Out of Context Ad Challenge

One word. One man. One image. Ah, but what is this an ad for? Yes, it’s an ad, not a public service announcement.

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  1. November 4th, 2009 at 16:51 | #1

    Laxatives, because J. Edger scares the you-know-what out of me.

  2. November 4th, 2009 at 16:59 | #2

    Commiegone! The miracle Red Remover of the mid-twentieth century!

    (Contains 80% alcohol by volume.)

  3. Mr_Lilacs
    November 4th, 2009 at 17:18 | #3

    Dictaphone – even if you’re not a great dictator, it can be handy to have a record of what someone said in his own voice.

  4. ArganikMark
    November 4th, 2009 at 18:04 | #4

    The Peter Lorre School of infamous transvestite impersonators. “Mercy!”
    (Yes I know it’s anachronistic.)

  5. November 4th, 2009 at 18:15 | #5

    Women’s underwear. No, wait, that can’t be right. A correspondence course to become a G-man?

  6. November 4th, 2009 at 18:30 | #6
  7. shesnailie
    November 4th, 2009 at 19:31 | #7

    _@_v – my name might be hoover but the new dysan vacuum cleaner is the best!

  8. Hoboken
    November 4th, 2009 at 19:41 | #8

    NOT going quail hunting with Dick Cheney? (I mean, I’m all for shading and nuance but that’s a little disconcerting.)

  9. Writeaway
    November 4th, 2009 at 19:54 | #9

    Warren :Commiegone! The miracle Red Remover of the mid-twentieth century!
    (Contains 80% alcohol by volume.)

    And the alcohol is good ole American bourbon, none of that Russki vodka

  10. shesnailie
    November 4th, 2009 at 20:42 | #10

    _@_v – maybe i WANT you to disbelieve the warren commission report…

  11. Nancy
    November 4th, 2009 at 20:49 | #11

    J. Edgar Hoover for FBI Home Security!

  12. November 4th, 2009 at 21:22 | #12

    It’s Hoover. Some kind of security’s too straightforward…gotta be Wheaties, “Dependability” watches or sumpin’…

  13. Clyde
    November 4th, 2009 at 21:41 | #13

    Please, dear Lord, not Maidenform!

  14. Jimmy H
    November 4th, 2009 at 22:08 | #14

    Captured! Have fun fingerprinting yourself and your friends with your Super G-Man fingerprinting set.

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