Newspaper ad?
Maybe. Not sure.
Yes!
No…At least I don’t think it was a newspaper insert.
Did people treat the ad like an actual ballot?
reply to Ana_Byrd:
Did people treat the ad like an actual ballot?
Yes
Is it close?
Did the turmoil occur because the fake ballots were submitted instead of real ones?
Were people confused and think they were really ballots?
Were they being funny?
Do we have to guess what type of hygiene product it was?
Was the name of a candidate close to the name of the hygiene product?
reply to Folly:
Is it close? Not sure of the meaning of this.
Did the turmoil occur because the fake ballots were submitted instead of real ones? I don’t think so. The details ate a bit murky and several sites including wiki and snopes offer slightly different versions of events.
Were people confused and think they were really ballots? Again, I don’t think so, but maybe.
Were they being funny? The ad was being kind of funny.Don’t know about the voters
Do we have to guess what type of hygiene product it was? No. Though that is an amusing part of the story.
Was the name of a candidate close to the name of the hygiene product?
No
I think most people knew it was an ad. So I guess they didn’t treat it like an actual ballot. Some may have.
Sorry, I meant are we close. Sounds like maybe not…
You are close. But there is a strange twist that has not been guessed. Here’s some more info: The hygiene product is a certain kind of deodorant.
Were there voters that thought they were voting in the real election but weren’t?
Was the name of the brand a factor?
Was it a “Secret” ballot?
No
Ana_Byrd:
Was the name of the brand a factor? Not specifically. While the name is important it could have been anything. It is not a name most of us here in the US know.
Was it a “Secret” ballot? Funny answer, but no.
OK. So people treated the ad like an actual ballot, but did not vote the ad as if it were a ballot or turn the ad in thinking it was a real ballot…
Did they enter the deodorant product in as a write-in candidate on the actual ballot either because of confusion or to be funny?
reply to Folly:
OK. So people treated the ad like an actual ballot, but did not vote the ad as if it were a ballot or turn the ad in thinking it was a real ballot…
Did they enter the deodorant product in as a write-in candidate on the actual ballot either because of confusion or to be funny?
You got it!
The ad campaign said to vote for the candidate you like, but to vote for the Foot Powder for clean hygienic feet. Depending on the source this election was either for mayor or city council. The motivation of the voters and the eventual outcome is unknown. All the articles online do not follow up. Regardless, the deodorant foot powder won the election. People elected a Foot Powder to an important civic position over real candidates.
His lunch was the subject of a congressional hearing. Why?
Anything to do with The Naked Lunch, book or film?
Was this meal considered an an illegal or unethical contribution?
Did this meal cause illness or death to somebody who ate it?
Did an event occur during this lunch that led to this hearing?
Was the lunch the only point of contention in this hearing?