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Rachael Matthews, a 31 year old knitting guru published some very sick knitting patterns. Patterns to create one’s very own cuddly Hitler, Pol Pot or Saddam.
Those patterns are included, together with instructions, in the new book of knitstress Rachael Matthews. There is no mention of ‘Knitler’ on [...]
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This controversial advertisement is part of the French promotional campaign for the Rugby World Cup in September. The advertisement has generated much sensation in the rugby world. Exactly what the creators wanted…
I don’t get the message they want to communicate. Are rugby players gay? Sure, some are, but rugby is one of the toughest sports [...]
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As in most of Europe these days, the Netherlands recently put a ban on smoking in pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants. Although many of the die-hard smokers in our country like to complain about this, they’re living up to the new rules remarkably well.
Yet, the ban on smoking introduced one problem to which even many [...]
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I’m confused. Can anyone tell me what Pringles are?
They were originally known as “Pringle’s Newfangled Potato Chips“, but the name was changed in 1968 for introduction to the national market. This week a court ruling stated that the snack is not a potato crisp. P&G insist they aren’t potato chips, and I know they aren’t [...]
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Jobseekers were speechlessness when they went along to their local job centre and found an advert for a kinky job. the company - called Knobs ‘n’ Knockers - was looking for applicants of both sexes to do washing-up and ironing in the nude.
The advert told hopeful candidates: ‘Required for household cleaning duties in [...]
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(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)
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Last week, a Dutch organization called WarChild released a remarkable campaign aiming to bring attention to child soldiers. This is the organizations sole purpose and they use the money they collect try reintegrate former child soldiers back to the “normal” society in their countries and to prevent [...]
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Filed under: Africa, Brilliant, Viral, Weird
It seems US fastfood chain Taco Bell has found a cheap a way of creating publicity. Earlier this week the company’s president, Greg Creed, sent famous rapper 50 cent a letter challenging him to change his name to 79, 89 or 99 cent. Also, he was invited to rap his way through the Drive In, [...]
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Today almost every single blog and news site I visited reported about an accident with Daniel Craig. This is the story:
Daniel Craig was sent to the hospital after suffering a minor hand injury while filming the latest James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” at Pinewood Studios near [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Cars, Celebrities, Making of, Weird
Lesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. Its population is approximately 90,000 and they are called Lesbians.
The word lesbian is derived from the poems of Sappho, born in Lesbos, which contain powerful emotional content directed toward other females and have frequently been interpreted as expressing homosexual love. Because of this association, [...]
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Everyone who has taken the time to look at the sky knows how dull it is. In fact, it is so boring that people are trying to convince themselves that some clouds are shaped like animals, just to make the experience slightly more interesting. Thank god, this [...]
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Update! This is the video.
Most people today don’t have a very long attention span. If you’re like me, you won’t think twice about zapping forward to the next tv station if you don’t see anything good for two seconds.
Most advertisers are aware of this and are reaching for bigger and better adverts, spending millions [...]
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A car dealer, selling both used and new vehicles, is holding a controversial promotion to boost sales. Until the end of this month Max Motors in Missouri is offering anyone who buys a car the choice of $250 in gas or a free semi-automatic handgun. So far [...]
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Filed under: Controversial, US presidential campaign, Weird
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Yvon Bouvy won more than a $2 million in competitions run by magazines, radio stations and supermarkets. The Police officer, of Arlon in southern Belgium, spent every second of his free time in a local library to look up the answers to quiz questions or filling in [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, Classic, Funny, Weird
Ever since World War II the Dutch people - or most people in general, really - have held a grudge against the Germans. After all, they stole our bikes. If there’s one sure way to piss off a Dutchman it’s stealing his bike. When I was a child, my grandfather would used to teach us [...]
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Filed under: Picture, Propaganda, Weird
Ever woke up in the morning with a gigantic hangover feeling sorry about some crazy thing you did last night? I know I have. But you wouldn’t expect professional advertising agencies to do the same. Looking back, some of those must be having a gigantic hangover from some of the stuff they did before as [...]
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In order to promote the 2008 edition of reality show Big Brother in Australia, advertising agency Marketforce came up with an innovative and unique Bluetooth SMS campaign. The campaign embodied the famous quote from George Orwell’s book 1984 “Big Brother is watching you” which is the essence of the show.
Networtk TEN, the host of the [...]
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The term guerilla marketing was coined by Jay Conrad Levinson and is described in his many books with this term in the title. Here is a brief overview of guerilla marketing tactics and how to get started.
What It Is
Guerilla marketing is really a way of thinking and acting in the context of your business. It [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, External, Funny, Informative, Weird
For the promotion of PROMOpinion I did some networking on sites like LinkedIn, Digg, Stumble Upon, etc. Now there is a controversial new site, called “Penisbook”.
Visit it by clicking on the screenshot below. Surf the site or just watch the front-page for more than 10 seconds. I can hear you think “PenisBook, sounds filthy, I’m [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Controversial, Parody, Viral, Weird
Dying, I rather not talk about it. It scares me to death. Live is too much fun. The way I look at it right now, I don’t want to die ever! But, according to science, we all will and what are the odds that I will be an exception?
I’m 30 years old, so [...]
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Filed under: Beer, Controversial, Funny, Picture, Weird
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Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers in New York recently put a 130 million years old prehistoric dinosaur dung under the hammer. The dung was identified by the auction house as Jurassic era coprolite, a rather euphemistic term for “shit”. It looks like a normal rock on [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, Controversial, Weird
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Campaigns, they are everywhere. It’s a good method to influence and change the (bad) behavior of the target audience. But can it also be used to change primitive urges? I don’t think so, but in Japan they will give it a shot.
In Aomori, Japan, there’s a [...]
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(7 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5)
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Subliminal advertising is considered to be the most powerful representation of ideas that appeals to the emotional and unconscious mind. It is a response to a stimulus unknowingly. Normal level of thinking is not enough to perceive such advertisements as they are designed by experts, who have [...]
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Filed under: Controversial, External, Funny, Weird
We often talk about global Promotion. But this time it’s all about a single handwritten ad!
Jack Hammond, 88 years old, recently moved into a care home near his family. He left all his old drinking friends and the local pub behind. In his current care home the only other male resident is not a [...]
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Is he a lunatic or a caring daddy? Jason Niebling offers his face as a “human advertising billboard.” The highest bidder can have his brand/logo tattooed on the head of this man.
The 37-year-old man from Ipswich, Australia, doesn’t care if people think he’s an idiot as long as this crazy idea pays off and he [...]
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Filed under: Computers, Controversial, Funny, Uncategorized, Weird
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According to officials from North Korea:
1. When Kim Jong-Il was born, a monster came out of the sea at Pyongyang and started to sing the national anthem.
2. When Kim Jong-Il was born, a double rainbow arose over the Baekdu Mountain , the highest mountain in North Korea
3. [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, Funny, Propaganda, Weird
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Wine producer Ilja Gort insured his nose against the loss of sense or smell. Gort is the owner of Tulipe Wines. He claims that his nose can distinguish millions of different scents and is essential to guarantee the quality of his wine brewery. Lloyd’s of London [...]
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Filed under: Controversial, Insurance, Viral, Weird
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Sometimes, all the time and money you spend on advertising can’t stop it from utterly missing its purpose. Unfortunate placement can completely ruin the effect, often due to reasons outside of the advertisers scope of control. The clip above is an ultimate example of this.
But [...]
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Co-blogger Benny is currently working so hard on a project that he sometimes has too less time to eat or sleep, even to write a post. But that’s one of the many reasons we have this blog together. So we can guarantee a 100% original post every [...]
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Yes, it’s that day of the year again. Some of your colleagues or friends may have (tried to) fool you today already: “Your shoelace’s untied”, a fart cushion. Most April fool’s day jokes are very lame.
Some people go through some trouble for a good joke though. As [...]
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Note: The original host of the movie decided to get it offline, click the video to see why. You can still see the movie here.
Over the last few months, not a day went by in my country (the Netherlands) in which it hasn’t been a point [...]
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In 2006 Marithé & François Girbaud’s ad was banned from France & Italy. The Catholic Church won a court injunction to ban an advertisement based on Leonardo da Vinci’s fresco “Christ’s Last Supper.” The French court stated: “a gratuitous and aggressive act of intrusion on people’s innermost beliefs. Rather than being merely satirical, the [...]
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Filed under: Classic, Informative, Parody, Picture, Weird
Today is the birthday of Benny, my good friend and co-blogger from PROMOpinion. I apologize for mentioning him in two consecutive posts. I won’t do it for a long time after today, that’s a promise!
His birthday triggered me to search for a birthday ad. Somewhere in the far corner of YouTube I stumbled upon the [...]
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And now for something completely different! I’m not much of a tattoo enthusiast, I guess they look good on some people but for myself I wouldn’t even think of getting one. If I did, I would think long and hard about what to get; you’re stuck with it for the rest of your life, [...]
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Filed under: Asian, Commercial, Funny, Informative, Picture, Weird
In the Netherlands we have a socialist party (SP) like every country does. They made a short protest movie about the Dutch homecare for the elderly. This blog is not about politics, so I won’t talk about the matter itself.
To communicate with videos like this to get your message seen/heard is a good thing. [...]
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Filed under: Commercial, Controversial, Propaganda, Weird
Imagine you have to create a commercial for Unox. The company probably demanded an idea that contributes to their pleasant, easy-going and middle-class imago. You and your colleagues start ‘brainstorming’, in other words you think about it when you take a shower, drive to another customer with the radio on or walk the dog. [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Commercial, Weird
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