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[Iceman]

I just heard an ad trying to convince people to donate to some kind of cat adoption fund...

they were selling "Have a Heart Stop Watches"

Have a Heart Stop.... watch.

Is that name really going to help?


That also reminds me of a local dairy product.. I forget the name but it's basically some kind of flavored milk in a kind of plastic soda bottle. The slogan, printed in enormous letters on a truck read "Grip It and Sip It." I don't have a filthy mind but that was disturbing.

 

[Traumahound]

Yes, I saw this one in my hometown about 7 or 8 years ago.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

There is a Chinese restaurant near my place The huge sign above the restaurant proudly states : "SHATIN CHINESE FOOD" it could have the greatest chinese food on earth but i will never know thanx to that sign.

 

[olimario]

http://www.kumandgo.com/

No shit, I saw one of these next door to a Lube and Go.

 

[tsp_gatmog]

"Just do it......Nike"

:lol oh mr. Carrell...

 

[thomaser]

There was a really bad one here in Norway a couple of years ago. Honda was about to release a car called "Honda Fitta". "Fitta" in Norwegian means, literally, "The C**t". Luckily, someone discovered the obvious before the advertising started, and the release was halted until they came up with a new name

 

[fallout]

This one really isn't really stupid (in the sense that it could be clearly taken differently), it's just a horrible decision when it comes to marketing.

I hate the name Mandriva. I couldn't possibly run the dist without cringing everytime I read it.

 

[mas9055]

How about those new Suzuki commercials (or maybe it was Saturn?) where they go like I love cruisin, hangin out, goin to a pizza party with the kids...that's why I got a saturn (it was saturn). WTF?

 

[explodet]

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

I'm in tears over that shit

 

[dog$]

"Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."

 

[Dan]

How about those new Suzuki commercials (or maybe it was Saturn?) where they go like I love cruisin, hangin out, goin to a pizza party with the kids...that's why I got a saturn (it was saturn). WTF?

Seriously, those ads don't make any damn sense.

"I always wanted to be that dad. You know, the dad that coaches their kids' football teams, who teaches them how to throw a perfect spiral. Now I can be that dad... that's why I bought a Saturn." *cue sappy music*

What the fuck? Those ads have forced me to swear off ever even considering buying a Saturn. I don't want to be one of those douchebags featured in their commercials.

 

[Ash Housewares]

I'm still a big fan of Nads

 

[Amir0x]

I was thinking the slogan for the NAVY was pretty funny, for all the wrong reasons: "Accelerate your life."

And the new slogan for XB 360 is especially cringe worthy, like a corporate meeting of 50-somethings trying to be "hip" with the latest generation: "Amplify Everything: Hit Reset on your Reality."

 

[Ash Housewares]

And the new slogan for XB 360 is especially cringe worthy, like a corporate meeting of 50-somethings trying to be "hip" with the latest generation: "Amplify Everything: Hit Reset on your Reality."

thats nice, it's like they wanted to compete with sony & nintendo by translating a terrible slogan into japanese and then back to english

 

[Amir0x]

thats nice, it's like they wanted to compete with sony & nintendo by translating a terrible slogan into japanese and then back to english

:lol

 

[MIMIC]

I was thinking the slogan for the NAVY was pretty funny, for all the wrong reasons: "Accelerate your life."

:lol I thought the same thing just the other day.

 

[warhead]

 

[J2 Cool]

 

[Brannon]

The Great American Smoke Out

It's so bad that the tobacco industry had to be the ones responsible for promoting such a conflicting message. In that case it's good, for them.

 

[mas9055]

Seriously, those ads don't make any damn sense.

"I always wanted to be that dad. You know, the dad that coaches their kids' football teams, who teaches them how to throw a perfect spiral. Now I can be that dad... that's why I bought a Saturn." *cue sappy music*

What the fuck? Those ads have forced me to swear off ever even considering buying a Saturn. I don't want to be one of those douchebags featured in their commercials.

Someone finally understands my pain

 

[mas9055]

Do you really want it that cold?

 

[Vitten]

Can't beat engrish.com for these sort of things. Pure comedy gold...