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  1. 07-17-2012, 01:13 AM #1
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    Does anyone else find this ad with the African Razor Goddess to be one of the most alluring straight razor advertisements ever produced? (Or am I just a dirty old man?)
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    I sent them an email telling them that I thought the ad more appropriate for a massage parlor with 'happy endings.' They replied thanking me for my input.
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    Quote Originally Posted by csrund View Post
    Does anyone else find this ad with the African Razor Goddess to be one of the most alluring straight razor advertisements ever produced? (Or am I just a dirty old man?)
    It catches my gaze and causes me to pause every time I see it. Dirty Old Man? Of course you are, as am I Shall we start a club then? The ‘SRPDOM’ club - The Straight Razor Place Dirty Old Men Club. Has a certain ring to it, doesn’t it?
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    Personally it bothers me. Spring is over people!!! It's so, like, one season ago...

    Besides that, it confuses me - the words say spring, yet the colours say Autumn!

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    I'm lost. I have no idea what you're taliing about here. . No hang on. I just saw what it was. I don't generally bother looking at the ads, and that one is no different as I've never looked at the words in that banner ad, having never gotten past the chick.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MickR View Post
    I'm lost. I have no idea what you're taliing about here.


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    No need James. It was always there I had just, as my edited post above reads,"Never gotten past the chick" .


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    Ahhh! I was too fast off the mark. Yeah, I too have stared and stared at that picture, but unlike most of you it was to try and see what the razor was.

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    Personally, I am not so much allured as much I am perplexed. I always see that advert and think, "Why is a woman dancing with shaving equipment?"

    Yes, I can see how the direction would be "pretty lady! *click*", but as for me... I see a psychotic female slashing at the air around her...

    Obviously I am not the targeted audience.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    Besides that, it confuses me - the words say spring, yet the colours say Autumn!
    my dear jimbi, hasn't it occurred to you that the mismatch may be just an artifact from you living in the backwards world down under
    http://lh5.ggpht.com/_rQyZbP-n9YM/Sg...cture%2042.pngbut can be a real meanie as well
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