Completely baffled.

April 22nd, 2009 by Brittney

I’m not sure how to feel about this advertisement (found via I believe in advertising).

On one hand. It’s kind of completely offensive.
On the other… it’s cheeky and also totally my sense of humor, which tends to have further boundaries than most people.
So… ladies & gents, what do you think?

Posted in musings

4 Responses

  1. amanda

    I was pretty offended until “tulips on the mound!” Then I couldn’t stop laughing. Props for getting that past the censors.

  2. Brittney

    See, that’s kind of how I feel!

  3. Vanessa

    I feel almost the same as you do, actually. It’s offensive (I rolled my eyes so hard when I saw the Asian woman trimming a bonzai tree), and I think the punnery is a little… inappropriate for TV (if they’re running this at normal hours, especially), but it’s also clever. They talked about this on Glossed Over, too, if you’re interested: http://www.glossedover.com/glossed_over/2009/04/subtle-ad-for-hair-removal-products-promotes-mowing-the-lawn.html

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Brittney, who is also known as "Inkytwist" and "Lemon Love", is a 20-something college student (who is freaked out by the fact that she's now officially a '20-something') who likes art, the internet, dogs and correcting problems in html. No, really.

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