HUMOR Digest - 21 Apr 1998 to 22 Apr 1998

Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:00:44 -0400
From: Jim Moore Jr
Subject: Advertising

Strange business, advertising. I mean, who would have thought that condoms, tampons, feminine hygiene products, underwear & yeast infection medicine would be advertised on TV & yet it's illegal to advertise cigarettes.

Which brings a question to mind. Every commercial I've seen for female douches states that they are "disposable".

Now I may be naive about such things, but why would anyone want to keep them.

If you doubt the power of advertising, consider this. There are dozens of peaks in Colorado a lot higher than Pike's Peak. Try naming three of them right now.

An old-time farm wife in Howard County, Mrs. Musgrove, sold her vegetables at a road-side stand. One day a local DJ stopped by and suggested that she advertise on the radio.

"Certainly not !" she replied. "Last time I did that, so many people came, they bought out everything I had."

You know you're getting on in years when the TV commercial for hair restorer is more interesting than the show.

The advertising campaign to quit smoking is somewhat less than a success. Some of the people who quit got their taste buds back and discovered they've been eating things for years that they can't stand.

City streets aren't safe to walk on; cars are being stolen at a rapid clip; homes are burglarized; the air around us is poisoned, but thanks to advertising, our underarms are fully protected.

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