The London Evening Standard has apologized for its past coverage and promised to do better. It's certainly a daring publicity campaign, but will it work? And isn't it a bit late in the game for print media to be saying sorry?
“Pasta Dude,” the anthropomorphic rapping noodle, is at the center of a series of ads for Domino's pulled from air because it kind of looks like he's buttf'ing. Is he saying “Pasta Dude” or “prostitute?” Eh, who cares? He's the cutest little rhyme-spittin' peen/penne we've ever seen!
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This is an awesome old school NES-looking video game on the Cheetos website. Rescue princess no-neck from the awful state of Delaware, where she is being held captive by Dr. Pickle Hands and a toaster. Did I mention you look like Fabio and ride a pink farting unicorn? Get some.
A Motrin ad focusing on backaches caused by baby slings horribly backfired this weekend, and offended moms on Twitter are leading the charge against the company. Motrin has issued an official apology, and its site has been down since last night, but the PR disaster is still raging on Twitter and elsewhere around the Web. Judge for yourself whether the ad is offensive.
Culture Buzz The British Humanist Association is raising money to put ads on London buses that read: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” The campaign has already quintupled their fundraising goal, and the anti-God buses will hit the streets in January. The atheists say they hope to “brighten peoples’ days.”