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beetiger ([personal profile] beetiger) wrote2004-08-26 08:03 pm

Advertising with the H-bomb

I got a flyer in the mail today advertising a BBC-produced language program for children. It actually looks like it might be decent. But the ad copy really annoyed me. It's titled "Smart Kid Secrets" and shows a picture of a cute kid captioned "Debbie at 2 1/2 when her parents first introduced her to our program.", next to a picture of a wholesome looking young lady dressed in crimson captioned, "Debbie at Harvard today."

I really want to send them a kid picture of my girlfriend captioned "This child was raised on a media diet of Voltron and Scooby-Doo" and an adult picture of her, with bright pink hair, flipping off the statue of John Harvard in the Yard captioned "Julia at Harvard today."

Unfortunately, there's no postage-paid envelope.

[identity profile] stripedsocks.livejournal.com 2004-08-26 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that would be totally awesome. And much more true to life. ^____^

[identity profile] susandeer.livejournal.com 2004-08-26 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL! Oh, you MUST find an address for them now!

[identity profile] lediva.livejournal.com 2004-08-26 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll gladly do it. :)

[identity profile] ubiquity.livejournal.com 2004-08-26 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Both of you totally kick ass. (:

[identity profile] sivvyswraith.livejournal.com 2004-08-26 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
ITYM "Yard," not "Quad." HTH.

/raised on diet of cigarette smoke and tears

[identity profile] beetiger.livejournal.com 2004-08-26 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You are so right. I am so sorry. *flogs self with wet noodle*

If you DO find a Postage Paid reply card....

[identity profile] orb2069.livejournal.com 2004-08-26 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You could always do the Abbie Hoffman/yippie thing and wheat-paste it to a cinder block/tire rim/burned out volkswagen, and drop it off at the post office.

[identity profile] heavenscalyx.livejournal.com 2004-08-27 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Picturing this put me on the floor. For so very many reasons.

(DO IT! DO IT!)