1920 One Night Cough Syrup
Cough syrup in the 20’s was LIT!…
Category: Funny and Weird
Sometimes advertising is funny, and this is where keep all those Swipes!
Clever Barilla Pasta “Fireworks” Ad
Love the clever use of pasta in the shape of a fireworks for this “Happy New Year” ad from Barilla!…
1962 “Pet Monday” ad
In print advertising you had to cram a lot of information into a small space.
This 1962 ad hits all the points of a good sales message:
• Attention: Grabs …
Rouge grammar vigilante simplifies a sign
Someone made this sign easier to read by removing harder words than necessary. This sign should just say “We do not accept Apple Pay at this time”…
Funny “direct mail” for a bad parker
This funny printed leaflet left on a car taking up two spaces tows the line between a direct threat and a joke 😂…
Chance of winning lottery compared to guessing a BitCoin private key
Your odds of winning a PowerBall lottery are 1 in 292,000,000…which is insane. But your change of guessing a BitCoin private key are 1 in 1,962,577,783,683,320,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 🤯…
Every new technology get negative press
It’s fun to re-visit history and see every new technology get negative press for a while while it disrupts the existing system.
This article says too much reading can be …
Funny library sign
This library sign uses some humor to show that you shouldn’t eat in the library. If this sign wasn’t humorous, people might not even notice…however because it’s funny it’s far …
Christmas & New Year’s in Austin
I hope you’re having a great holiday season!!
This picture sums up Christmas & New Year’s in Austin: Cold enough to wear some long clothes, but warm enough to work …
Funny Justine’s Peanut Butter Packaging Copy
A funny “letter to Jelly” on the back of a Justine’s Peanut Butter…
Hilarious “Hot & Spicy” Pringles Ad
This is a clever Hot & Spicy Pringles ad showing a guy eating Pringles lighting up a hot air balloon with his Hot & Spicy breath 😂…
Funny Radiant Plumbing Van
Here’s a funny “Swipe File In The Wild” seen while walking around a neighborhood….this hilarious van promoting their plumbing service 😂
Here’s the side of the van featuring a dude …
Funny “Crappy Marketing” strategy by Kapwing
Hilarious Instagram ad from Kapwing 😂
This totally grabbed my attention compared to most polished IG ads!
This reminds me of other funny “shitty advertising” examples like:
1.) Microsoft Paint …
Increase the price for status symbol
This cartoon shows a funny thing about human nature: If you charge more money for it, somehow it’s more valuable.…
Online Casinos Exposed: Understanding Their Operation
The world of online casinos functions based on a set of fundamental principles, but many players often find themselves questioning the fairness of these virtual platforms due to a lack …
Unique homepage design for non-profit
This non-profit website has some really cool illustration and interesting video to accompany the copy.…
Vintage jeans ad give benefits through images
The images suggest that the fabric is so stretchy that you can easily roundhouse kick people or pose as captain morgan.
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1997 LA Times Beeper Code Article
This seems so stupidly old school, but the whole world used to run on these things called “pagers” or “beepers.”
Circa 1997 it was common for people to carry around …
Vintage Dodge with memorable headline
Classic vintage ad format headline, body copy, money shot of product and where to buy info. The body copy is pretty bland. It’s a bunch of fluff. I think the …
Find Malik A Wife Billboard 😂
This was a hilarious ad taken out in London in 2022 by a guy named Malik to find him a wife 😂
The billboard was serious, and half a promotion …