# Funny Web Ads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-web-ads/516772>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 8, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-web-ads/516772 "2009-11-08T05:01:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-web-ads/516772/1 "2009-11-08T05:01:34Z")

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Let’s face it. Most ads on web pages are ignored. The only ones I really don’t avoid are the ones that are very clever. Just saw a very funny one from some company (Duluth Trading) advertising work pants. with cartoon of pants vs. giant angry beaver. I loved it.

Anyone else seen a web ad clever or funny enough for them to pay attention?

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**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-web-ads/516772/2 "2009-11-08T20:00:00Z")

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The Plants Vs. Zombies ads that mocked Evony were gold

First, if you’ve visited a gaming site in the last year or two, you’ve seen a banner or sidebar ad for Evony. And the ads are pretty terrible.

[Evony ads](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001286.html)

So I laughed pretty hard when I saw the PvZ ads start to pop up:

[Parody 1](http://www.bruceongames.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Plants-Vs-Zombies-Evony-parody.jpg)

[Parodies 2 and 3](http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/the-new-secretness-popcaps-lat.html)