Truth in Advertising?
I've been annoyed by the above cover for several weeks, ever since my wife's copy of this December 28, 2011 - January 4, 2012 issue of Newsweek arrived promising "2011 Pictures of the Year" inside.
Why my annoyance? Well, I had serious doubts about that promise. The magazine simply didn't feel hefty enough for 2011 photos. I finally counted yesterday and discovered merely 130 'pictures' in the entire issue! And that's a liberal counting that includes advertisements and the two covers!
Talk about bait and switch!
How can a national -- nay, international -- magazine of such prominent eminence promise 2011 pictures but follow through on only 130?
I want my wife's money back!
Oddly, my wife doesn't seem the least bit upset. Indeed, she seems not to understand my point at all. I guess her English isn't quite perfect yet.
Anyway, I thought I might try to "go viral" with my complaint. Maybe that'll get something done about this . . .
Labels: Humor
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 3:49 AM
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6 Comments:
Oh, the solution is very simple, and here it is: Tell your wife to stop being so ghetto!
Or...better yet, go find yourself ONE that's not PINK. :)(:
Actually, she did catch the humor (little humor that it was). That's an interesting expression, though. Here in Korea, the Koreans say to stop being a frog in a well, which might mean the same thing.
I guess I'm a frog in a well myself on the "pink" reference. I don't think Sun-Ae would qualify as pink, but I'm not sure what the expression means.
By the way, I really like that red-and-blue pattern that you use with your name. What is it, though?
Jeffery Hodges
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The magazine simply didn't feel hefty enough for 2011 photos
... nor did they specify WHICH year! If it happens to be somewhere around 1300, please let me know: I would love to see life at the times of Dante.
Sorry, Dario, but I couldn't read the photos -- they were in Korean!
Jeffery Hodges
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oh, that's a pity...
Yes, each one worth a thousand words, worthless to me . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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