There’s a cool video of a 1972 SouthWest Airlines commercial at Youtube (I’d embed it, but the layout here is messed up and I’m trying to work out if embedded stuff is what’s causing it). But my favourite bit is this comment, in response to the idea that feminism stopped such adverts appearing:
Im feminist. I believe in women’s rights. But I enjoy a nice girl’s private parts like an animal.
Good article from the NYT about the aversion to money displayed by the team at Craigslist.
UBS analyst Ben Schachter wanted to know how Craigslist plans to maximize revenue. It doesn’t, Mr. Buckmaster replied (perhaps wondering how Mr. Schachter could possibly not already know this). “That definitely is not part of the equation,†he said, according to MediaPost. “It’s not part of the goal.â€
I’d love to have a business like this, though I wonder if I could resist the wheelbarrows full of money. Perhaps once I’d made the first few barrow-fulls it would be easier.
I’ve seen this sort of thing before, but this is done to quite a high standard. Look out for the getting dressed bit, the trail in the grass, and the walking through the fence bit.
Perhaps I should have a new tag for ‘people with too much time on their hands’.
Here’s a little fun. Go to Google UK and search for ‘Poodle’ the first link is to the British Prime Minister’s official bio page.
If you’ve ever wanted to see your name spelled out in, um, buildings, check out Geogreeting. For my colonial readers, several characters are in the Twin Cities.