Man Ambushed by Own Personal Ad

Fox News ^ | Sunday, July 24th, 2005 | Fox News

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Man Ambushed by Own Personal Ad

Sunday, July 24, 2005

Lance Archibald got the shock of his life the other day while heading down the freeway.

There alongside Interstate 15 in Lindon, Utah, was a billboard bearing his own smiling face — and the words "I'm Lance! Let's go out!"

"His eyes got bigger, and he leaned forward and said, 'What in the world?'" Archibald's co-worker Noelle Bates told the Deseret Morning News.

Turns out his colleagues at Lindon-based LogoWorks, a graphic-design firm, thought Lance, at 31, was getting a bit long in the tooth to stay single — and created the very visible personal ad.

"It kind of came out of discussions we had that Lance is such a good guy, but not married," said LogoWorks CEO Morgan Lynch. "Someone threw out the idea of getting a billboard."

Next to Archibald's smiling, Matthew Broderick-esque mug on the roadside ad — and the Web site viewers are directed to, www.DateLance.com — are his credentials, each accompanied by a check mark: "Returned Missionary," "ex-BYU Basketball Player," "Harvard MBA" and "Loves Kids."

There's a fifth item, "Sense of Humor," but that's prefaced by a question mark, and the man of the moment does seem a little irritated by the spotlight.

"We wouldn't say he has LIKED the attention," admits the Frequently Asked Questions page on the Web site, which has already gotten hundreds of hits. "But he's been cool about it and so far no revenge has been taken."

[scott7278]

It's an excerpt, but there's not much more to the story...

Singles of the FReeping World, Unite!

[scott7278]

Do you want to utilize the ping list?

[Army Air Corps]

Let's Rock!

[Army Air Corps]

As I read this, I though that it sounded familiar, but I'll ping the folks from the Armada Room (our singles lounge area).

[Temple Owl]

Geez! I hope he's straight.

[scott7278]

Where's the Armada Room?

[Darksheare]

Laugh ping.
(And this bad idea was NOT brought to you by Darksheare!)

LOL!


And nobody better be getting any ideas..
*chuckle*

[scott7278]

Wouldn't that be horrible?

[Army Air Corps]

Armada Room (Lounge for the Unattached Freeper) Ping

Okay, I may have tried a goofy idea or two get a woman's attention, but I have never thought of anything like this. I'll say this, it is inventive.

[Darksheare]

Some of my friends in real life would have done just as the article states.
*shuddering*
Thankfully I only had to worry about a sharpee marker sign taped to my forehead while I was snoozing.

[Army Air Corps]

It comes from The Blues Brothers. Once I get out own regular thread running, I was planning on using that name (it goes with the gestalt in the Mission Statement for the thread).

[scott7278]

Yeah, I had a woman in my church that needed to raise money to go on a mission trip, so I referred her to a married friend of mine.

Then I worried about it, because who knows what he said to her about me (being single). LOL!

[Darksheare]

Friends can be most... 'helpful' that way.
*chuckle*

[Servant of the 9]

(And this bad idea was NOT brought to you by Darksheare!)

Then why was your name on the bottom of the post?

He should be thankful, at least he was sober and dressed when photographed.

SO9

[tiamat]

Not til I get a decent pic showing your face, Hon!

[scott7278]

Well, it's okay under certain circumstances, but not blindsiding someone! LOL!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"But he's been cool about it and so far no revenge has been taken."

Key words there are "So Far".

Revenge is a dish best served ice cold.

[scott7278]

Key words there are "So Far".

Yes, they are.

[Darksheare]

Yikes!
I thought that SD stick was wiped clean!

[Darksheare]

LOL!

Well, there IS the pic of me withering and smoking in the sunlight..