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The 10 Most Laughably Misleading Ads

cracked.com — So you're an inventor, and you've just created a product that actually sucks quite a bit more than the ones people are already using. How do you sell it?

Who dugg this? Made popular Dec 31, 2007

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  • SpikeLee, on 12/31/2007, -3/+253Re: My Lil' Reminder

    "On Friday I told my wife that she urgently had to get her medication from the pharmacy ... She recorded the message on her recorder (I saw her do it) ... she couldn't play back what was on the recorder. It was too late to go to any pharmacy ... My wife didn't get her medication. The funeral was Monday."
  • chriszilla445, on 12/31/2007, -1/+184"It's a ***** toothbrush."
  • sjbdallas, on 12/31/2007, -0/+160Every one of those ads is hilarious. I love it when they cut to something in black and white because you know it's going to be someone trying to accomplish a simple task yet failing miserably.
    "Has this ever happened to you? Ouch! Now there's an easier way!"
  • yomamaisfat, on 12/31/2007, -2/+140I just bought all those items. Damn you Digg.
  • dunnylovehun, on 12/31/2007, -3/+119From #3: "From the moment he notices the water has stopped, he stalks around like a cornered animal, clawing at his pockets for quarters, and lashing out at nearby equipment. That is, until the climax of the scene when he collapses on his car in despair, for a lack of change and a surplus of soap. The denouement, and our highlight, is a dazzling feat of nonsensical stagecraft: a final insulting splash of soapy water out of ***** nowhere." That last, magical splash of soap is amazing. I was hoping I was imagining that.
  • sindex, on 12/31/2007, -0/+114There's some back-lit sliding slicer for photos out now for scrapbookers too. The commercial shows how impossible it is to cut photos with scissors and this woman just mangles the ***** out of the photos, crumpling them up and cutting people's faces off. It's like she has Parkinson's or something. Seriously... if that's how you cut photos, your problem isn't the scissors, you're either tragically diseased, disabled, or a ***** moron.

    But damnit... I do love these ***** commercials.
  • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -18/+110I dunno about these... Personally, I thought "Hilary 2008" was the funniest ad I saw this year.
  • Ramble, on 12/31/2007, -2/+92That is the best comment I have ever seen on any web stie ever, I don't care if it is fake, it is genius.
  • Beowulf15, on 12/31/2007, -3/+83I'm a big fan of the Tiddy Bear.
  • Snakedal337, on 12/31/2007, -1/+76He gets a lot of action, did you see how many tiddys he latched to??
  • hater2win, on 12/31/2007, -1/+64I Love #1, at around 45 seconds, it says "A blade so powerful, it can cut a pineapple.... IN MIDAIR!" And it shows the dude dramatically slicing through a pineapple like a samurai ridding the world of malicious evil doers... IN SLOW MOTION!
  • demonstro, on 12/31/2007, -0/+62Handy Peel! Grating gauntlets of pain.
  • Cofaloaf, on 12/31/2007, -1/+62I love how everyone at the French cooking school for the miracle blade ad speaks perfect English.
  • sjbdallas, on 12/31/2007, -2/+63Handy peel scares my wiener.
  • GorfTron, on 12/31/2007, -1/+57Yes, I noticed but I skinned my penis when I masturbated because of the Handy Peel gloves. My wife heard me from a mile away with the Listen Up.
  • Satanael, on 12/31/2007, -0/+56Those "Handy Peelers" or whatever are horrible... Tried to use a pair on Christmas day to peel potatoes. On the gloves are like clumps of hard plastic that are supposed to peel the potatoes, when instead they just tend to fall off the gloves and get in your food. (Using an actual peeler was much faster)
  • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -1/+53OH SURE, MR. PASTA PRO INVENTOR MAN!!!
  • Lunarbunny, on 12/31/2007, -0/+52Maybe it could find a second use as an anti-masturbatory tool. Just super glue it to your kid's hands.
  • freehat704, on 12/31/2007, -0/+52That Powerjet girl is wearing no bra. Now how did that get on the air?
  • LittleDas, on 12/31/2007, -0/+50Anyone else notice that powerjet girl wasn't wearing a bra?
  • tyywebb, on 12/31/2007, -0/+49Nothing says nice prank like tricking your friends into mutilating themselves!
  • Angelix, on 12/31/2007, -1/+49"A square brush for your round mouth ? Or a round brush for your round mouth !!"
    How bout' a stake for your ***** *****.
  • l0k0, on 12/31/2007, -0/+45I just saw nine pineapples chopped at once. My life is complete.
    Video number one about 1:45 into it.
  • austinnowlin, on 12/31/2007, -4/+49This was ***** hilarious!
  • evan119, on 12/31/2007, -0/+43best part from #2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21734930@N07/21528771 ...
  • whitej, on 12/31/2007, -0/+42The chick on the Powerjet commercial had some nice tiddies.
  • albinorhino101, on 12/31/2007, -0/+41"revolutionary magnetic technology"
  • tendonut, on 12/31/2007, -1/+41I love the ones that advertise some sort of wireless or wire management device. I once saw a cable organizer for your desk and showed a woman all tangled up in cables from head to toe. Not only did I wonder who has that many cables around, but more importantly, how the ***** did she manage to get herself mummified by them?
  • manstein01, on 12/31/2007, -1/+40Most of these lists on digg are utter crap. This one, however, was a home run. Dugg, because i have actually scene the commercials for many of these awful wastes of Chinese labor.
  • bunji, on 12/31/2007, -0/+39I just go out and rub the potatoes on the sidewalk, weeping bitterly because I don't have those gloves.
  • nicheplayer, on 12/31/2007, -1/+39#11: That Uggs ad on Digg that shows the hot babe in a spaghetti strap tank but doesn't even show her feet.
  • hater2win, on 12/31/2007, -3/+40I love the part of the miracle blade commercial (toward the beginning) where the chef slices the pineapple.... IN MIDAIR! He does a really dramatic slice like he is a samurai ridding the world of malicious pineapples.
  • Petzke, on 12/31/2007, -9/+44You forgot those annoying Apple VS PC commercials.

    /ducks and covers
  • Ymeg, on 12/31/2007, -0/+34And a free pocket memo pad?!
  • louiedog, on 12/31/2007, -1/+34I saw the commercial for these things at my parents' house the day after Christmas. I immediately checked all four cell phones in the house. Sure enough, we all had voice recorders already, and they probably work 10x better.
  • inactive, on 12/31/2007, -0/+29ahaha the grandma from the digital recorder ad was also in the hearing aid ad.
  • saifatlast, on 12/31/2007, -0/+29Don't you mean "magnetic engineering physics"?
  • DeadElephant, on 12/31/2007, -0/+28HEAD ON, APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD
    HEAD ON, APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD
  • sinurgy, on 12/31/2007, -0/+28I think the most important thing we learned is that "self-service car washes are self-aware and, more importantly, malevolent".
  • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -2/+29TIDDY BEAR FOR THE WIN!!
  • KingGorilla, on 12/31/2007, -1/+27You're no fun
  • Linzee82, on 12/31/2007, -1/+26People who know how to peel potatoes with a knife.
  • mt066, on 12/31/2007, -0/+25There was a photo hanger thing I saw once where the 'before' guy was smashing giant holes in the wall with a hammer and hitting himself in the hand. I can only imagine this person being in a constant state of clumsily smashing and breaking things while his friends could only watch and shake their heads in disappointment.
  • Scrappy1850, on 12/31/2007, -5/+27but the toothbrush girl was kinda hot
  • juicebag, on 12/31/2007, -1/+23Someone doesn't know what Uggs are.
  • pendrachken, on 12/31/2007, -0/+22No no no you need the shouting "Oxiclean" guy....
  • battletrax, on 12/31/2007, -6/+27You know what i think is hilarious? The Mac Vs PC ads....

    "Last year there were 114,000 viruses for the PC, but not for mac"
    A valid point,
    but

    " Last year there was 114,000 pieces of software written for PC, not for mac."

    Apple set themselves up for that.
  • jamesb0i, on 12/31/2007, -1/+22yes, see a doctor
  • QueEsAmor, on 12/31/2007, -0/+21That pen uses magnetic engineering physics?! I'm all over that.
  • Pake, on 12/31/2007, -0/+21#6 provides a very compelling reason to stick round objects in round holes!
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