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by jaqui

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a great one:

http://rivarola.free.fr/humour/images/bmw.jpg

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by jdclyde

the logical concluse is windoze users are hard tops?

Is that a way of saying they are dense? :D

by jardinier

it might usher in a whole new genre of advertising.

For example: a car with only two gears to change instead of four -- for Mac users who can only cope with a single button mouse.

And the Linux car? No warranty needed as it will never break down.

by jaqui

I had just taken a mouthfull of coffee when I read your reply.

I loved it, but that's not fair.. a completely innocuous header for the post.

by jck

among big business. anything they can say that isn't an outright lie to get your dime is their motive...not being totally honest and giving total disclosure.

by m_a_r_k

Seems like every laundry detergent has the ubiquituous phrase "New and improved!" boldly imprinted on the box. How many times can you improve laundry detergent? It's probably the same crap they been using since the Romans invented running water.

by dnvrtechgrrl

My favorite scam is the newer line of "migraine" medicines on the market.

Compare the ingredients to the other boxes; then compare prices...

K

by jdclyde

Something can't be BOTH new AND improved. If it was improved, then it has been around long enough for them to improve it, thus not new.

New OR improved.

by m_a_r_k

Just aspirin in general. The different kinds of aspirin exploded not long ago. Now there's a special kind of aspirin for everything from migraines to diptheria to jock itch. They can probably get away with such a scam by varying the amounts of each inactive ingredient by a microgram or two.

by m_a_r_k

I fell for their sneaky marketing gimmick. I'm thinking laundry detergent is NEITHER new or improved, though.

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