Re: Verizon Fined by District for Chalk-on-Sidewalk Advertising

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:

> On 4/1/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> > Wow -- this sounds like an April Fool's joke, but I think it's
> > for real.  :-)
> >
> > Via The Washington Post.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > The District [of Coulmbia] said yesterday that it fined Verizon Communications Inc. $1,050 for stenciling 
> > orange-red chalk ads on sidewalks across the city to promote its Yellow Pages.
>
>
> The free advertising from passers by, coupled with the free
> advertising from the newspapers reporting it makes this seem like the
> writing on the wall: good ROI for USD 1050, we will see more of this
> chalk advertising (probably on larger stationary objects such as:
> bridges, walls, water towers, and older fat people).
 
As an older fat person, I'd want a bit more than $1050 to display Verizon 
advertising.

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