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May 17, 2010

Now here's a marketing strategy I could get behind (IYKWIMAITYD)
— Monty

Apparently there's this show called "The Naked Office", which will air over in Blighty on -- get this -- the Virgin network. And this is sort of an advertisement to get people to watch the show. I admit that I'm intrigued.

How come we never get ad campaigns like this over here? I think the best one I've come across this year involved some coupons you could trade in for ten cents off a bottle of steak-sauce or something. In fact, a lot of the ad campaigns have become kind of passive-aggressive. Stuff like: "Buy our product and we won't send a guy over to beat the shit out of you" or "All of your smart friends are buying this overpriced piece of shit product. If you don't buy one too, they're going to think you're retarded and smell bad."

Via Drudge.

Posted by: Monty at 05:12 PM | Comments (65)
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1 DVR was invented to fast forward through commercials. The only ones I willingly watch are during the Super Bowl.

Posted by: wherestherum at May 17, 2010 05:14 PM (gofDd)

2 Bah, I call that Thursday in my office.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 17, 2010 05:15 PM (bgcml)

3

Well allllllrrrrriggggghhhhhhty then.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 05:16 PM (t72+4)

4 Buy our product or fluffy will stop by naked.

Posted by: fluffy is really fluffy at May 17, 2010 05:17 PM (SwkdU)

5 Chick on the escalator's look is pretty funny .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at May 17, 2010 05:17 PM (a9UO0)

6 If you don't buy one too, they're going to think you're retarded and smell bad."

So?

Posted by: Editor at May 17, 2010 05:18 PM (YX6i/)

7 Steven Suphi, behaviour change specialist and leadership guru, believes stripping off in the office will help boost employees' confidence and develop trust.

Or fill them all with revulsion.

And who trusts gurus?

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 17, 2010 05:18 PM (c0A3e)

8 Chick on the escalator's look is pretty funny .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at May 17, 2010 09:17 PM (a9UO0)

There was an escalator?

Posted by: Editor at May 17, 2010 05:19 PM (YX6i/)

9 As much as I would like having the 2 blondes naked in my office I believe it would be offsett by the 2 guys naked in my office.

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 05:20 PM (fwSHf)

10

I was gonna say something about these Brits being pretty hideous naked, but I think they deserve extra-credit for not smiling.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 05:21 PM (t72+4)

11
Like I want to work in an office that smells like coffee and ass.

Not to mention the occasional waft of dick and poon.

Posted by: Dang at May 17, 2010 05:21 PM (UA4gE)

12 #8 There was an escalator?

Uh yes. The "chick" in question was the one in black, the one who looked like she was in the recent Nightmare on Elm Street Movie.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 17, 2010 05:21 PM (c0A3e)

13 Also: American newspapers would be in a hell of a lot better shape today if they published more stuff like this. Memo to NYT: start your own Page 3 Girls, and I'll subscribe tomorrow.

Posted by: Monty at May 17, 2010 05:23 PM (O3eFQ)

14 I take it this won't be licensed & syndicated out to Kelsey Grammer's RightNetwork?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 17, 2010 05:23 PM (QSMOq)

15 24 is fucking insane (in a good way) tonight.

Posted by: logprof at May 17, 2010 05:23 PM (Mmw0q)

16 I think the boobs are fake on the blonde chick on her cell in the escalator pic.

Posted by: wherestherum at May 17, 2010 05:24 PM (gofDd)

17 And how much work would you actually get done?

Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2010 05:24 PM (Alc94)

18
Also: American newspapers would be in a hell of a lot better shape today if they published more stuff like this. Memo to NYT: start your own Page 3 Girls, and I'll subscribe tomorrow.

Posted by: Monty at May 17, 2010 09:23 PM (O3eFQ)

You do realize that will probably start off with Gail Collins in the buff dont you?

Be careful what you ask for.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 05:25 PM (t72+4)

19 Not the least bit amusing but stupid on many, many levels.

Posted by: Ed Anger at May 17, 2010 05:25 PM (7+pP9)

20 I think the boobs are fake on the blonde chick on her cell in the escalator pic.

Posted by: wherestherum at May 17, 2010 09:24 PM (gofDd)

I thought that to, but the ass was real!

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 05:25 PM (fwSHf)

21 In 20+ years, I have never worked in an office with people I want to see naked.

Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 17, 2010 05:26 PM (iBTj9)

22 Hope they don't have vinyl seats in that office...ouch.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2010 05:27 PM (Alc94)

The Brits are declining fast.

Naked on the "underground" - No big deal

English Defense League website has been forcibly taken off-line for unspecified insults to Islam.

England is so boned, she isn't ever coming back.

http://bit.ly/cymru9

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at May 17, 2010 05:27 PM (oIp16)

24
I think the boobs are fake on the blonde chick on her cell in the escalator pic.

Posted by: wherestherum at May 17, 2010 09:24 PM (gofDd)

I thought that to, but the ass was real!

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 09:25 PM (fwSHf)

Yea, real flat. She should have got some of that saline put up her keister.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 05:27 PM (t72+4)

25 Somebody find out whether M80s has been in the States all this time.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at May 17, 2010 05:27 PM (Wpgaw)

26 Really sick of fake boobs...

Posted by: Llarry at May 17, 2010 05:28 PM (vW888)

27 These people can go to work naked, but I can't shtupe the cleaning lady on my desk?

Posted by: George Costanza at May 17, 2010 05:28 PM (YX6i/)

28 21 In 20+ years, I have never worked in an office with people I want to see naked.

Every place I have worked has had one or two, but there are way more people that should never be allowed to be naked....even in their own homes....in the dark.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 17, 2010 05:28 PM (IqfKc)

29 Yea, real flat. She should have got some of that saline put up her keister.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 09:27 PM (t72+4)

I'd better look again

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 05:29 PM (fwSHf)

30 Steven Suphi, behaviour change specialist and leadership guru, believes stripping off in the office will help boost employees' confidence and develop trust.

Safe to say this man has never spent time in an office full of electronics engineers.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 17, 2010 05:29 PM (OkT2m)

Nope, the second one getting on the tube, er the train

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 05:30 PM (fwSHf)

32

Monty gave us boobies! Yayyyyy Monty.

Posted by: Dang Straights at May 17, 2010 05:30 PM (P0u2c)

The Brits are an increasingly debased people. They went from a classy, reserved people to the white trash scum of Europe. Anyone who doubts me need only read Dalrymple. This is just one more example. I like my fair share of titilation as much as most, but encouraging public nudity goes too far.

Just goes to show what socialism does to a culture. Total destruction.

Posted by: Reactionary at May 17, 2010 05:31 PM (4nbyM)

34 Not only that, I wouldn't want my coworkers to see me naked.

Posted by: wherestherum at May 17, 2010 05:31 PM (gofDd)

35 So if people had their kids with them that morning, they had to do some fast talking?

Posted by: RushBabe at May 17, 2010 05:31 PM (W8m8i)

36 21 In 20+ years, I have never worked in an office with people I want to see naked.

Heh, agreed.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 17, 2010 05:32 PM (c0A3e)

37 Monty gave us boobies! Yayyyyy Monty. I'm a giver.

Posted by: Monty at May 17, 2010 05:32 PM (O3eFQ)

Ace et al:

Guess what? NYT says Conn. AG who is running for Dodd's seat lied, he outright lied about his vietnam service, the man never served in the US military, got 5, count them, 5 deferments, yet the Conn. AG brags:

"Â“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,Â” Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. "

http://tinyurl.com/27zsqad

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at May 17, 2010 05:32 PM (ACkhT)

39
Yea, real flat. She should have got some of that saline put up her keister.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 09:27 PM (t72+4)

I'd better look again

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 09:29 PM (fwSHf)

The one with the fake boobs is not the same one with the half-way lively ass. Look at the shoes.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 05:32 PM (t72+4)

40 Not only that, I wouldn't want my coworkers to see me naked.

Posted by: wherestherum at May 17, 2010 09:31 PM (gofDd)

Well since we don't work together how about some pics?

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 05:32 PM (fwSHf)

41 The one with the fake boobs is not the same one with the half-way lively ass. Look at the shoes.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 09:32 PM (t72+4)

They have shoes on?

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 05:33 PM (fwSHf)

42 34 Not only that, I wouldn't want my coworkers to see me naked.

But they're all women, right?

_{I've seen this porno...}

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at May 17, 2010 05:33 PM (Wpgaw)

43 Safe to say this man has never spent time in an office full of electronics engineers.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 17, 2010 09:29 PM (OkT2m)

I read the article twice. Apparently Steven is a woman. Check the graf after his/her first mention.

Posted by: RushBabe at May 17, 2010 05:33 PM (W8m8i)

44 Well since we don't work together how about some pics?

Just b/c we don't work together doesn't mean I'm gonna show you pics for free.

Posted by: wherestherum at May 17, 2010 05:34 PM (gofDd)

They have shoes on?

Posted by: robtr at May 17, 2010 09:33 PM (fwSHf)

.....or handlebars as I like to call them.

Posted by: Blazer at May 17, 2010 05:34 PM (t72+4)

46
I'm a giver.

Posted by: Monty at May 17, 2010 09:32 PM (O3eFQ)

Could the world's smallest D-cup be smaller than the world's largest C-cup?

Posted by: logprof at May 17, 2010 05:35 PM (Mmw0q)

47 I used to think getting behind at the office was bad.

Posted by: sifty at May 17, 2010 05:35 PM (QZVn4)

48 So if people had their kids with them that morning, they had to do some fast talking?

Whenever the boy sees something inappropriate and points it out and asks about it, my pat answer is "because they're stupid, honey". I also make sure and say it loud enough for them to hear me.

I would think 'take your kid to work day' would pose a problem as well.

Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 17, 2010 05:35 PM (iBTj9)

49 Eh...be tuff to steal someones pen.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2010 05:36 PM (Alc94)

50 Meh, sharp knees.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 17, 2010 05:38 PM (S9AJM)

51 My elderly mom (lives a couple states away) is always going on about how fat people are these days (Walmart is her main hangout). I thought it was just a feature of "bitterclingerville" (yeah, Murtha's district), but it's nationwide. I'm no oil painting (as Rodney Dangerfield used to say), but I took the kids to the mall this weekend and started ballparking the counts in my head. I'd say 95% of the mall goers were clinically obese; at least 50% were morbidly obese. And the ones who'd seem most likely to want to get nekkid -- IF they had a job -- are definitely not the ones you'd want to see.

Posted by: RushBabe at May 17, 2010 05:38 PM (W8m8i)

52 Apparently Steven is a woman. Check the graf after his/her first mention.

OK, I googled, to determine if ....she...was pre- or post-op, and that could be a typo. Google suggested "Seven Stuphi."

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 17, 2010 05:39 PM (OkT2m)

53 I used to work at a place where I wanted to see my co-worker naked every single day. She was 22... perfect figure... luxuriant brown hair down to her waist... clothes clung to every curve no matter what she wore...

Shit. I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at May 17, 2010 05:40 PM (Wpgaw)

54 49 Eh...be tuff to steal someones pen.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2010 09:36 PM (Alc94)

Totally OT, but you reminded me that our local Food Lion has found the way to keep customers from stealing their pens when signing the credit slip at the registers. They've taped plastic sporks to each one. Heck, you don't even want to pick the thing up let alone walk off with it. I'm thinking of trying it at home as my kids disappear them constantly.

Posted by: RushBabe at May 17, 2010 05:42 PM (W8m8i)

In 20+ years, I have never worked in an office with people I want to see naked.

I have.

Posted by: Bangles Roadie at May 17, 2010 05:43 PM (gxpfq)

56 I can only think of one person I've worked with that I'd have liked to have seen naked. He was one fine looking man. He clerked in our office for a while. Guy was gorgeous but stupid, though. Had a foot problem and made an appointment to see a proctologist.

Posted by: Theresa D at May 17, 2010 05:44 PM (iGCmo)

57 I'm not sure we're ready for The Naked Precedent and his Wookie. Sorry.

Posted by: The Voters at May 17, 2010 05:46 PM (Lt+t9)

58 nudists in general are some of the most unattractive people you'll ever see. Hairy, "no longer young" and for some reason fixated on volleyball.

Posted by: knothole nick at May 17, 2010 05:46 PM (SBIko)

59 So this fella with a very small penis finally gets a gal to bed. He gets them to undress in the dark (he's shy) and they get under the covers. Then he grabs her hand and puts it on his penis. She says " I'm not in the mood for a cigarette honey".

Posted by: torabora at May 17, 2010 05:49 PM (Lt+t9)

60 Had a foot problem and made an appointment to see a proctologist.

ROFL

Posted by: wherestherum at May 17, 2010 05:49 PM (gofDd)

61 54 you should attach the pen to a hubcap from a 82 Bonneville like the gas stations in the hood.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2010 05:50 PM (Alc94)

62 Had a foot problem and made an appointment to see a proctologist.

Did he have your boot up his ass?

Posted by: OregonMuse at May 17, 2010 06:20 PM (trjej)

63 And who trusts gurus?

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 17, 2010 09:18 PM (c0A3e)

The Beatles come to mind...

Posted by: Bill H at May 17, 2010 07:44 PM (q8CmE)

I was in Vegas, er, make that an undisclosed location, when some babes walked by on Fremont Street wearing nothing but paint. They were advertising, er, something. Hot damn that was some cool paint, though. It was hard to take one's eyes off the paint job, on account of the artistic mastery of the thing you see.

So, it can and does happen here. And it was better done, too. Face it those Brits in the tube looked horrible. Made me want to throw a blanket on them. Public nudity isn't always a good thing -- you wanna see me nekkid? No, you don't -- and it sure didn't work there. Matter of fact, it was a disaster.

They coulda used an airbrush or too, like the Undisclosed Location Babes.

Posted by: Cowboy at May 17, 2010 08:49 PM (XYcTY)

65
72

There are people I'd rather not see in Spider-Man costumes either.

Posted by: Golem14 at May 18, 2010 03:31 AM (2X8VA)

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