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    Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)

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    Image of le monde is rond le monde is rond
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    If my cocktail has water in it I'm leaving the party.
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    Image of girl.of.your.dreams girl.of.your.dreams
    07/07/09

    @le monde is rond: Right? Since when is water a mixer? (I mean, fine, scotch and water...but still.)
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    Image of Hazel Hazel
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    I think glamping should be the term for using words that just sound gross. "She wouldn't stop glamping when she was telling me about her moist, squirty panties."
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    I'm actually sort of interested in the eco-friendly dildos.
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    Image of hatepaperdoll hatepaperdoll
    07/07/09

    @tscheese: Here you go:


    Photobucket

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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    I'm ashamed that I know this, but there's some hokey "Chocolate Chip Cookie Diet" where you get these prepackaged pucks of ostensible "cookie meal replacement bars" or whatever, and you're supposed to eat that instead of a meal.


    Also, "full bathrooms" reminds me of dancing around uncomfortably while the line to the ladies' room crawls at a terrifyingly slow pace.

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    Image of EkaterinaBallerina EkaterinaBallerina
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    If I ever showed up at a party with bottled water as a hostess gift, it'd be like saying to their face that I hate them. I can't believe the brand itself would even suggest something so ridiculous.
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    Image of Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin) Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    Glamping sounds like what happens when my gyno sticks the speculum in me.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    Cute PR shoehorns!
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    "Hi, Dodai, hope you had a good weekend" is the PR pitch equivalent of "I'm sorry, but..." and "I don't mean to offend anybody, but!"
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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    Pfft. Real Jezebels go "glamping" with their recycled vibrators while covered in body shimmer all the time.


    (Seriously, the phrase "glamping" made me want to bleach my eyes.)

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    Image of stacyinbean stacyinbean
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    That last one? Wow. That's some SERIOUS body snarking. Also, what famous friend's coattails would Jaoquin Phoenix even be riding?
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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    I would still do Matthew Perry.


    At my workplace, I get a ton of Christian Coalition e-mails, trying to sell me on God or Jesus, or rather, a politically motivated God or Jesus. Blocking doesn't seem to work. Sigh.

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    Image of PrarieMuffin PrarieMuffin
    07/07/09

    @lalaland13: We get some similar stuff through our direct mail program. People don't send gifts, but they do send really awful letters about stem cell research and killing babies and how we should all be afraid of God's wrath. All of my colleagues know when I open one, cause they all hear a loud grown coming from my office, followed by a string of obscenities.
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    Image of PrarieMuffin PrarieMuffin
    07/07/09

    @PrarieMuffin: Uh, groan. I don't know how to audibly grow. I'm practicing, though.
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    Image of hfree hfree
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    I think the term "Glamping" has officially put the nail in the coffin of combining words into new "cute" words. "Glamping" makes me think someone is galomphing. What an ugly "word".
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    Image of Laulau Laulau
    07/07/09

    @hfree: I would rather galomph. Galomphing sounds like fun in wellingtons in the mud. Glamping sounds like I might cut somebody. On purpose.
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    Image of weetziebat weetziebat
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    these are pretty awful. What if you found a product you really liked in these emails, though? Would you promote it? I honestly wouldn't mind the occasional pitch for some cool new thing every once in a while.
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    Image of PrarieMuffin PrarieMuffin
    07/07/09

    @weetziebat: Well, they did test out the Shenis a while back. That was fairly awesome, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it an endorsement.
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    Image of amowls amowls
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    Btw, I'm an Advertising major and I wonder who wrote the copy for this shit? They aren't written well at all and read like ads from the 1960s (which aren't exactly known for their insight).
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    07/07/09

    @amowls: Donald Draper and Peggy Olson wrote damn good copy in the 1960s
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    Image of NaldoHecuba NaldoHecuba
    07/07/09

    In reply to Sex Toys, Skinny Jeans & Fad Diets: The Worst PR Pitches Of The Year (So Far)
    My coworkers and I (at a magazine) amuse ourselves all day by forwarding the crap emails from publicists we get. My recent favorite was from a "researcher" who analyzed what your favorite kind of sandwich says about your personality.


    Story idea GOLDMINE there.

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    Image of PrarieMuffin PrarieMuffin
    07/07/09

    @NaldoHecuba: Um . . . I would love to read about sandwich love. It sounds more accurate than astrology.
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    Image of NaldoHecuba NaldoHecuba
    07/07/09

    @PrarieMuffin: Lucky for you, I seem to have saved the email! A few gems (these were what they promised I would get from an interview with the researcher):


    - More about the 8 types of sandwiches from the study and what they mean: The Club, Ham & Cheese, Turkey, Tuna Salad, Egg Salad, Chicken Salad, Seafood Salad, Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato (BLT).


    - Examples of sandwiches and their corresponding personalities, such as:

    * egg salad aficionados don't just value a protein-packed meal, but usually seek extra attention-they are often the life of the party and "charismatic adventure seekers"

    * ham and cheese enthusiasts are more likely to be thoughtful, inquisitive and independent without strong romantic ties


    Stunning.

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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    07/07/09

    @NaldoHecuba: I don't like sandwiches...what does that mean?
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    Image of PrarieMuffin PrarieMuffin
    07/07/09

    @NaldoHecuba: Wow. Just . . . wow. That is a thing of beauty. And a very wise expenditure, indeed.


    @Lymed: That you have no personality. Obviously.

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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    07/07/09

    @NaldoHecuba: I like egg salad, but I don't go on many charismatic adventures. I call shenanigans.
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