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Jobsintown.de
Life is too short for the wrong job! Life is too short for the wrong job! Life is too short for the wrong job! Do you know that in Italy they have a slightly different economic situation from that in Australia? I don’t mean to poo-p...
Jesus Unlimited
Unlimited incoming calls. Jesus has never called me. It doesn’t bother me, I’m just saying. I like to think this ad is funny, but it isn’t really, is it? I don’t even know any more. I think I have been thinking about it too ...
The History Channel: Kids(?)
It really does perplex me the way some potentially fantastic ideas and concepts will never get any further than a few squiggles piece of foolscalp paper, and meanwhile this sort of advertising - these sorts of images - are just put out there as th...
MTV: Skins
Parents can’t forbid things they don’t know exist. Skins. Don’t let them know about this show. Um, I hate to be the one to break it to you, MTV, but parents already know about this show. Everybody knows about this show. In-case you ...
Tibits: Tree
Very, very fresh vegetarian food. First, I just have to say how impressed I am that there is a chain of vegetarian restaurants in Switzerland, and by the looks of it, one that is easily recognisable by the general public. I am not, however, surprise...
The Orange Apple: Eye Boner
Where, oh where, does one begin. I mean, could this really be the best idea for the brief, “Orange Apple retouching is exciting to the eye?”. No way. This ad was the most shocking and funny idea, but the wrong people were sitting at the ...
Crearasil: Squeeze This
Ahhh…squeezing pimples. Very few people admit to enjoying it, yet we all do it. It hurts, it is gross, and we all know it makes things worse. Yet we all do it. My conclusion: we all like it. What other reason would we have for squeezing those t...
Dial Hand Sanitizer: Anywhere
Anywhere. These ads are nice. I like the concept, simple, straight to the point, no obscurity or lame attempt at humour. No ridiculous exaggeration, and the novelty of a sink in your briefcase is good fun. I can think of about a million more places w...
McDonalds: “Joke”
Why is it that McDonalds have so wrongly assumed that we are so easily entertained? This is just not funny. If it wasn’t for the copy at the bottom nobody would even look twice at it. Nobody even looks once at a plain red billboard with a pictu...
Cheer Darks: For Flattering Blacks
I have to admit that it took me a little while to understand what this ad was all about, because Cheer Dark is not a product that I am familiar with. But now, having put it together, I have to say that I am impressed by the whole package. The concept...
All Bran: Slide
I have come to the conclusion that, no matter how creative you are, no matter how much humour you use, or how abstract you try to be, it is simply impossible to advertise the fibrous, laxative-like qualities of breakfast cereals without making you th...
WWF: Emergency
WWF ads can sometimes be a little obscure, sometimes weird, sometimes boring, sometimes neither here nor there. There are definitely some >good ones, though, and this is one of them. Very simple, straight to the point, and also funny while not b...
Ducolax: Rats
It works. So, so foul. Good idea. Gets the message across. But just totally, totally foul. You know when people talk about a bad smell and you can almost smell it as they speak? It is like your imagination conjours up the reality of what it is proces...
Cupid Condoms: Savings of a Lifetime
This is such a fantastic concept for a condom ad. I mean, never mind all the usual advertising lures to attract the customer to a product they wish they never had to use. Forget added sexual pleasure, forget sensual and exotic flavours and ultra-thi...
Panadol: Stop the Flu
Stop the flu. I have never had a milkman, and until now I had always believed I was missing out on some sort of special experience that most peoplehave; on they can talk about when they are old. Now, I am quite glad, no, grateful, that I never came ...
Check Your Neck
Ask your doctor to check your neck. It could save your life. www.checkyourneck.com I am shaking my head at the moment, trying to figure out where to start. The illustration is good. Actually, I think it is awesome. Very raw, very sharp and definite. ...
Solo: Man-Bib
Just the words ‘man’ and ‘bib’ combined are funny enough to make this advertising campaign successful. It is so stupid, so unnecessary, and so manly. Really, it doesn’t seem too difficult to appeal to men en masse, as lo...
Derma Master
We know what a pimple can do to you. I must admit, I was always very lucky as a teenager. I only ever really got the odd pimple. Having said that, I do remember those times I did get a blemish, and I remember how they could somehow manage to feel lik...
Telmex Video Security
I am highly disturbed right now, and even more grateful that I do not work in an office. Furthermore, I have decided that I will be working from home for the rest of my life. Full stop. There is a fine line between security-ware and spyware (gra...
V8 - Mother
Veggies you can get on your own. I have seen some pretty foul advertisements in the past. There was the ad for O.B. Tampons with a vampire who sported tampons for teeth, and there was the weird one for a pregnancy test featuring a woman with her head...
Folgers: For less complicated mornings
For mornings less complicated. Hahaha…I had a chuckle to myself when I first saw these ads. I can really relate to them, especially the second one. I hate mornings. I never was a morning person, and for many years I actually managed to...
Smile, Spaniards
Do you honestly think getting drugs abroad could be a laugh? 2000 Spanish citizens are no longer laughing. When you travel, keep away from drugs. So I can just imagine someone has been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use this concept in an...
Pringles: Hot & Spicy
It took me a while to figure out what could possibly be interesting about this ad. I even stared at the enlarged image. And then finally I saw the chips; the Pringles as the seeds of the chilli. Well, unfortunately for the makers of this ad, this too...
Tzabar Travel Agency
Watch your favorite artists live today. Flight + Concert packages. Well these guys really haven’t held back, have they? These illustrations are all pretty extreme, and I suppose some people could say offensive (especially the Paul Mcartney one)...
Boecker Public Health
Don’t let them get comfortable. I have a clever mouse living in my garage at the moment (not as clever as this mouse). I see him every now and again, and the sightings are getting more frequent and more brazen. It is as though, each time he se...
Blusens: Orgy of the senses
It is impossible to see this ad and not laugh. I mean, come on, here we have an orgy of ears and eyeballs, fingers, noses and tongues, and if you look closely enough for long enough, you can find some fairly interesting situations (for example there ...
Doc Morris Pharmacies
1 latex condom extra safe. Available at all Doc Morris Pharmacies. There are some advertisements out there that seem to genuinely attempt a little innovation and originality but sadly fail. This campaign does not even appear to have attempted on ...
MTV SWITCH
So I saw this ad, and I thought to myself, the first thing I had better do is go and find out what this MTV SWITCH is all about. So I checked out the website. It is lame. The lame result of big businesses and companies deciding that they care a...
WWF - Before Its Too Late
I have a fair bit of sympathy for the WWF at the moment. I’m not a big “save the planet” kind of guy. Where a 5 minute walk can be had I’ll generally let the lazy man inside me win and take the car. But I recognise that the WW...
Terranova Land Rover: Snake
Freelander 2 with panoramic sunroof. I love snakes. When I first saw this ad, it took me a short while to actually notice the person in the image, I was thinking about the snake. I find it hard to believe that people can be afraid of snakes. If it we...
