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Any examples of inappropriate advertising slogans?

Asked by harple (10455points) August 12th, 2010

I drove past a fish-van the other day, which had the slogan “So fresh, the next of kin haven’t even been notified!”... had I been drinking I would have spat it out involuntarily! What I can’t quite decide is, is this funny or sick??? (I’m veering towards sick…)

Have you got any other examples of somewhat thoughtless advertising slogans?

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Seek's avatar

What gets me most aren’t the advertising slogans, but the company names. Like, no one said this to themselves and went “Waitaminit…”

Like,

Pat R. Cox Law Firm.
Yung Ho Tae Kwon Do
Fu King Chinese Buffet
Quietus (a hearing aid, I think) – “Quietus” is a euphemism for death.
KumHo Tires
Badcock Furniture
Easy Lay Carpets

Mariah's avatar

@Seek_Kolinahr Don’t forget the infamous “Sofa King!”

ucme's avatar

Job vacancy : Person required to work in a dynamite factory : Applicants must be willing to travel!!
Used cars : Why go elsewhere to be cheated? Come here first!!

LuckyGuy's avatar

“We Serve People with Tasty Things.”

(Hey! What about the rest of us?)

lewispratt's avatar

damn you already got the sofa king!! what about their slogan though…“Our prices are Sofa king low” love it!!

CMaz's avatar

Mitsubishi
Volkswagen

Parking in rear.

Austinlad's avatar

I vote for Smucker’s for continually coming up with some of the worst slogans in the food industry:

“With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good!”
“If you find a better jelly, you buy it!”
“The only brand of jams that can make a piece of bread lively!”
“Smucker’s may be yummy, your tummy may be too, but your grocer’s freezer, is not far from you!”

And here are 13 of the worst ad slogan translations

Berserker's avatar

All that comes to mind is the booze/porn shop in House of a 1000 Corpses.

Liquor in the front, poker in the back!

zenele's avatar

In September 06 McDonald’s got a little crazy and desperate in the war on “preservatives” and fought back with this genius slogan:

Ad quote: “Looks like your friends are full of it.”

Real message: “Your friends are full of… clogged arteries.”

perspicacious's avatar

“Have a happy period.” A man came up with that for sure.

Seek's avatar

@perspicacious

Oh, no doubt.

I do love the new Kotex commercials. And I’m pissed that the one that dared to use the word “vagina” was censored.

mattbrowne's avatar

People saying “I like to smoke cigarettes”.

nellybar's avatar

“One sheet does plenty”

harple's avatar

@nellybar ha ha, indeed!

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