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When promotions go weird…
July 7th, 2006 under Odd, Rock Star: Supernova, TV Soaps. [ Comments: none ]

Rock Star: Supernova’s Brooke Burke and General Hospital’s Kelly Monaco are two of the beauties who will be on hand for a Tuesday mock-protest rally on behalf of NoScruf.org, an "organization" (read: Gillette promotional concept) out to stop the trend of scruffy-faced fellas. The fight-the-fuzz gathering will be held at 12:30 pm/ET in New York City’s Greeley Square, but be forewarned — out of protest, the gals are said to be growing out their own assorted follicles.

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The icing on the cake with this story is the website for NoScruf.org. 

 

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Wonder if he ws listening to Live’s Lightning Crashes at the time?
July 7th, 2006 under Odd. [ Comments: none ]

A teenager who was hit by lightning over the weekend talked about his close brush with death Thursday.Jason Bunch was mowing the lawn and listening to his iPod at his home in Castle Rock in the 3200 block of Cherry Plum Way on Sunday when he was struck.He was taken to the hospital and was then put into the intensive care unit. Bunch recovered and was released from the hospital."I woke up and blood was coming out my ears," Bunch, a Douglas County High School senior, said.Bunch has large scars on his feet and smaller burn marks on his hands."From where the iPod was, it damaged my hearing and it ruptured my eardrums. Where the cord was, it burned me all down my body," said Bunch. "We need to shave my head because my hair is like dreadlocks. It’s all sticking together.""I’m just extremely blessed to be alive," he said. It was just two weeks ago that doctors in London warned of the dangers of listening to an iPod or using a cell phone during a thunderstorm.

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The worst name ever goes to…
July 7th, 2006 under Odd. [ Comments: none ]

After nearly two decades of ridicule, a father has agreed to change his son’s name from "Fined Six Thousand and Five Hundred" — the amount he was forced to pay in local currency for ignoring Vietnam’s two-child policy.Angry he was being fined for having a fifth child, Mai Xuan Can named his son Mai Phat Sau Nghin Ruoi after the amount he was forced to pay — 6,500 dong (50 cents), said Dai Cuong village chief Nguyen Huy Thuong.In 1999, local government officials tried to persuade Can to change the name because the boy was constantly being teased by classmates at school. But Can, a former People’s Committee official, refused to back down, Thuong said. They appealed to him again recently, and this time it worked."I told him that as his son is growing up, he should have another name — not that weird name — and he finally agreed," Thuong said.The son, now 19, finally got a new name: Mai Hoang Long, which means golden dragon.

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Boycott Vitamin Water
July 7th, 2006 under American Idol 1-5, Odd. [ Comments: none ]

KELLY Clarkson has agreed to promote her own flavor of Vitamin Water. The only catch is the company won’t announce the deal until the "American Idol" winner loses some more weight. Last year, 50 Cent endorsed his own flavor of the trendy sports drink, which is said to have 50 percent of the daily vitamin requirements. The muscular rapper actually looks like he’s in robust health. Clarkson looks like she could lose a few pounds. Since the brand is all about fitness and health, she’s been put on a strict diet and the deal is secret until she slims down.

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Please she is fine the way she is! Seriously not the best advertising idea to have a superskiiny girl (like Nicole Richie) promote your Vitamin Water as their only meal of the day. But it could just be me?

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When logo designs go bad
July 6th, 2006 under Odd. [ Comments: none ]

Thanks Jessica

That is the type of logo that draws in people like Michael Jackson!

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