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howtosplitanatom.com — Here are a few examples of some really creative advertisements designed to cut through consumer apathy.

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  • garfonzo, on 02/05/2008, -4/+92that snowman cigarette butt one makes no sense
  • iamafurling, on 02/05/2008, -1/+77What guy would not have fun with the soccer ball in the urinal. I would drink another couple beers just so I could go to the bathroom again.
  • Klarth, on 02/05/2008, -0/+62Please tell me the Kill Bill one isn't in a ladies' bathroom.
  • nico623, on 02/05/2008, -2/+50I liked the elevator Kill Bill ad better : http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/631/829/1600/ki ...
  • TheRascalKing, on 02/05/2008, -0/+45That kind of stuff only makes sense in Japan.
  • JPBimmer, on 02/05/2008, -0/+36It would be fun until someone stole the ball... then again... I guess no one will want to touch it.
  • alkajazz, on 02/05/2008, -1/+26Is the second one a tampon ad?
  • lnxfi, on 02/05/2008, -1/+22I kept reading it "Would you stick a cigarette in your child's butt." I have issues.
  • jjremy, on 02/05/2008, -0/+21We all know SOMEONE would do it.
  • obfusk8or, on 02/05/2008, -0/+17I personally think the cleverest is the epilepsy-induced blinking ad at the bottom saying I've won a new game console.
  • crushtheenemy, on 02/05/2008, -0/+15that that gun bag... we have people shot at for holding a wallet...
  • ggtsu, on 02/05/2008, -0/+15"Soccer is good anywhere. It's even better on espn."

    Not as clever as the gimmick, I'm afraid.
  • adooga, on 02/05/2008, -2/+14I could walk around with that and not get tased, but then I don't live in the U.S. with all the freedoms you have.
  • acontorer, on 02/05/2008, -1/+13Let's make a world in which nearly every visible surface is a paid advertisement designed to distract you from whatever you were doing. Great.
  • hiPpymIck, on 02/05/2008, -0/+10Ahh.. so thats the special secret training technique the Brazilians use


    (anyone know enough Portuguese to translate the sign)
  • abstracthuman, on 02/05/2008, -0/+9What if it was set up in "one-on-one" format. Could get a little awkward.
  • spammishking, on 02/05/2008, -2/+11dugg for digging for "*****" ... just kidding, I don't care why you dug the previous comment
  • merreborn, on 02/05/2008, -0/+7I'm sure if that actually happened, the comments on the story on digg would all be "Well what did you expect, when you're walking around with what looks like a gun in your hand?"
  • Roryking, on 02/05/2008, -2/+8dugg for "*****"
  • NeoTEKK, on 02/05/2008, -2/+8Dugg for just kidding. I'm not kidding.
  • inactive, on 02/05/2008, -2/+8Fail.
  • bxblox, on 02/05/2008, -0/+6you hate me for my freedoms
  • digggrumps, on 02/05/2008, -6/+12Clever. But you really want to walk around with a bag that makes you look like you're carrying a gun? That bit of witty advertising could get you tasered or worse.
  • inactive, on 02/05/2008, -0/+6Watch out for bingo - he reported me to google for disagreeing with him.
    http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/BUSTED_McCai ...
    I haven't seen any google storm troopers yet, but I am sleeping with my Ron Paul T-shirt on. :)
  • MRintheKeys, on 02/05/2008, -0/+6That's the goalies job....
  • emptyo, on 02/05/2008, -0/+6Dugg because, well, eeeew.
  • bxblox, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5Facts: ....41 shots...... bullet holes in the soles of his feet... you weren't there.
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5I don't see why I shouldn't put in my child's snowman...That's the problem.
  • WoollyMittens, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5Why are there people who need verbal abuse to get their point across. Are you very insecure?
  • jlungu, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4you mean like it is now? no worries, apathy will soon set in.
  • mehagian, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4It's one of a series of posters that campaign disposing of cigarettes properly. Many of the other posters promote using portable ashtrays and discourage simply tossing the butt or rudely snuffing one in your child's snowman(?)
    More here: http://www.conbinibento.com/photos/index.php?galle ...
  • NeoTEKK, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4EEEEW!
  • spnnn, on 02/05/2008, -1/+5something along the lines of 'wide set, heavy flow' sprang to mind after the kill bill ad..
  • hiro, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3I was in Dusseldorf recently and they had the football-in-the-urinal setup in almost every bar
  • Vegiemaster, on 02/06/2008, -0/+3My anus is bleeding...

    MY ANUS... IS BLEEDING!
  • pizzaface200, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4Anyone else think that Mcdonalds ad was part of it?
  • magicaltrevor, on 02/05/2008, -2/+5I have that tin foil hat you ordered, I'll mail it to you tomorrow.
  • frogsgowhoyah, on 02/06/2008, -0/+3men dont bleed in the bathroom (typically)
  • moskaudancer, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3This isn't funny, m'kay! Who stole the soccer ball from the urinal?!
  • stabbingkittens, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4Our names rhyme and that's ***** hilarious!
  • jololli, on 02/06/2008, -0/+3ok.... I can't figure out two of them.
    Smoking 800 and the second last one. Is the building in front supposed to be a tourist photo op?
  • unusualbob, on 02/05/2008, -2/+4what mcdonalds ad?

    ty adblock
  • btraxx, on 02/05/2008, -1/+3I'm just worried about splatter control on the soccer one. My aiming is not always the best.
  • tateswayz91, on 02/06/2008, -0/+2Would it really have been better in a men's bathroom?
  • littlegraydude, on 02/06/2008, -0/+2That last when with the sign cutting deep into the guy's arm is pretty bad, but you should see the TV ads for preventing workplace accidents. It's a campaign going on in Ontario right now, "Prevent it." They're brutally graphic, but I guess they get the point across.
  • mrtrevin, on 02/06/2008, -0/+2Yeah, sure in the same country where trained police officers routinely mistake wallets for guns. Give it a try.
  • taiso, on 02/05/2008, -1/+3There are loads of the Rock City barns: http://www.ohiobarns.com/otherbarns/roci/rcb_barns ...
  • ila002, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2All that made me realize is that we need MORE clever advertisements....
  • H4n90fThur5D4y5, on 02/06/2008, -0/+2Haha, that's sort of what I was thinking when I saw it too. I bet if that ad was in a woman's restroom no one would go near it to investigate.
  • ZigVicious, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1MOAR DESU!!
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