Stupid ideas ...

Did you ever come across some advertisements on the tv, newspaper, radio, etc etc and immediately you will think WTF??? How can somebody comes out with such stupid ideas and yet the person who approves the ad is the dumbest of all?

If you are one of the subscriber of a pay tv, you will notice recently that there’s this sms contest (one of the many) about wining a BMW and other prizes when you succeeded in quoting the lowest price on the selected item? The ad is like this - 2 Indian fellas shouting at each other … one dressed as a rapper the other is an Elvis-hair look alike. The Elvis is shouting at him in some language and the Rapper keeps on chanting about “BMW BMW BMW” and obviously the Elvis fella don’t understand a word Rapper said … in the end the Elvis took out a gun and shoot Rapper (no idea why probably because Rapper irritates him with BMW BMW). Anyway, Rapper then tried to avoid the bullets by dancing like horse riding standing up style (you have to use your imagination a bit here). After this stupid scene, some electronic items and a BMW blasted out on the screen and asked viewer to sms to quote the prices and blah blah blah …

To me I wouldn’t want to enter the contest after viewing the advertisement? How can such a big organization come up with such a stupid ad? Either they don’t have an A&P dept or they hire all the wrong people on the job who left their brains at home …

And then there’s this fast food ad on the Putra LRT line … with all the closed-up shots of their products plastered all over the train. Before the train reach each station, there’ll have the announcement (e.g. next station KLCC) … but if you board the trains with the fast food ad … then make sure you are prepare for their stupidest idea … one good example “Beep beep beep sound (blasted thru the speaker) … Stop right there! Please don’t chew on the LRT wall, get down from at next station for the nearest xxxxx for a delicious xxxxx”. When I first heard the ad I got a shock … who is the IDIOT who created this ad? It doesn’t have any creativity in the first place and the speaker was turned on so loud that your eardrums will tear just by listening to the stupid ad. It really irritates me every time my ears have to go thru all the announcement until I reach my station grrrrrrrr …

There are so many stupid advertisement around us with some of the best idea only an idiot will come up with but no worries, there will be idiots who approve them no matter how ridiculous the idea is because these people got no expectation on their products/services. So pathetic ...