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What exactly is this ad trying to sell me on?
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Feb 14, 2006, 01:20 PM
 
This flash ad came up in Yahoo mail. The first few frames shocked the hell out of me.


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Feb 14, 2006, 01:24 PM
 
Cherish the fact that you don't need a coat hanger to keep your vest off the floor.
     
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Feb 14, 2006, 01:36 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar
Cherish the fact that you don't need a coat hanger to keep your vest off the floor.
Unfortunately that was a little girl, not a vest

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Feb 14, 2006, 01:50 PM
 
Not yet, at least.
     
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Feb 14, 2006, 02:42 PM
 
Was it a rhetorical question or do you know the answer?
     
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Feb 14, 2006, 02:43 PM
 
He knows the answer. Unless you think that's a little girl too.
     
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Feb 14, 2006, 02:43 PM
 
Here is the last frame:


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Feb 14, 2006, 02:46 PM
 
It's a great illusion. I'd like to see the in between frames.
     
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Feb 14, 2006, 02:49 PM
 
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Feb 14, 2006, 02:50 PM
 
Originally Posted by Kitschy
It's a great illusion. I'd like to see the in between frames.
It is just a little girl dancing on her dads feet, she grows up and gets married (hopefully not to her father).

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Feb 14, 2006, 03:06 PM
 
Ah, it all makes sense now.
     
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Feb 14, 2006, 10:08 PM
 
State Farm is a good company.

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Feb 14, 2006, 10:11 PM
 
Originally Posted by wdlove
State Farm is a good company.
Don't get so defensive!

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Feb 14, 2006, 10:51 PM
 
Maybe they hired the same ad firm as Microsoft:

     
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Feb 14, 2006, 10:56 PM
 
Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
Maybe they hired the same ad firm as Microsoft:

LOL so fitting!
     
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Feb 15, 2006, 04:01 AM
 
I would say the ad was created by someone with a terrible sense of humor or very ignorant to visual imagery. That's the second State Farm ad that has caused people to question their message.

IMHO it's time for them to re-think their ad team. I would guess they are very young.
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Feb 15, 2006, 04:11 AM
 
Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
Is that for real?
     
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Feb 15, 2006, 04:47 AM
 
Originally Posted by Rolling Bones
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Unnecessary, provocative and insulting.
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Feb 15, 2006, 07:30 AM
 
Originally Posted by undotwa
Unnecessary, provocative and insulting.
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Feb 15, 2006, 07:30 AM
 
Originally Posted by undotwa
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Feb 15, 2006, 07:34 AM
 
I want to see it within context.

[edit]

Going to their site, I also found THIS pic



They are clearly molesting that baby!

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Feb 15, 2006, 07:40 AM
 
I see a really adorable baby... but mom is missing a body!! She's just a floating head! Oh no!
     
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Feb 15, 2006, 08:42 AM
 
true.com's dating ads are interesting to say the least

*images cut*

there was a better one i saw the other day - some woman in a bikini with the words "Ready For Action" below here (she was in an army bikini too)

found it


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Feb 15, 2006, 10:00 AM
 
Originally Posted by Rolling Bones
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Would be a bit more valid if it was a boy on his lap.

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