"Gee, I have a great idea boss.. Let's make a giant popcycle and show it off in the middle of summer in 90 degree heat!!"
"Yea! Yea! That's good! Way to think outside the box there Dagwood!"
I heard someone slipped and broke their hip? Lawsuit, here I come!!
Jeez, just imagine the ants after that. Blech!
Erected or melted down to a stick, the popsicle that wasn't created great publicity either way.
Leni
That is easy a 6' square block of juice...who the heck was the engineer on that? You could put that thing on a lake in Northern MN in Jan when it's fitty below and it would take forever to freeze solid through
That's what Monica said to Bill.
--Boris
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/25493.htm
GURU DONNY BEHIND P.R. MELTDOWN
Public-relations czar Donny Deutsch's agency was behind the boneheaded stunt to build the world's largest ice pop in Union Square, which ended in disaster when it melted and turned the street into a dangerous slick of sugary goo.
But, in a violation of one of the first principles of p.r., Deutsch attempted to cover up the slip-up yesterday with a bizarre news release cheerfully claiming the event was nothing but "a great time."
On Monday, Snapple tried to build a 20-ton, 21/2-story kiwi-strawberry-flavored ice pop at the north end of the square to advertise its new frozen treats.
But with temperatures around 80 degrees, the huge blocks of ice melted and gushed into the street, sending pedestrians slipping and sliding — one woman went to the hospital with a badly sprained ankle — and causing three cyclists to fall off their bikes.
Snapple later issued a brief apology for the hazard and offered to pay the city for all costs.
Deutsch account executive Heather Kovins said the calamitous ice-pop idea was "a collaborative effort between Deutsch and Snapple."
A few hours after the Snapple snafu, the agency rewrote history in a press release declaring, "New Yorkers had great time kicking off the first day of summer." Bill Hoffmann
I wonder if Levitra would have helped?
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Didn't Mr. Freeze try this on the old Batman TV show???
Better put some ice on that. Literally. ;)