July 29, 2003
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Drive By Blogging
This is a real advertisement I noticed sitting on top of my parents’ mail stack this weekend. For those of you not from the East coast, BJ’s is a wholesale warehouse, like Costco, Price Club, and Sam’s Club. Directing focus to recent improvements made to their stores, the latest campaign touts the “Better BJs.” This makes me snarf Fruity Pebbles every time.
“I can’t help but notice that posts about my balls garnish the most comments.” – Dorfman
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Dorfman’s balls.
Comments (62)
hehehe better BJ’s….i wonder if they thought of that and went with it anyways?
err, i dont get it. i feel so dumb.
i went and read the ball entry. and even my friend on the phone was cracking up loudly. ah. that was a good laugh. but not good enough to make my cramps go away. damn pain in the abdomen.
lmao. Such a dirty mind. I can’t really talk tho.
What will it mean to me? More dates, I’m guessing…
For the record, Wally’s balls scare me.
man, i want to work at bj’s… i’ll get all sorts of guys hitting on me.
“I don’t know how much better, maybe you can tell me later….”
holy shit! what brilliant PR person let that one slip through the cracks?? Or maybe the public isn’t supposed to have such a dirty mind . . . shame on us! Heh.
That’s too funny!!
Kristin
That was short!
i think there is somewhere you can submit ads like this… and if you submit it first and yours is picked you win money and stuff. if i remember it, i’ll re-comment…
i second kevin’s emotion. is it legal for you to post a short blog?
be wary of wally. next he’ll say you’re enamoured of his big balls, too.
for those of you on the west coast, bj’s is a restaurant.
as chris says, “insert obligitory fellatio joke here. we always do.”
Oh gads, I can’t believe somebody over at BJ’s didn’t catch that one before it went to press.
HAhaha… If i were a guy they’d probably mean lot more to me, but as I am, better BJs would mean, quicker, interchangeable jaw muscles that don’t get tired, and well, quicker. Haha, yeah we have BJs here, but I’ve yet to see this piece of marketing brilliance.
And that Dorfman’s a riot!
His smile in that picture is mildly disturbing. And he’s holding a child.
So better BJ’s mean children?
Just kidding.
Oh, dear….
So are Wally’s balls doing their job? *cackles*
lol, reminds me of a bag of peanuts I ate the other day… it was from a company called Nobby, and their tagline was…. Nibble Nobby’s Nuts…. ~ rolls eyes ~
We were on a cruise last Christmas, and the sign at the entrance to the casino announced, “Free BJ lessons!”
You would think there would be somewhere you could sell that baby for profit. Does better mean the same as any?
What are these advertisers thinking?! Or should I say not thinking. Isn’t there someone who checks up on these things, like someone who says ”maybe we shouldn’t say ‘We give you a great head for half the price!’ for our new Sally’s Salon slogan..”
Though I must admit, it makes life quite amusing
Somehow I’m sure the people behind the ad knew exactly what they were doing. One of the first rules of advertising is ‘controversy sells.’ At least they’ve spelled BJ right.
I actually used to work with a woman named “B.J. Cummings.” I always snickered when I saw her name tag. She didn’t get it.
I used to work for a company that built simulators. One of the simulators was for oil drilling rigs.
When drilling, a buildup of gas can occur in the pipe, which then shoots to the top of the well, resulting in a dangerous condition called a “blow job.”
The company I worked for built a simulator that could handle this condition. To promote it, they created an entire advertising campaign around the slogan “Prevent a Blow Job.”
Just before they were going to unveil this at a trade show, someone put a stop to it. It would have been a huge embarrassment, obviously–but it’s amazing how far it got before someone cancelled it. (I still have one of the few surviving advertising handouts.)
–Scott
rotfl!
Man, that is awesome.
I’m surprised that one slipped through the cracks.
company’s and their ludicrous catch phrases…blasted!
Its different in a Saturn. Hummer – like nothing else.
Both of those tag lines always make me giggle.
OMG, that’s really hilarious.
Do you think they did it on purpose?
I bet a man came up w/ that slogan ~ whaddaya think?
*snickers at nuts that Someone was eating*
LMAO. I wonder if people forget to run their marketing campaigns by other’s before publishing.
that is great. any bjs are better than none at all i suppose.
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Hahahhahaha….i can’t believe that they actually use that for an Ad…..very creative and catchy.
hahahaha propz =)
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I like the word “snarf”…
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Ads like that and many newspaper/magazine clippings that show up on The Tonight Show’s Headlines almost want to make go into advertising. Just think of the possibilities! *evil laugh*
LOL… you’ve discovered the payoff of blogging about my balls! Works every time.
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Hahah. I cringe everytime my mother mentions how she loves BJ’s.
That made me laugh. I approve of anything that makes me laugh.
Hah!
*grin* I love those “unintentional” naughty ones.
It all makes sense now – my other half went out shopping – came back late – I guess he went to get a better bj lol.
They’ll advertise anything these days.
Interesting ad indeed. I can see why you’d snarf your fruity pebbles. You just gotta love those folks in advertising.
I think I need to mention Dorfman’s balls in my blog too.
Funny, as always, girl!
LOL! It’s even better that you found it at your mom and dad’s
i wonder if your parents saw the same humor in it
Does that mean whenever there’s a line of 5 or more people, a new line would be opened for faster…”service”?
Ran into a cashier with BJ on her name tag at lunch with some fellas from work. Gave me a big smile and made my co-workers go back for a reorder to verify.
Seeing the “Better BJs” with the kid reminds me of the old joke…
If a stork brings babies, what kind of bird doesn’t bring babies? Swallows…
Maybe this ad belongs on engrish
Oh the world of wonderful freudian slips… I love it.
submit that to unintentional porn at Maxim Magazine and win yourself a kick ass prize.
Hmmm….he used “my balls” and “garnish” in the same sentence…..
i have a shirt for a local construction company and there is a crane pictured on the back and it says, “we’ll win your affections with our erections.”
haha…my mom saw it and said, “I don’t get it…” oy vey.
Har Har! Proud to be a BJ wholesale club member!
man the owners must live in some kind of to not get that one ehhe
This is why I feel sorry for BJ’s employees.
This should have been in your previous entry. http://www.xanga.com/blogrings/blogring.asp?id=40357
I’ve recently discovered your site and I must say I greatly enjoy it.
Wow a better BJ can win you a gift card! Ha!
LOL
lmao…looks like his BJ’s lead to much more…
^v^
Oh my goodness! Your site is fantastic! Toodles and take care!