# Dumbest Slogans, Ads, and Catch Phrases... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633 "2001-03-19T23:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IndignantSarcasm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@IndignantSarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndignantSarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/1 "2001-03-19T23:12:29Z")
There are slogans that are funny, make no sense, or just seem perverted in some way… Last week, a friend of mine bought me one of those Chocolate Oranges that you hit on a surface and it breaks into the bite size pieces… I fliped over the box to see what it said for its catchy little phrase thing: “Whack it…Unwrap it!” Now seriously, I wish I could get paid to come up with that. It lead me to think of all the other dumb things I’ve seen, some unintentional, some of which I am sure were on pupose, and some just plain lame… “Just do it” “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand” and so on. Please, share your favorites, I would love to read some new ones. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/2 "2001-03-20T04:32:06Z")
“Dodge. Different.” Actually it’s the same as all the other car companies out there. Every time we see a billboard with this ad on it, my boyfriend says, “Dodge. Desperate.” ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/3 "2001-03-20T06:38:27Z")
Ahem… “What does this look like, a Holiday Inn?” Damn you, Mark, and damn your smartass mother, and your creepier-than-hell grandmother, and the freaky-looking venture capitalist… It’s enought to make me want to go Godzilla on a few Holiday Inns. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/4 "2001-03-20T06:54:42Z")
“Cybiko… c-y-b-i-k-o…” Yup. The whole friggin’ slogan is _spelling the name of the damn product_. Apparently, the advertisers have come to accept the fact that half the population can’t read… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/5 "2001-03-20T13:53:25Z")
local car company, named “Annie Rae Chevrolet”, did an entire campaign with the slogan (and written this way on billboards, too) “Annie Rae. Wud you say?” Brrrrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/6 "2001-03-20T13:58:10Z")
Wazzuuuuuuuup. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/7 "2001-03-20T14:17:08Z")
Ideal Dairy - (late 60’s, New Jersey) “The Dairy With Cows” Ozarka Spring Water “It’s in the Water” ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/8 "2001-03-20T14:23:48Z")
You may or may not recall the hip-hop song of several moons ago that went something like “WHOOMP There it is…” Now picture middle-aged women with THICK country accents doing this for a local furniture company ad Customer: “Where’s Bobby?” MAW with TCA: “Whoouump. Thar hae ee-is” _:shudder:_ ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/9 "2001-03-20T15:43:29Z")
Remember those horrendous Chi-chi’s ads? “When you feel a little Mexican.” And when would that be? I dunno 'bout you, but _I_ don’t go around feeling little Mexicans… ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/10 "2001-03-20T16:01:12Z")
One of the stupidest slogans I ever saw was for the Volvo convertible. “It’s like a bikini with safety pins” Did they not run this by a single woman in their company? Wearing a bikini with safety pins (at least when I was younger) would mark you as the most socially inept dweeb on the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/11 "2001-03-20T16:10:07Z")
Local Used Car Place: “At Bennett New Car Alternatives- Everybody rides” And they had some young lady on there saying it. It’s actually true, though. My brother met the girl in person one night. Everybody really does ride. 😃 I think the “Zesty” thing is just rediculous. They should have stuck with the stupid dog. Come to think of it, Taco Bell has NEVER had a decent advertising campaign. They should just fire everyone in that office!!! Remember when they were using Rocky and Bullwinkle? Like everything else they do, that didn’t last long at all. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/12 "2001-03-20T16:18:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > \*\*One of the stupidest slogans I ever saw was for the Volvo convertible. > > “It’s like a bikini with safety pins” > > Did they not run this by a single woman in their company? Wearing a bikini with safety pins (at least when I was younger) would mark you as the most socially inept dweeb on the beach. \*\* Not so. I’ve seen bikinis with safety pins… OK, so she had the safety pins thru her cheek and nose… ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/13 "2001-03-20T16:22:13Z")
Ahem. Spuds McKenzie. * * * How about an old Sucrets (TradeMark) throat lozenge ad with the couple (of losers) in bed: Hubby: Barbara…you up? silence… Hubby: Barbara…you up? silence… Hubby: -nudging the fat cow- “Barbara…you up?” Barbara: I’m up NOW. Hubby: I’m a big fatloser man-child, and my throat hurts…what should I do? Barbara: Shove these lozenges up your ass…you’re ass will burn so bad you’ll forget about your fat throat you big ignorant slob" ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/14 "2001-03-20T16:37:59Z")
There are a bunch of billboards around the Twin Cities for an insurance company. They feature the name of the company prominently: Auto Insurance Program. and their logo down in the corner of the billboard is: AIG … the hell? Shouldn’t that be AIP? or does the logo stand for Auto Insurance proGram, kind of like Calvin & Hobbes club, GROSS, or “Get Rid Of Slimy girlS Now!” (Some kind of pain reliever I never bought). Little. Yellow. Different. Those sports drink ads where people who drink the stuff end up with fluorescent sweat the same color as the drink. Umm, no. Obey your Thirst. (the idea being that the mindless masses should ignore all ads, except for this one…). ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/15 "2001-03-20T16:52:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philster \* > **\<\\>** Wow. You’re not bitter, are you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/16 "2001-03-20T17:03:40Z")
I never understood this Major league Baseball slogan: “Baseball Fever – _Catshit_!” ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/17 "2001-03-20T17:03:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*(Some kind of pain reliever I never bought). Little. Yellow. Different. > \*\* That would be **Nuprin**. I’d like to add the current outbreak of ‘What are you gonna do with your old antacid’ commercials. I mean, come on! The guy trying to sell them at a pawn shop… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/18 "2001-03-20T17:34:35Z")
I always have to wonder if I am the only one to hear it this way, it’s a long running ad. I think it is Breyer’s Ice Cream. It tastes naughty, but it’s not." Or to my ears, "It tastes snotty, but it’s snot. ---
**Author:** ![IndignantSarcasm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@IndignantSarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndignantSarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/19 "2001-03-20T18:51:45Z")
oh, cant forget this one… “What are you eating?” “Nut’n honey” it got old real quick… some ad campaigns should die quicker and Weis “The power to save you more” it seems wrong for a grocery store, should be for a doctors office or hospital… “100 Billion Served” sounds like the slogan for the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633/20 "2001-03-20T18:58:26Z")
“If you think it’s butter, but it’s snot, it’s Chiffon!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-slogans-ads-and-catch-phrases/58633.md?page=2)