Finally, some truth in advertising
Those of us who are otherwise fortunate enough to be residents of Texas are currently being treated to an ad campaign by the state lottery commission touting the fun and thrills of playing a scratch-off game patterned after a poker hand. One ad shows a poker game in progress in front of the refrigeration case of a convenience store, and the play is interrupted -- apparently at a critical juncture in the game -- by a woman asking one of the players to hand her a carton of milk.
The the commentator who's been giving us the play-by-play of the game is amazed: "whoa...he didn't see that coming!" Then the voiceover comes in to inform us that this newest lottery game "captures all the excitement of the world poker tour."
Yeah, I'd say that's about right.
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A more accurate ad would have been one person standing at the counter buying those lottery tickets and then scratching them off before buying even more tickets, while annoyed people trying to buy milk, gas, sodas, etc., stand behind them grumbling.
Posted by: John at January 31, 2006 09:46 AM