Friday, February 4

Human Billboards

   1. "Man rents out forehead"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/01/25/910031-ap.html >
   "A web-page designer who auctioned off the use of his forehead for
    advertising space is letting it go to his head"

   2. "Bald man's head auctioned for ad space"
      < http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/3659752/detail.html >
   "Jeremy Martin, 21, says he will tattoo the name and logo of the highest
    bidder on his bald head for a price"

   3. "Pregnant woman sells bump as billboard"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1268518.html >
   "A single mum-to-be is auctioning off her bump as advertising space on eBay"

   4. "Woman rents cleavage in eBay auction"
      < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/28/cleavage_ebay/ >
   "Says Angel in her eBay listing for ample 42GG breasts: 'No longer
    restricted to USA based advertising, you can now rent my cleavage for
    a period of 15 days, during which I will display your company logo,
    slogan or web-site address in the form of a temporary tattoo you will
    supply to me"

   5. "The human billboards"
      < http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/22/1069027386749.html >
   "Two young Sydney entrepreneurs and best mates have come up with an
    innovative marketing scheme: canvas vests with built-in mini tele-
    visions that show moving advertisements"

   6. "'Billboards' that walk, talk, and even flirt a little"
      < http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0708/p11s01-wmgn.html >
   "Eleven-inch, flat television screens adorn the fronts of T-shirts worn
    by winsome women deployed to be, in the words of the product's developer,
    'aggressively friendly'"

   7. "Advertising spreads - to beggars' coats"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1188680.html >
   "Homeless people in Holland are being given free winter coats - on the
    condition they allow firms to advertise on them"


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