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I'm not afraid to speak the truth, let the word go forth that Kali killed Chester A. Arthur!

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It's a good thing they are safety matches, or someone might get hurt

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With quite impressively quick turn around, the Etch-a-sketch people managed to use the recent gaffe by a Romney staffer to their advantage without picking a side in the political world...not the easiest needle to thread.

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A Victorian Gentlebug

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From a Brazilian ad for bleach:

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The caption is "Don't let bacteria have descendents in your home"
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Pipes

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The old chestnut "Germans aren't funny" has been the basis for innumerable ads, but this one for Bank Forum, part of the Commerzbank group, is far more amusing then the usual ones I've seen in the wild:

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The florid prose and the CamelCase product name is well matched to the fountain-pen (msrp about $2,000)

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This unique pen with its impeccably sleek profile and smooth curves is entirely made in Switzerland, although it looks as if it has just emerged from a NASA lab or from the desk of Major Boothroyd, the iconoclastic inventor of the James Bond accessories. Nonetheless, the sheer purity and simplicity of the design also evoke the golden age of aeronautics, the glorious era of the first Paris-New York flights, spiced up with a dash of Art Deco style. This tribute to third millennium design is a compendium of aesthetic appeal featuring an extremely playful DNA, enriched by the finest expression of the expertise cultivated by RJ-Romain Jerome in the domain of fusing materials.

 Moon dust, embodying all human fantasies of exploring the sky, is encapsulated in the cockpit bubble, and the resulting eloquent invitation to escape earthbound reality is interpreted in three different versions : Heavy Metal, Black Metal and Vintage, each adorned with 48 handapplied rivets. To ensure take-off in the best possible conditions, the MoonFighter is protected by a leather pouch and, upon returning from its missions, fits neatly into its carbon-finished docking station.

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An ad for the Tag Heuer Micrograph, a wristwatch with a 1/100th Second chronograph module.  I think it must be a view into the future, this is what a 8-year-old Terminator gets yelled at for bringing home..."You're making such a mess, it's gonna knock things over and it's getting grease all over the clean grease" Click the picture for a HUGE version, the detail is worth it
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Cartier Kitties, Year 2

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Last year, about this time, Cartier put together an ad campaign based on a Panther kitten.; They have revived the campaign as The Winter Tale, with a bit more of a seasonal (read Christmas) slant, but no less cute overload

This seems to be the title-page for the campaign, since there are no actual products depicted
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Some ladies wallets and a Baignoire watch, a design from the early 20th century
cartier_panther_bagnoire.jpg A mans Ballon Bleu watch, pen, cufflinks and some leatherwork
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all pictured from Cartier's site

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From the English perfume house of Penhaligon comes this amusing set of ads to go with their slogan "Merchants of attraction since 1870"

First a pair of men's cologne ads

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And a matching pair of ladies' perfume ads

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My compliments to the design crew at Dye Holloway Murray

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China Element: A

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From an ad campaign in China to promote diversity.  Sadly there was no matching 'M' to use

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Queen Bean the First

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From a current campaign for the Eurostar to London
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The rest of the campaign is not quite as strange, but amusing

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