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Selling it.(ad claims, humorous labels)(Humor)(Column)
A blur glasses can't cure.
Even people who thought their eyesight was fine might have had second thoughts after seeing this misprinted ad for an optician.
Golden Cocoon Award.
A Canadian reader was struck by this splashy ad from Colgate. What is it touting as NEW? Not the toothbrush, but the packaging--because it's larger, of all things, thus making the toothbrush easier to find.
No big bucks from Starbucks.
An Indiana reader paid 99 cents for a Starbucks Frappuccino drink, removed the cap, and discovered she was the WINNER! of a coupon for a FREE bottle of Frappuccino. She called the number under the cap and expected to give her name and address to receive a coupon. "But NOOOO," she wrote us. "I would have to make a trip to the post office and purchase a small padded envelope or box, for 85 cents, write my name and address on a 3x5 card, and mail it with 99 cents additional postage to Minnesota. For a mere $1.84, I would get my 'free' drink coupon." She hung up and mailed the winning bottle cap to us.
Luckily, your funny bone enlarges.