Why Pay More to Sweat Less

[Tom Zurinskas]

Sure.   "Why pay more to sweat less?" when you can pay less to sweat more.

Another funny ad on TV yesterday had several instances of someone being given something and they say "and?", meaning "isn't there something more?  One instance had a kid being given a vanilla custard cone, and the kid says "And?"  The person takes the cone back, coats it with sprinkles, and offers it again.  The kid lights up and says "thanks".

Crude, snotty, but so funny.  This is going to go viral.  And????


Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
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> Subject: Re: Why Pay More to Sweat Less
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> On Oct 30, 2011, at 4:12 PM, David Metevia wrote:
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> > http://www.arrid.com/
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> > Is is just me or does the question "Why pay more to sweat less?" seem
> > inappropriate for a company selling antiperspirant? I want the result of
> > sweating less to occur for the least amount of money. To me this implies
> > that buying Arrid is cheap, but I may sweat more than if I paid more for
> > some other brand.
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> I agree that it's poor advertising copy, but what they are saying is, "You can pay more to sweat less, or you can pay less to sweat less."
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> I think the difference is whether you interpret "less" to be relative to other products or less to the amount you are sweating without an antiperspirant.
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> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
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