OK... I've pretended, but fill me in so that I can pretend consistently...do the kids call her dad? Does another woman rush out and do they kiss on the lips and does the "dad" say see you soon "sweet boobs"?The commercial ends with "Mayo with a New York Deli flavor." Meaning, this stuff is so authentic, it'll turn the little lady into a New York Deli guy! Except, of course, if you take everything you see literally.
Obviously the ad people underestimated the sensitivity (or overestimated the capacity for humor) of the average viewer when they decided to air the commercial. It's happened before; many an ad campaign has been shown the round file because it didn't consider all the angles, and a group of people cried "foul!"
PlayStation:
McDonalds banner ad:
Intel ad:
Series of advertisements on Boston's mass transit:
Hook, line, or stinker? T, Legal Sea Foods dispute how 'fresh' ads can be
And with that, I'll not bang my head against this particular wall any further.
Not long after his arrival in Princeton Albert Einstein was invited, by the wife of one of the professors of mathematics at Princeton, to be guest of honor at a tea. Reluctantly, Einstein consented. After the tea had progressed for a time, the excited hostess, thrilled to have such an eminent guest of honor, fluttered out into the center of activity and with raised arms silenced the group. Bubbling out some words expressing her thrill and pleasure, she turned to Einstein and said: "I wonder, Dr. Einstein, if you would be so kind as to explain to my guests in a few words, just what is relativity theory ? "
Without any hesitation Einstein rose to his feet and told a story.
He said he was reminded of a walk he one day had with his blind friend. The day was hot and he turned to the blind friend and said, "I wish I had a glass of cold milk."
"Glass," replied the blind friend, "I know what that is. But what do you mean by milk?"
"Why, milk is a white fluid," explained Einstein.
"Now fluid, I know what that is," said the blind man. "but what is white ? "
" Oh, white is the color of a swan's feathers."
" Feathers, now I know what they are, but what is a swan ? "
"A swan is a bird with a crooked neck."
" Neck, I know what that is, but what do you mean by crooked ? " At this point Einstein said he lost his patience. He seized his blind friend's arm and pulled it straight. "There, now your arm is straight," he said. Then he bent the blind friend's arm at the elbow. "Now it is crooked."
"Ah," said the blind friend. "Now I know what milk is."
And Einstein, at the tea, sat down.
You obviously have a keen sense for subtle, discrete humor when it is couched within a sexual context.
Can you find the humor in the Einstein story?