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Shoulda hired us

This morning we found this ad in The Onion. And it seems like the Vertical Response marketing team figured that since their ad was gonna run in The Onion, they should be funny and irreverent. That was a good impulse. But here’s the problem:

For adults, merely saying “balls” isn’t really that funny. Unless you’re drunk, or in conference room. For this ad to be successful the joke would have to: 1) be a real joke [as in funny] and 2) have something to do with what their audience would rather be doing at work.

And you can be damn sure that no wants to fuck their hand in a cubicle. At least not during work hours.

04/25/07 by josh kamler

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2 Responses to “Shoulda hired us”

Jeff C. Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Speak for yourself, what do you think I’m doing right now?
Bryan Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
I don’t know Josh, maybe our office is just a little more crass, but balls, nuts, eggs, berries, sack etc… is always good for a, albeit short lived, chuckle.

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