| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 397.1 | A winner for sure | CHUCKM::MURRAY | Chuck Murray | Fri Aug 14 1987 16:00 | 3 |
| No example, but an observation: The sentence beginning "Lucinia..."
could probably take 1st prize in the Bullwyr-Litton (spelling??)
"bad writing" contest!
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| 397.2 | | KESEY::GETSINGER | Eric Getsinger | Sat Aug 15 1987 15:32 | 12 |
| Here is one that slipped by Microrim's marketing folks:
Behind the scenes, CLOUT automatically scans, sorts, cross-references and
merges multiple files to answer your questions. It also performs any
unnecessary computations, then generates reports. Instantly.
Unnecessary computations? How convenient. The copy was corrected for
the second printing.
Eric
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| 397.3 | Mistaken ??? | CHIC::BELL | David Bell Service Technology @VBO | Mon Aug 17 1987 09:17 | 7 |
| Re .0
The part that got me was :
.. mistaken for a virgin ..
Is this a common occurence ? How ?
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| 397.4 | ...Maybe she looked like Richard Branson... | COMICS::KEY | On the verge of indecision | Mon Aug 17 1987 09:55 | 1 |
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| 397.5 | another possibility | NEXUS::D_WHITE | Uncle Dave | Sat Oct 08 1988 11:46 | 1 |
| Re: -.1 ...or an ugly 3rd-grader...
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| 397.6 | Wonderful ad copy from Information Week 24 Dec '90 | NEMAIL::KALIKOWD | Ne te lave pas; Je viens!! | Sat Dec 29 1990 21:53 | 19 |
| I just kinda was struck by the quality of this copy, so apropos of
nothing much I thought I'd post it...
From an AT&T ad, quoted from the beginning but not in its entirety...
{specific product pitch crapola removed inside these brackets}
"Doubt has an office. Anxiety has a key to the washroom. Insecurity
has a stack of messages from Ambition and a lunch date with Paranoia.
... my phone rings and I say to Blame, who just happens to be passing
by my office at this time, I say "Blame, you know what that ring is?
That ring is a chorus of thousands...{saying that buying the offered
product} was a peerless decision..." And as the phone rings again I
say "Blame, this system {more hucksterism}." But Blame didn't hear
this last part, as he was down the hall looking for some other doorway
to darken. Just as well though, it was Advancement on the phone asking
me if I had lunch plans."
I've never heard that particular "voice" in an advertisement before.
Kinda arresting, methought.
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| 397.7 | More great ad copy from my just-read pile of TradeRags | NEMAIL::KALIKOWD | Ne te lave pas; Je viens!! | Sun Dec 30 1990 04:27 | 19 |
| Aah, the benefits of finally reading thru to the last of those
incessant industry weeklies...
This from the latest MACweek, an ad from Mobius Technologies (3rd party
add-on makers of hi-quality, video-accelerated large-screen displays
for the Macintosh aftermarket).
Pictured is a sepia-colored scene from a 50's drive-in, '55ish Olds,
big-fin Dodge, center: a mint open-top 'Vette convertible, two couples
in a clinch -- one on the screen and the other in the 'Vette...
Legend:
"Remember The Last Time You Worked Fast In Front Of A Big Screen?"
...Working in front of a big screen can be as exhilarating as it used
to be, if you own a Mobius display...
Where do I sign?? :-)
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| 397.8 | DEC does it too | HPSCAD::ALTMAN | BARB | Thu Jan 10 1991 19:59 | 6 |
| I saw this week in _Digital Review_ that DEC has a new (actually
recycled - Wang used it for a while) slogan:
DIGITAL Makes It Work
Gee, I thought we were supposed to make things easier for the customer!?
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| 397.9 | | NRMACU::CB430 | I am the hoi polloi | Mon Mar 04 1991 16:50 | 9 |
| Re .0 (Asylum of Satan, in case you've forgotten):
Steve,
One vital piece of information is missing from your account - did you get to
see this film? If not, why not? - a description like that should have made it
totally irresistable!
Chris.
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