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After watching
sales falling off for three straight months at Kentucky Fried Chicken,
the Colonel calls up the Pope and asks for a favor.
The Pope says, "What can I do?"
The Colonel says, "I need you to change the daily prayer from, 'Give us
this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken' . If
you do it, I'll donate 10 Million Dollars to the Vatican."
The Pope replies, "I am sorry. That is the Lord's prayer and I can not
change the words." So the Colonel hangs up.
After another
month of dismal sales, the Colonel panics, and calls again. "Listen
your Excellency. I really need your help. I'll donate $50 million
dollars if you change the words of the daily prayer from 'Give us this
day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken.' "
And the Pope responds, "It is very tempting, Colonel Sanders. The
church could do a lot of good with that much money. It would help us to
support many charities. But, again, I must decline. It is the Lord's
prayer, and I can't change the words."
So the Colonel
gives up again. After two more months of terrible sales. The Colonel
gets desperate. "This is my final offer, your Excellency. If you change
the words of the daily prayer from, 'Give us this day our daily bread'
to 'Give us this day our daily chicken' I will donate $100 million to
the Vatican."
The Pope replies, "Let me get back to you."
So the next
day, the Pope calls together all of his bishops and he says, "I have
some good news and I have some bad news. The good news is that KFC is
going to donate $100 million to the Vatican."
The bishops rejoice at the news. Then one asks about the bad news. The
Pope replies, "The bad news is that we lost the Wonder Bread account."
One of life's
disappointments is discovering that the man who writes the bank's ads
is not the one who makes the loans.
Two little boys
go into the grocery store. One is nine, one is four. The nine year old
grabs a box of tampons from the shelf and carries it to the register
for check-out.
The cashier
asks "Oh, these must be for your mom, huh?"
The nine year old replies "Nope, not for my mom."
Without
thinking, the cashier responded "Well, they must be for your sister
then?"
The nine year old quipped, "Nope, not for my sister either."
The cashier had
now become curious "Oh. Not for your mom and not for your sister, who
are they for?"
The nine year old says "They're for my four year old little brother."
The cashier is
surprised "Your four year old little brother??"
The nine year
old explains: "Well yeah, they say on TV if you wear one of these you
can swim or ride a bike and my little brother can't do either of them!"
A young woman,
several months pregnant, boarded a bus and sat opposite a young man, he
smiled, and feeling embarrassed she changed her seat. But it was to no
avail, for the young man smiled even more broadly when she sat down.
Again she moved to another seat, he grinned and again after the fourth
move, the young man just rolled up and roared with laughter. The woman
complained and duly summoned him.
Judge: Well,
young man, have you anything to say in your defense against this
charge?
The young man:
Well, your Honor, when the young lady entered the bus, her condition
was obvious. However, that did not prompt my smile, but she sat under
an advertisement that read: " Coming shortly - The Gold Rush Twins ."
The lady seemed indignant when I smiled and she got up and took another
seat beneath a shaving stick advertisement, which read: " William's
stick did the trick ." She moved a third time and sat beneath a poster
that read: " Sloane's liniments will remove swelling ." It was after
she had moved her seat fourth time that I lost control of my merriment
for the above was a slogan: " Dunlop Rubber Goods would have prevented
this accident ."
An advertising
team is working very late at night on a project due the next morning.
Suddenly, a Genie appears before them and offers to each of them one
wish.
The copywriter
says: "I've always dreamed of writing the great American novel and
having my work studied in schools across the land. I'd like to go to a
tropical island where I can concentrate and write my masterpiece."
The Genie says, "No problem!" and poof! The copywriter is gone.
The art
director says: "I want to create a painting so beautiful that it would
hang in the Louvre Museum in Paris for all the world to admire. I want
to go to the French countryside to work on my painting."
The Genie says, "Your wish is granted!" and poof! The art director is
gone.
The Genie then
turns to the account executive and says, "And what is your wish?"
The account executive says, "I want those two assholes back here right
now."
You go to a
party and see a sexy girl across the room. You go up to her and say,
"Hi, I'm fantastic in bed, what about it?"
That's Direct Marketing.
You go to a
party and see a sexy girl across the room. You approach her to get her
telephone number. The next day you call and say, "Hi, I'm fantastic in
bed, what about it?"
That's Telemarketing.
You go to a
party and see a sexy girl across the room. Your friend goes to her and
says, "Hi, my friend over there is fantastic in bed, what about it?"
That's Advertising.
You go to a
party and see a sexy girl across the room. You get up, straighten your
clothes, approach her and pour her a drink. You open the door for her,
pick up her bag after it drops, offer her a ride, and then say, "By the
way, I'm fantastic in bed."
That's Public Relations.
You go to a
party and see a sexy girl across the room. She comes over and says,
"Hi, I hear you're fantastic in bed, what about it?"
That's the power of Branding!
Some are born
great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
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