# Brooke Sheilds Volkswagon Ad Campaign - Am I missing a Joke?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooke-sheilds-volkswagon-ad-campaign-am-i-missing-a-joke/465393>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 26, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooke-sheilds-volkswagon-ad-campaign-am-i-missing-a-joke/465393 "2008-09-26T21:40:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooke-sheilds-volkswagon-ad-campaign-am-i-missing-a-joke/465393/21 "2008-09-30T12:16:04Z")

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> [@neutron\_star](#):
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> It probably has nothing to do with it, and I don’t know if they even have this deal anymore, but at least back in the '80s, if you could prove that your child was born in a Volkswagon, they’d send you either $100 or $300 (I forget which). My dad got a check from them a few years after my oldest sister was born in his VW station wagon in 1981.

Born, or just conceived?

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooke-sheilds-volkswagon-ad-campaign-am-i-missing-a-joke/465393/22 "2008-09-30T13:07:08Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> So, does a new car help with depression? Does it matter if it has cruise control?

WIN!!!

I forget if it was Volvo or VW, but a friend was test driving one and the saleweasel said, “X has the least likely chance of riders in the car getting beheaded in a head on collision.”

Well, that’s a comforting thought. So, instead of instant death, you can become a quadruplegic and possibly go in a persistant vegitative state. Where do I sign?

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooke-sheilds-volkswagon-ad-campaign-am-i-missing-a-joke/465393/23 "2008-09-30T18:27:30Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> My _ **wife** _, of all people, pointed out that Brooke is looking \*mighty hot \*lately.
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> Could this be the opening to the “three-way” dialog I’ve been so reticent to establish?
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> Thank you, Volkswagen.

Yeesh - I thought she was starting to look like a transvestite version of herself. Be careful what you ask for with the 3-way.

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