Posts Tagged ‘cigarettes’

Effective Marketing

What were they thinking?

Marketing Guy 1: Well, I’ve got some bad news.  General Mills is not buying this whole [finger quotes] “caveman idea.”
Marketing Guy 2: What do we do?
Marketing Guy 1: Great question, Jenkins.  I have a friend who knows a lot about cigarettes — says that their cool and refreshing menthol is good for your throat — that they are a great way to make you look trendy and fashionable.
Marketing Guy 2: Tell me more, Harvey!
Marketing Guy 1: Keep your suspenders on, Jenkins.  Let’s just get these Flintsone’s cigarette ads knocked out.
Marketing Guy 2: Harvey!  What about Jack Daniels sponsoring the Jetsons?
Marketing Guy 1: Jenkins — I think you are gonna run this place some day.
[Jenkins smiles and puts his gun in his holster as they exit the board room]

What is the worst ad campaign you have ever seen?

I Want to Ride My Bicycle

My Tahoe is dead.  At least for now, and it was perfect timing.  I had just taken my mountain bike to our local outfitter, Sunrift, where it had a tune-up and complete overhaul.  Since having my bike available once again, I have been riding to work.  It is not a long haul, about a mile and a half or so, but it is uphill from my house to Look Up.  It has caused me to slow down and notice a few things as I ride:  cigarette butts, empty beer cans, broken beer bottles, McDonald’s bags, disfigured and bloated animals, construction material strewn about… just to name a few.  I guess in slowing down, I have been made aware of how fast we are really moving.

I think I may ride my bike to work from now on.