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Satan - on earth to give you nicely bronzed skin.
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Posted: 6th August 2003 14:22
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I don't think I've seen this before. My friend at work brought this brochure from the tanning salon he goes to - I can't think of many trademarks more stupid than this:
 Why would anyone think that allying your brand with the dark lord would make it exciting and new? Anyway, the rest of the brochure can be seen here and here. It's fairly amusing if you read it out of context, I guess. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 6th August 2003 14:33
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It is hot in hell (or cold depending on who you listen to). Maybe they want to say that you’ll get a good as a tan as you would get from chillin' with Lucifer for a few millennia.
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Posted: 6th August 2003 17:26
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That's hysterical. Are you sure it's legit?
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Posted: 6th August 2003 18:05
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Well, even if it's 40°C in Paris, and I'm white as an aspirin, I don't think I'll ally with the Dark Lord to get some tan. When you look at Satan's tan, it's really looks like some sort of giant sunburn!
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Posted: 6th August 2003 18:49
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I scanned the brochure myself. I have not yet been to the tanning salon, because it's not that big a deal to me.  -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 6th August 2003 19:36
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Wow. Just...wow. I dunno. Maybe they're trying to play on the association between hell and eternal flame?  -------------------- Veni, vidi, dormivi. |
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Post #15596
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Posted: 6th August 2003 19:59
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That's arguably the worst PR foresight I've ever seen from any business. Okay, there's the X-box controller, but I won't go into that.
I seriously have a tough time believing that any company, big or small, would let something like that slip through the cracks onto its advertisements. Maybe they did it on purpose, just for the shock factor. Of course, I'm not exactly tempted to go there. -------------------- "I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking." ~Dorothy L. Sayers "The truly remarkable thing about television is that it allows several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely." ~T.S. Eliot "Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as reality - in your own mind!" ~ Bruce Lee |
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Post #15612
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Posted: 6th August 2003 20:20
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they must wonder why all the goths hang out there.... Tanning salon by day; dark underworld cult by night
-------------------- "When I turn the page The corner bends into the perfect dog ear As if the words knew I'd need them again But at the time, I didn't see it." ~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear |
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Posted: 6th August 2003 22:00
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LOL
 Talk about a marketing faux pas! n_n -------------------- ~Status Report~ * Completed... Dragon's Head * Completed... Soldiers of the Empire: Disciples (release pending) * In Progress/Undecided... Of Love and Betrayal * Planning/Assembly... Where it all Began |
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Posted: 7th August 2003 04:13
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Someone should submit that one for the Nova Awards.
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Posted: 7th August 2003 04:18
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Maybe they actually come from a very shelterd childhood where they were tought that Satan = God. So they are thinking wow who couldn't resist a tan that is named after Satan (GOD for the dumb people who have't caughten yet, Which would probably be Ranger). So acutally they think they are being quite clever. Like a fox you might say (Poor Ranger probably didn't get that one either).
-------------------- aint superstitious Black cat crossed my trail I aint superstitious But a Black cat crossed my trail But Lord has got me so far and I wont let her stop me now The dogs begin to bark all over my neighborhood And that aint all The dogs begin to bark all over my neighborhood UMmHMm This is a mean old world to live in and I cant face it by myself |
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Posted: 7th August 2003 19:54
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Could someone translate this for me? I don't understand a damn thing she just said. -------------------- Veni, vidi, dormivi. |
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Posted: 8th August 2003 01:40
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I'd try, but I don't speak gibbernese.
 Funny how his/her main complaint was someone's failure to understand something.  |
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Posted: 8th August 2003 09:04
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Hey guys, I got a SATan! It's nice and golden, my chic wants my body, I can also now use infravision, speak in 3 dead tounges, and can raise the dead at will! As soon as this wears off I'm seeing my local bar-b-cue for another SATan!
-------------------- At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) |
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Posted: 8th August 2003 18:38
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I knew Christ could raise the dead, but when did Satan ever do it? -------------------- Veni, vidi, dormivi. |
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Post #15833
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Posted: 10th August 2003 10:42
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Look at their slogan: "Satan: The healthy way to tan"
The evil ruler of hell is healthy for you!
-------------------- "I had to write four novels before they let me write comic books." -Brad Meltzer |
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Post #15939
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Posted: 10th August 2003 15:59
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The rest of the brochure is comedy gold when read out of context. "The active ingredient in Satan is a sugar molecule, extracted from sugarcane.." "How long does a Satan application last?" Well, Billy, I'd say FOREVER.
-------------------- Hey, put the cellphone down for a while In the night there is something wild Can you hear it breathing? And hey, put the laptop down for a while In the night there is something wild I feel it, it's leaving me |
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