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Skipping Meals Can Cause Kitten Death

This is an ad in the 1st Avenue station on the L Train:

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One clever vandal decided to provide some other warnings about skipping meals. And that’s when all hell breaks loose on this ad.

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By the way, what’s the point of this ad campaign? “Skipping meals can cause headaches. Skip all the meals you want and use our product!” Brilliant.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 at 12:11 pm and is filed under Subway Stupidity. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

15 Responses to “Skipping Meals Can Cause Kitten Death”

  1. February 20th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    John Barleycorn says:

    Fascinating. I love graffiti. And kittens.

  2. February 20th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Teresa says:

    You spend too much time in the 1st Ave station on the L line.

  3. February 20th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    Ha Ha Sound says:

    On what planet is a glass full of berries a meal? I see neither cheese nor steak nor a hoagie roll anywhere in that picture.

  4. February 20th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    Eric the BeehiveHairdresser says:

    Are the makers of Tylenol saying that they have the magic weight loss pill with this ad?

  5. February 20th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    pissedandpetty says:

    @Ha Ha Sound:

    I was going to say the exact same thing.

  6. February 20th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    Sheryl says:

    I’m glad you posted this, I wondered the same thing. What is Tylenol really trying to convey here?!

  7. February 20th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    Sarah says:

    God knows one has more than enough time to study the ads (hate that one) while waiting for the L. Last night I walked into that station around midnight and the sign said the next 8th-ave-bound train would be arriving in 28 minutes…the one after that in a zippy 53 minutes. And the platform was already jammed, so I can only imagine how long it had been since one had come by.

  8. February 20th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    pissedandpetty says:

    My guess is that the fruit and vibrant colors give us a subconscious thought of “health”, and Tylenol is aligning itself with that subconsious thought.

    I could be completely wrong.

    Maybe Copyranter will tackle this one.

  9. February 20th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    colin says:

    i live in glasgow, scotland, ken, and i pished mah pants at awh this… graffti humour is universal… kitten death… now that IS funny…

    :)

  10. February 21st, 2008 at 10:43 am

    Chris says:

    you have to love the person who was so upset about the kitten remark that they just HAD to reply - with the threat of violence.

  11. February 21st, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    jew says:

    Dude that kitty lover is PISSED. I do love their vehemence though, makes for amusing mornings ;)

  12. February 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm

    magickat says:

    Oh my god - I came here to cheer myself up with your funny entries about the subway but this sign had me holding my sides.

  13. March 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    allie says:

    This is part of Tylenol’s whole campaign to discourage abuse of their product… It goes hand-in-hand with the commercials that tell people to take the regular dose and no extra. They’re encouraging us to eat so that we don’t get the headache in the first place.

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