Post by thread:[OT][WOT] Novel advertising idea

Comes up as a bad link Russell. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:39:39 +1300, Russell McMahon <spam_OUTapptechTakeThisOuTparadise.net.nz> wrote: > I've never heard of this being done before. > > www.trademe.co.nz/Business-industry/Other/auction-22234183.htm

And in a similar way: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-industry/Other/auction-22332915.htm Regards, *Carlos Marcano* -Guri, Venezuela- ----------- Mensaje Original -------------- De: Russell McMahon [.....apptechKILLspam@spam@paradise.net.nz] Para: PIC List [PICLISTKILLspamMIT.EDU] Cc: Asunto: [OT][WOT] Novel advertising idea Fecha: 11/02/2005 09:41:20 Mensaje: I've never heard of this being done before. www.trademe.co.nz/Business-industry/Other/auction-22234183.ht m

sure...a guy in the states acutioned off his forehead for around 30K...tatooed a logo of a snore medicine on it. Desperation....? --- Josh Koffman <.....joshybearKILLspam.....gmail.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Comes up as a bad link Russell. > > Josh > -- > A common mistake that people make when trying to > design something > completely foolproof is to underestimate the > ingenuity of complete > fools. > -Douglas Adams > > On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:39:39 +1300, Russell McMahon > <EraseMEapptechspam_OUTTakeThisOuTparadise.net.nz> wrote: > > I've never heard of this being done before. > > > > > www.trademe.co.nz/Business-industry/Other/auction-22234183.htm > --

Weird, works for me now too. Ah well. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:18:52 -0000, Alan B. Pearce <A.B.Pearcespam_OUTrl.ac.uk> wrote: > >Comes up as a bad link Russell. > > Worked OK for me.

> I've never heard of this being done before. > > http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-industry/Other/auction-22234183.htm I have. In fact, I recently say a woman auctioning of, ah, a far more "attractive" ad space on ebay. Not family-friendly ad space, for sure, but space more likely to attract attention from passing males than that fellow's forehead. Mike H.

Hey, if I was still 20 years old and could make $37,500.00 by wearing a temporary tattoo on my forehead for 30 days, I'd do it :-) http://www.humanadspace.com/ Paul {Quote hidden}> -----Original Message----- > From: @spam@piclist-bouncesKILLspammit.edu [KILLspampiclist-bouncesKILLspammit.edu]On Behalf > Of alan smith > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:33 AM > > sure...a guy in the states acutioned off his forehead > for around 30K...tatooed a logo of a snore medicine on > it. > > Desperation....?

I'm a lot more than 20 years old and I'd wear a temporary tattoo for 30 days for $37,500! (as long as it was tasteful) Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hutchinson" <RemoveMEpaullhutchinsonTakeThisOuTyahoo.com> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <spamBeGonepiclistspamBeGonemit.edu> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 12:21 PM Subject: RE: [OT][WOT] Novel advertising idea {Quote hidden}> Hey, if I was still 20 years old and could make $37,500.00 by wearing a > temporary tattoo on my forehead for 30 days, I'd do it :-) > http://www.humanadspace.com/ > > Paul > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: TakeThisOuTpiclist-bouncesEraseMEspam_OUTmit.edu [RemoveMEpiclist-bouncesTakeThisOuTmit.edu]On Behalf >> Of alan smith >> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:33 AM >> >> sure...a guy in the states acutioned off his forehead >> for around 30K...tatooed a logo of a snore medicine on >> it. >> >> Desperation....? > > --

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:19:30 -0500, Bob Ammerman wrote: > I'm a lot more than 20 years old and I'd wear a temporary tattoo for 30 days > for $37,500! (as long as it was tasteful) I'm a lot more than 20 years old, and I'd wear one for that much regardless of the taste! :-) Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England

> I've never heard of this being done before. > > http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-industry/Other/auction-22234183.htm Everybody's at it in some way or other, been a few stories in the news lately This couple are selling their baby's name to an advertiser http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10010142 Give it a couple of years and it'll be as common as piercings, tattoos and midriffs. Yawn ============== Another story about advertising - posties being "busted" for collecting info for advertisers http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3181724a6402,00.html Is this done anywhere else ?