Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca<\/a>, largest mosque in Morocco, third largest in the world:<\/p>\n“You used a mosque in your ad…”<\/p>\n
“Yes,” I say.<\/p>\n
“I think some agents might take offense using a religious building in an ad.”<\/p>\n
I sigh a little, die a little inside and say thank you, I will take that into consideration. Click goes the phone.<\/p>\n
Today a manager wanted me to create a press release for a new hire with expressed desire to use a picture of the new guy on an elephant during his trip to Africa. Thing is, the elephant was in a state of full rigidity. That is to say, the pachyderm had a 5th leg. The new guy, oblivious to the arousal of his ride, is smiling like it’s Disney World. <\/p>\n
“I can’t use this picture!” I say to the manager.<\/p>\n
“Why? Everyone knows elephants have penises!” She was 90% serious. I think. “Come on! Elephants don’t have a fly and pants to zip up into. People should be use to that stuff.” Nope. She was 100% serious.<\/p>\n
“They have trunks,” I offer. Ba-dam damp.* <\/p>\n
So to recap usable marketing materials: The world’s third largest mosque = not acceptable, a honking large elephant cock = Sure thing!<\/p>\n[singlepic id=219 w=320 h=240 float=none]\n
*I cropped the picture to show only the new guy and the big smiling head of the elephant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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