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Whoever Dies With The Most Logos, Wins
By April 25, 2007
Logos are company’s magic emblems, iconic tokens claiming territory like wolf urine. Copyranter spotted the above exemplar:
Purina On Virgin Mary-Esque Packaging: They "Reflect The Close Bond Between The Consumer And Their Pet."
By April 24, 2007
We received a response tonight to the inquiry we sent Purina on 4/09/07 asking if there was any truth to the rumors (which we spread) that the recurrent “Woman And Kitty” imagery that bedecks numbers of their pet food packages seemed to recall, if not draw directly from, the “Madonna And Child” motif (undoubtedly to serve manipulative marketing ends).
Dear Purina: Why Do You Love The Virgin Mary So?
By April 9, 2007
As we mentioned last week, the packaging on several kinds of Purina cat chow feature pictures that seem to be influenced by the Madonna and Child motif. To get to the bottom of the mystery, we sent Purina this letter:
Purina Pays More Homage To Madonna And Child Motif, For Some Strange Reason
By April 5, 2007
Yesterday we posted about how a package of Purina Naturals cat food bore striking resemblance to the Madonna And Child motif, a central icon of Christianity, represented in hundreds of paintings through thousands of years of human history.
Purina Cat Food Logo Rips Off Christianity
By April 4, 2007
Looks like Purina took inspiration for their Premium Natural logo from Christianity’s famous Madonna And Child motif.
VIDEO: Remove Cellphone Logos With Sugar
By March 14, 2007
One thing it doesn’t show is that it’s a good idea to cover up the rest of the phone in tape so you don’t get sugar in your keypad or elsewhere. Also, be gentle and patient. Press too hard and you could scratch the phone. — BEN POPKEN
Remove Cell Phone Logos With Sugar?
By February 14, 2007
We haven’t tried this, but if you’re sick of having a logo on your cell phone, you can try to remove it with sugar. Warning: You might mess up your phone. That being said, go for it. They don’t own you! From Instructables:
The key is to scratch of the logo without leaving and marks on the surface of the phone (in my case PDA). Sugar works perfectly.
—MEGHANN MARCO
What Super Bowl Advertisers Are Learning From Brain Scans
By February 6, 2007
Corporations are learning about the way our brains respond to advertising, and they’re finding out that they don’t work the way we think they do. And that’s just the way the advertisers want it.
KFC = Kentucky Fried Chicken
By November 16, 2006
Thank god for small favors, “KFC” is back to Kentucky Fried Chicken after over a decade of trying to make us forget the “fried” part. Or, come to think of it, maybe it was the “Kentucky” they were worried about. Anyway, it’s back, and the Colonel himself has undergone a bit of a redesign. He now sports an apron, which is a nice touch.
Get Rid of Logos On Your Devices
By September 8, 2006
According to this tutorial, with a bit of tape, persistence, and sugar cubes, you can easily remove logo stickers from your cellphone, PDA or whateva.
MasterCard’s New Logo Gets Goatse
By July 10, 2006
Apparently, Mastercard really is for everything else, as communicated by its new logo.
