I will confess to have a serious WTF moment when I saw it and debated whether or not to put it up - I can resist everything except really bizarre ads...
when you experience a WTF moment is when you know you've encountered the perfect ad for us! :) though of course, as you know we like the regular and beautiful ads too!
Imagine the look on her face when she sees the huge box in the living room.
Her: WTF? Him: Is it the wrong size? They assured me that one size fits all, but I still have the receipt if you want to exchange it for something in cherry or walnut.
Reminds me of the Gary Larson cartoon about Thanksgiving Dinner for the Aliens next door with a baby Alien looking up like the telescope of a submarine from Inside the Bird in the centre of table and another tiny alien ratting out angrily: "Mummy, Mummy; Bobby is playing in the turkey!"
I actually have a funny story about this. My Da cut monuments for Rock of Ages back in Vermont. He did a double stone with a husband and wife holding hands in bed. Together in life, together in death the stone read. Except she died and he remarried... no idea where they were going to be putting her.
"Look, honey - I've made your funeral arrangements!" "Oh Brad, you're the sweetest! Wait...is that...is that a PINE BOX?" "It's the Super-Saver Funeral. One bouquet of flowers, all-purpose eulogy and they throw in a free set of dishes!" "You cheap bastard! I'm going to stay with Mother!"
I know this means well, and that they're saying to make arrangements now and not when she's dead and you're devastated, but I find it morbidly hilarious that it juxtaposes a present with a funeral.
You have to give them credit for thinking outside the box with their advertising, but giving the love of my life funeral arrangements is not at the top of my list.
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Date: 2015-02-13 09:58 pm (UTC)Re: Addams family?
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Date: 2015-02-13 10:34 pm (UTC)Thank you for sharing, though!
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Date: 2015-02-14 12:31 pm (UTC)Her: WTF?
Him: Is it the wrong size? They assured me that one size fits all, but I still have the receipt if you want to exchange it for something in cherry or walnut.
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Date: 2015-02-13 11:34 pm (UTC)"Happy Valentine's Day, honey! It's our own pre-arranged funeral and cemetery plot!"
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Date: 2015-02-14 12:00 am (UTC)(i shouldn't make such a joke.....but um, something like that would make ya violent....)
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Date: 2015-02-14 12:33 pm (UTC)I actually have a funny story about this. My Da cut monuments for Rock of Ages back in Vermont. He did a double stone with a husband and wife holding hands in bed. Together in life, together in death the stone read. Except she died and he remarried... no idea where they were going to be putting her.
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Date: 2015-02-14 02:11 am (UTC)"Oh Brad, you're the sweetest! Wait...is that...is that a PINE BOX?"
"It's the Super-Saver Funeral. One bouquet of flowers, all-purpose eulogy and they throw in a free set of dishes!"
"You cheap bastard! I'm going to stay with Mother!"
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Date: 2015-02-14 12:34 pm (UTC)When you care to give the very best, it's usually not funeral arrangements.:P
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Date: 2015-02-14 12:35 pm (UTC)And a note, 'Somewhere in the house is a large hatchet..."
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