Archive for the ‘funny’ Category

February 14, 2011 0

I’m Yours

By sushipan in art and entertainment, damn cute, funny

This one is for all you lovers out there on this cold cold Valentine’s Day. Get ready for some major tearing up.

(h/t to WoAi)

December 15, 2010 0

Bras on a Christmas Tree

By sushipan in advertising, funny

Taiwanese store owners: Boob guards and Christmas trees, two of guaranteed marketing winners combined!

December 10, 2010 0

I Like: Funny Chinese Mentos ad

By sushipan in advertising, funny

This Mentos ad cracked me up. It starts off wearing the cloak of melodrama shared by millions of other Asia-Pacific TVCs and music videos, then uses a cartoonish gag that keeps Mentos propped up as a fun and brand for young and sophisticated Chinese consumers. Just the demographic that star agency BBH aims to win [...]

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November 22, 2010 0

I’m a crazy f–ker!

By sushipan in funny, sports

Here’s a PSA about us Lions fans

From www.notsopuremichigan.com:
For anyone living in Michigan, the four saddest words are not “I lost my job,” but “I’m a Lions fan.” The Detroit Lions are the worst team in the history of professional sports. The whole world knows it, and their fans show it by wearing jerseys of players [...]

November 22, 2010 0

Hip-hop Panda

By sushipan in funny

Just cuz…

November 10, 2010 0

Smartphone Battles

By sushipan in funny

This is spot on! My favorite is how the Blackberry folk see the iPhone folk, and vice versa. Poor Nokia didn’t even make the cut!

(h/t to @cmar55)

October 18, 2010 0

Cityweekend has good intentions for its advertisers!

By sushipan in funny, media, only in china

I know Cityweekend is not exactly the bastion of wonderful journalism here, but it was still funny to read a recent article titled “10 Ways to Detox the Body in Shanghai,” which packaged a list of some no-brainer health tips in some not-so-subtle whore-wrap. Some particularly egregious product placement snippets:
Watch what you eat: Eat plenty [...]

June 22, 2010 0

How sushi is made — in my heart

By sushipan in advertising, funny

One of the most creative countries for advertising has me wanting to chow down on some salmon nigiri right about and watch a porno…all at the same time. Pretty nifty marketing.

June 21, 2010 0

JBL poster cracks me up

By sushipan in funny, only in china

The lady at the JBL kiosk in the Zhongshan Park Yongle electronics store saw me looking at the following JBL marketing poster:

She started pointing at some of the celebrities on the poster. “See? That’s Michael Jackson!”
I kept staring at it.
“And Bill Clinton!”
I was focusing on the two athletes on the bottom row, semi-retired boxer Osca [...]

April 15, 2010 0

Chan Ho Park not feeling well

By sushipan in funny

When I used to work for the man, I employed this excuse all the time in order to get out of work. After a while, it stopped working.