The Blind Misleading the Blind
On July 1, 1976, Tom Dillon, Chairman of the major ad agency BBD&O, said in a speech, "....we've got to know what we've got a choice of. This is the function of advertising." This is what I call a "lie squared," i.e. he was lying about lying. Setting aside the fact that the man ended a sentence with a preposition in a most egregiously clumsy usage, he should have said "this is the fiction of advertising."
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If you serve it with skim milk, scrambled egg whites, toast, and fruit you can claim it is part of a nutritious breakfast.
The ads that I like state natural and artificial flavors added. Ah, the joys of what we eat. Good cartoon though, John C. and it is 100% natural I assume.
Grin. And more to the point... if you eat it with skim milk scrambled egg whites toast and fruit you'll also be [dead] in no time! LOL Nothing like egg yolks whole full cream milk and no toast to right the wrongs of modern day (polyunsaturated) eating.
A lie squared? I like that John. There are plenty of examples out there. I like today's cartoon as well.
Chippy Chips, Eggs Benedict, and a chocolate milkshake. Coming right up.
Nope... no chippy chips. And definitely no milk. LOL But eggs bene are a favourite.
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