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Have you ever thrown a party with a mixed group of attendees and had trouble getting them to interact? It can be a daunting task to get guests who have just met to mingle with each other. Yet, it needs to be accomplished since the success of your party depends on it.

I found a site that offers something that can be a great conversation starter. This site offers great wine glasses, beer mugs, coffee mugs, highball glasses, champagne glasses etc with small phrases and witty messages etched on them. The variety is huge according to the theme you may desire. Each set has four different phrases based on a theme, with the set of four of any variety available at $48. If you buy all three sets of any type, you are charged a discounted rate of $129 (a discount of $15 - thats just me, I have to look for discounts everywhere).

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Tags: Best Deals, Celebrations, Entertainment, Gifts, Kitchen, Wacky by Nicole Price
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If you read my last post then you know that this one is a sequel. I did some of the best adverts or commercials then and now I want to see if I can find some really bad ones!

Straightaway we come to this self-explanatory site which claims to bring you the dumbest ads.

This ad is apparently for toilet paper, why it has a dog and cucumber slices could be anyone’s guess.

“I drove a co worker home. To my place” OK so far, but this is an ad for hair color!

These ones here are actually one line classified ads but really funny:

Lost: Small apricot poodle. Reward. Neutered like one of the family.

Dinner Special: Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25; Children $2.00.

For Sale: Antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers.

Now is your chance to have your ears pierced and get an extra pair to take home too!

No matter what your topcoat is made of, this miracle spray will make it really repellent.

For Sale: Eight puppies from a German Shepherd and an Alaskan Hussy.

Dog for Sale: Eats anything and is fond of children.

Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it!

Man, honest. Will take anything.

Used Cars: Why go elsewhere to be cheated? Come here first!

Our bikinis are exciting. They are simply the tops.

Auto Repair Service: Try us once — you’ll never go anywhere else again.

Wanted: Preparer of food. Must like the food business, be dependable, and be willing to get hands dirty.

Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with round bottom for efficient beating.

And now, the Superstore — unequaled in size, unmatched in variety, unrivaled inconvenience.

Then here is a really dumb one for Old Spice:

And this one for a Mercedes Benz is actually really funny, not dumb at all but does feature a dumb blonde, so here goes:

Check out these super dumb product warnings on this page. You cannot stop reading till you reach the end.

As for the stupidest commercial in recent times, I would have to say it is the Absolut vodka commercial, which shows Texas and California (among other US states) as being part of Mexico. Admittedly this was an ad aimed at Mexicans but it has managed to piss of the Americans to the extent that the advert has been recalled, unconditional apologies issued, etc.

Talk about ‘absolutely’ shooting yourself in the foot! Your views? Let me have them!

Tags: Advertising, Entertainment, Humor, Wacky by Nicole Price
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One aspect of making money that I have not covered so far is advertising. And advertising is such an important element of selling any product or service. If there were no advertising or commercials no one would have any information about what is available in the market and the buyer and the consumer would both be the poorer for it! Let’s take a look today at some of the best ads that I could find and then maybe next time we can take a look at the worst ones around (no dearth of those I’m sure)!

Personally I have more admiration for print ads or still commercials because they are able to convey their message with just one image, and therefore have to be more creative to create the maximum impact. Video ads on the other hand have more time and can use different mediums to get across their message. I surveyed quite a few sites and picked some that I really liked to share here with you. Please click on the thumbnail to view a larger image.

Here are some that I really liked from this site:

Very unique use for a post-it, remember the name of the person you slept with last night!

This UNICEF ad says “Everyone needs a family” and that slightly expectant look on the child’s face is a little heartrending!

I am not sure that I really like to see teeth in an ear but it is effective in the message it tries to convey, “Hungry for music?”

This site had the following interesting ones:

This one simply says “It’s sugar free”. Really simple and really clever!

This one is for Western Union Money Transfer and you immediately get the message that you can send the money from here to there really easily and only one word is used! Brilliant.

This site had lots of intelligent ones; some of them I didn’t quite get but I really liked these:

This WWF one is meant to convey that 15 square kilometer of rain forest disappears every minute. Poor ole Tarzan, probably caught short mid-yell there!

Olivia Women’s magazine is for women with attitude so this one tells you “heaven is full, no need to be nice”. You know what they say, Good girls go to heaven, and bad girls go everywhere!

I found this site from Digg, and is in a language that I do not recognize much less read, but the pictures speak for themselves:

As a rule I do not like AXE ads (loser being chased by gorgeous women, like some silly wet dream), but this one is almost subtle so I did.

This one draws attention to the great inequality in the world and tells you that you have the chance to redress it somewhat.

As far as I can tell, this one is for some diet food: Sharon Stone with a twist!

Hope you enjoyed these, I know I did!

Tags: Advertising, Entertainment, Wacky by Nicole Price
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A close friend is celebrating his birthday soon, and he’s a real wise guy where gifts are concerned. He once gave me an ashtray in the shape of a toilet bowl, and I don’t even smoke! Like I said, wise-guy, so I thought why not pay him back in his own coin now that it’s his birthday. I wanted to give him something so unusual as to be bizarre. Are there a lot of strange gift ideas on the net? You bet there are! Take a look at some of these:

This is the Hillary Nutcracker (this one cracked me up, pun unintended), which is the Primary Special if you please! You place the walnut or whatever other nut between her legs to crack it open! I wonder if the Senator is planning to sue. You can get this one for $12.95 Oh! And there are some Hillary nuts to go with that; but hang on a sec, shouldn’t that be Clinton nuts? And don’t miss this Hillary chew toy for your pet. And here’s an Obama one: Obama air freshner for $2.99. This site has other nice politically inspired items.

This site has so much craziness, I was completely distracted, because some of the stuff is really hilarious. How about this joke doormat that says ‘Nice Underwear’. I think its steep for $14.95, but just wanted to mention it. Then here’s an instant beer belly and beer for the game at the same time: this item can help you save money at the game by letting you carry your own beer! Sheer ingeniousness! For $34.95 you can carry more than a six pack to the game. This is just the thing for couple with a sense of humor: the Control Your Man and Control your Woman talking remotes. The Control your woman one says things like: “Zip it!” and “Hand over the credit cards” and the control your man remote offers some gems like “The queen speaketh!” and “Whoa, ever hear of foreplay?” This site also offers risqué items like this soap and the sculpta sutra! How on earth do they think these up!

I can’t see as I type this, I am wiping my eyes from laughing so much! This self confessed stupid site has so much stupidity I am still chuckling! They have unbelievable stuff like toilet bowl lip gloss ($1.99) instant gay accent spray ($4.99), the Tiki tissue box holder (tissues come out of the nose) and endless other wackiness!

Then this item is meant to discreetly drown out any din you make in the bathroom. For $29.95 no one need know what you are up to in the loo!

Then there is the 24 Carat gold lollipop and yes it is edible and champagne flavored to boot! Why would you eat one or even want one? I can’t answer that one. If you are interested it will cost you £3.75.

Which one is your favorite from among all of these? I really cannot decide what to gift him! Please help me choose through your comments.

Tags: Gifts, Wacky by Nicole Price
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