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15 Cool, Crazy & Controversial Advertisements

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From severed arms to crosses made from marijuana, shockingimagery in ads aims to get our attention and that they do.Advertisers are using bold and bizarre visuals to draw eyes inan increasingly cluttered world and their attempts range from

disgusting gross-out tactics to clever interactive displays. Some of these 15 ads effectively help usremember what might otherwise be an obscure brand, while others fall flat, or worse, make us sick.

Finetra: Where Even Nightmares Come to Rest

(image via: scary ideas)

Finetras bedding is so comfortable, your razor-toothed evil alien demons will give up on theirnightmarish intentions and just curl up with you instead.

You Eat What You Touch

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Mmm, hamster muffin! This ad for Unilevers Lifebuoy antibacterial soap tries a gross-out tactic tomake people paranoid about what germs might be lingering on their hands when they eat.

If You Arent Totally Clean, You Are Filthy


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A similar ad for Just Liquid Soap states, If you arent totally clean, youre filthy.

Exhibit Yourself

(image via: trends updates)

The grotesque image of a man holding open the flayed skin of his chest, showing off his internalorgans to the world, is meant to tempt viewers into exhibiting themselves at HypeGallery.com, aplace where users could show off their artwork and films.

Farewell to Arms


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A severed arm on the street would definitely attract some attention, and it was a fitting guerrilla stuntfor the DVD release of Quentin Tarantinos gory 2007 movie, Death Proof, in Amsterdam.

Mmm, Roach Pizza

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Imagine devouring an entire pizza and then seeing a cockroach in the box. A pest control companycalling itself Dr. Barata (Dr. Cockroach) made up these boxes to scare pizza consumers into callingfor help or maybe just calling health inspectors on the pizza joint that thought these boxes were agood idea.

This Might Make You Puke


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Italian B-movie store Bloodbuster brought on the gags with a series of puke-themed posters that sayyou cant please everyone. Doesnt it make you want to rent one of their movies?

Get Them Off Your Dog

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Gross out tactics arent the only way to get attention. Clever and interactive, this massive Frontlineposter on a mall floor turns people into fleas when viewed from above.

Kiss My Glass


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(image via: ad hunt)

Does this ad campaign imply that wearing Glassino sunglasses makes you look like an ass?

Samsung MP3 Player


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(image via: ads of the world)

Evidently, this ad for a Samsung MP3 player is telling us that using their product is like having a tinyrapper yelling into your ear. Which is to say, awesome.

We Protect Your Cattle from Almost Everything

(image via: pixel pasta)

Barbed wire company Ideal Alambrec is up front about their products limitations: itll protect yourcattle from almost everything. But when it come to aliens, theres simply no guarantees.

Does It Matter How You Achieve Your Spiritual High?


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Wonder Cafe, a forum for spiritual discussion, courted controversy with this startling ad featuringtwo joints formed into a cross. Whether the ad is interesting or crass may depend upon your ownreligious views, but it definitely attracted some attention.

Those Are Some Dangerous Nose Hairs


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In what seems to be a bit of a safety hazard, Panasonic twisted power lines through the nostrils on aseries of billboards in Indonesia to push nose hair clippers.

Come As You Are (Darth Vader)


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McDonalds told the world to come as you are in a long print ad campaign that featured someunexpected characters like Darth Vader here, who somehow doesnt seem too happy with his meal.

Dont Talk While He Drives


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This Bangalore public safety ad, aiming to prevent cell phone-related accidents, tells us that if youkeep someone on the phone while theyre trying to drive, you could end up with blood on yourhands and on your face not to mention splattered all over your clothing and bedding. Careful,that stuff stains.

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