Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Space Evaders

Crisp Prose Needed For Doritos Ad

A British ad for Doritos chips is to become the first ad ever to be beamed into space. The cosmic stunt will see the snack giant beam a 30-second ad into the universe. They are inviting Britons to create the ad, with $45,000 for the winner. The ultra-high-frequency signal will be directed from a Norwegian space centre at a solar system 42 light years away.

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17 comments:

  1. Dave Coulter1:36 PM

    No kidding? Another high point in human history! This almost sounds like something Kurt Vonnegut might have dreamt up.

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  2. Mrs Mac2:09 PM

    It HAS to feature the Clangers!

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  3. The Egel Nest2:16 PM

    Alternate Footnote:

    Sadly, in a marketing blunder, most aliens 42 light years away have a taste for Pringles.

    Bradley
    The Egel Nest

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  4. Chris Eldin2:52 PM

    Thanks for visiting my blog!!

    What a fun post! I'll be back later to look through your blog.

    :-)

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  5. Mrs Mac2:56 PM

    Thanks for the visit! Dang! Just minutes before I put up a new post! Hey ho! LOL!

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  6. Unknown2:58 PM

    So no-one alive today will ever know whether the message was received or not. Brilliant.

    They should rather beam it into North Korea. At least they have a chance of some sort of response by the end of this century, then.

    Mmm, Doritos...

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  7. none3:51 PM

    I guess we are going to defeat the alien menace with salt and colesterol ;)

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  8. Anonymous4:50 PM

    Doritos! Only 42 light years away! Get yours today -- if the Earthlings don't see you coming and shot you out of the sky ....

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  9. Marvin6:18 PM

    Just what we need... ETs with a bad case of the Doritos munchies.

    (Thanks for the visit.)

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  10. Mima8:08 PM

    I ask you, as if we haven't got a bad enough reputation as a planet already with wars, famine, global warming etc. Now we want to encourage overeating in aliens, we are going to be known as the scourge of the neighbourhood!

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  11. Jo Beaufoix11:10 PM

    Erm, why?
    And how will they judge if it's been a success??

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  12. Charles Gramlich12:34 AM

    I find that rather depressing.

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  13. Daryl2:27 AM

    I hope they dont let the Big Dipper double dip

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  14. the mother of this lot3:28 AM

    If I had my way, they'd launch the Doritos into space.

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  15. nitebyrd4:13 AM

    Um ... they're doing this why?

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  16. Cath6:58 AM

    Why??

    I used to say "Only in America..." but now (shame)

    What a pointless waste of money!

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  17. Lew4:54 PM

    And 84 years from now the response will be "what kind of salsa comes with that?"

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