'S IN THAT PHOTO, I WOULDN'T BE THINKING ABOUT SLEEPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

How would high heel wrap-around sandal thingies help you not think about sleep?


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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2011, 06:36:04 PM »
i'm guessing that their thought process went something like this:

"i like hot girls. i like looking at hot girls. therefore, if i put hot girls on my ad, people will look at it."

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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2011, 06:45:34 PM »
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"i like hot girls. i like looking at hot girls. therefore, if i put hot girls on my ad, people will look at it."

True enough, and I remember many marketing managers in the 1980's and earlier who thought the same way. It wasn't until ad agencies started measuring viewer responses that they found that viewers didn't remember the product being sold.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2011, 07:33:35 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on March 26, 2011, 06:45:34 PM
True enough, and I remember many marketing managers in the 1980's and earlier who thought the same way. It wasn't until ad agencies started measuring viewer responses that they found that viewers didn't remember the product being sold.
Apparently, some still don't know that.

When I was in Wisconsin the Head On ads drove me up the wall. I know you apply it directly to the forehead, but I have no idea what it is or why I would want it on my head. The commercials never say that. The ads are so dumb I have never bothered to look it up.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2011, 07:45:15 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on March 26, 2011, 06:45:34 PM
True enough, and I remember many marketing managers in the 1980's and earlier who thought the same way. It wasn't until ad agencies started measuring viewer responses that they found that viewers didn't remember the product being sold.

So what are they trying to sell  ???

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(does she come with it?  :lol: )
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2011, 08:13:31 PM »
HEAD-ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD!
HEAD-ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD!
HEAD-ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD!

holy crap did i hate those commercials. i stopped watching tv 2 or 3 years ago and i don't miss it a bit.

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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2011, 08:36:11 PM »
Quote from: TMM on March 26, 2011, 08:13:31 PM
HEAD-ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD!
HEAD-ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD!
HEAD-ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD!


One good thing....they could never be sued for not having clear instructions with the product....  :lol:
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2011, 08:47:30 PM »
Quote from: TMM on March 26, 2011, 08:13:31 PM
HEAD-ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD!

I still want to make a laxative suppository and call it BUTT-UP, so I can parody their commercials.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2011, 09:20:58 PM »
Quote from: KD5NRH on March 26, 2011, 08:47:30 PM
I still want to make a laxative suppository and call it BUTT-UP, so I can parody their commercials.
Nah. I'd call that UP-YOURS.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2011, 09:43:50 PM »
Quote from: KD5NRH on March 26, 2011, 08:47:30 PM
I still want to make a laxative suppository and call it BUTT-UP, so I can parody their commercials.

And why would you apply a suppository to your forehead?....  =|
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2011, 11:24:12 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on March 26, 2011, 09:43:50 PM
And why would you apply a suppository to your forehead?....  =|

Well, if folks had their heads up their...

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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2011, 11:53:56 PM »
Quote from: grislyatoms on March 26, 2011, 06:34:53 PM
How would high heel wrap-around sandal thingies help you not think about sleep?

She'd sleep better if she took those off.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2011, 01:19:14 AM »
Fistful, what do you have against sexy women's footwear? ;)
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2011, 02:12:54 AM »
Because, man; first you let them wear shoes, then they want to leave the house. And drive cars. Next thing you know, they'll try to learn to read and such.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2011, 05:58:36 PM »
Me + her + viagra = dirt nap forever for me.  Truth in advertising there.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2011, 12:52:19 PM »
Here's another one. How dumb are these people?

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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2011, 01:03:03 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on April 16, 2011, 12:52:19 PM



Not sure about sleeping, but that would definitely keep me in bed......  ;)
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2011, 02:10:47 PM »
i don't know if its really that bad an ad if its message is "do this and fall asleep fast."

i mean, considering most guys i know, thats how it works even if she isn't a smoking hottie.  =D
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2011, 03:14:30 PM »
Quote from: bluestarlizzard on April 16, 2011, 02:10:47 PM
i don't know if its really that bad an ad if its message is "do this and fall asleep fast."

i mean, considering most guys i know, thats how it works even if she isn't a smoking hottie.  =D



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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2011, 04:25:10 PM »
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i mean, considering most guys i know, thats how it works even if she isn't a smoking hottie.

That's because guys often are drunk, and also because we weren't blessed with the ability to have multiple orgasms. We got cheated.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2011, 04:59:55 PM »
Quote from: Monkeyleg on April 16, 2011, 04:25:10 PM
That's because guys often are drunk, and also because we weren't blessed with the ability to have multiple orgasms. We got cheated.

I wonder if that's true or if it's simply that none of us have ever tried for number 2.
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2011, 05:35:29 PM »
stupid ad? how many of us went looking for it now?
plus we have a whole thread about it-seems like it did exactly what it was intended to do.

I'm still not sure though what they're selling.
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« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2011, 05:36:11 PM »
Quote from: CNYCacher on April 16, 2011, 04:59:55 PM
I wonder if that's true or if it's simply that none of us have ever tried for number 2.

....or survived the attempt.....  [tinfoil]
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Re: Stupid ad on Facebook
« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2011, 06:29:07 PM »
Quote from: CNYCacher on April 16, 2011, 04:59:55 PM
I wonder if that's true or if it's simply that none of us have ever tried for number 2.
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