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Favorite Marketing Fail

gomidoggomidog
edited March 2009 in Everything Else
The SyFy (Syphilis) network got me thinking about this. Have you ever seen a marketing campaign/billboard/product name that can totally be taken the wrong way and is unintentionally hilarious?

Here's mine, rotten woman that I am.
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Also, I once saw a billboard in the south for a church that had a "God Hand" and said "Behold, I come quickly." I guess my mind is dirty.

Comments

  • NeitoNeito
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    ... I don't get it.
  • RochelleRochelle
    ... I don't get it.
    I'm thinking something to do with Boy Love, maybe?
  • RymRym
    I lolled the moment I saw that name appear. I figure there's no overlap between the people they're marketing to and the people who would find it funny. ^_~
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    edited March 2009
    Let me just say this:

    I thought that Bud Light could not be any more horrible. It was near the bottom of the pile when it comes to "beer."

    I tried BL Lime. It's basically an abortion in a bottle.
    Post edited by TheWhaleShark on
  • gomidoggomidog
    Okay, Viga should be here to explain.

    BL is a short form of Boy's Love, or Yaoi comics.
    Lime is a fan-fiction term that means mildly smutty yaoi with lots of making out or something. (Lemon is the term for ones that are really naughty)

    So BL lime is basically a word for steamy yaoi fanfic.
  • NeitoNeito
    Okay, Viga should be here to explain.

    BL is a short form of Boy's Love, or Yaoi comics.
    Lime is a fan-fiction term that means mildly smutty yaoi with lots of making out or something. (Lemon is the term for ones that are really naughty)

    So BL lime is basically a word for steamy yaoi fanfic.
    ... So I should be glad I don't get the joke, then?
  • ......
    I tried BL Lime. It's basically an abortion in a bottle.
    I laughed at the original picture, but this makes it, to me, even better.
  • gomidoggomidog
    Probably. It means that you are innocent and unsullied. Not rotten.
  • NeitoNeito
    Probably. It means that you are innocent and unsullied. Not rotten.
    Well, at least, it wasn't the first thing in my mind. I knew all the concepts you were saying, I just didn't immediatly put them all together.
  • ......
    Probably. It means that you are innocent and unsullied. Not rotten.
    I DON'T WANT TO BE ROTTEN... but I've progressed too far.
  • RochelleRochelle
    I am half rotten. I didn't know that lime meant. Now I do. I'm tainted!
  • misakyramisakyra
    I am half rotten. I didn't know that lime meant. Now I do. I'm tainted!
    That makes two of us.
  • VigaViga
    Daw. I missed the boat on this thread. I LOL'd after seeing the first post.
  • NuriNuri
    Probably. It means that you are innocent and unsullied. Not rotten.
    Not necessarily. I didn't get it either. ^_~
  • gomidoggomidog
    Rotten woman (fujoshi) means a girl who reads BL.
  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
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  • GeoGeo
    edited March 2009
    image This is just an absolutely disgraceful and pointless marketing campaign. I can only wonder what was going through their heads while making and approving this.
    Regardless, this is still my favorite marketing fail ever.
    Post edited by Geo on
  • Loganator456Loganator456
    Also, I once saw a billboard in the south for a church that had a "God Hand" and said "Behold, I come quickly." I guess my mind is dirty.
    Ha!
  • Admiral HotcakesAdmiral Hotcakes
    My personal fave.
  • AprecheApreche
    I remember that Eartbound ad. Thanks to that ad I had a very wrong impression of what Earthbound was for a very long time.
  • GeoGeo
    edited March 2009
    I remember that Earthbound ad. Thanks to that ad I had a very wrong impression of what Earthbound was for a very long time.
    You, me, and 2,000,000+ other unaware gamers.
    Post edited by Geo on
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