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Monday, March 4. 2013

Remember this ad?


 Remember this ad for pre-owned Beemers, "You know you're not the first, but do you really care?"






Well, somebody faked a similar ad for Aston Martin, and Aston Martin is not amused (below the fold)

Posted by The News Junkie at 20:25 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hominna, hominna, hominna! Wheeee! :D
#1 benning on 2013-03-04 20:52 (Reply)
Of I can't have an Aston Martin, I'll have one of those, please.
#2 Mike K (Link) on 2013-03-04 23:11 (Reply)
Doing some further "research" to find cached versions of the fake ad as it appeared with the AMLL trademark, I'm reminded of the line from the Tom Lehrer song:
"Don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell". "Pre owed" -- is that some kind of Freudian slip in reference to cost of ownership?

I also find it interesting culturally -- I'm in the part of the evangelical christian subculture where there is still (barely) a majority of the couples seeking marriage in the church where both parties are still virgins, and we are given to think that this is no longer "normal" for adults in either the statistical or common meanings of normal -- and yet if the concept did not have some resonance, the advertisement (real or not) would be ineffective.
#3 Douglas2 on 2013-03-04 23:51 (Reply)
The AM was repo-ed!
#4 Sam L. on 2013-03-05 20:08 (Reply)

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