By the horns?
Aug. 23rd, 2005 08:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
celticdragonflySo I saw a link about an article on Serenity in the new Wired magazine. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
selenite had the magazine, got it out, and we opened to page 56 for the Serenity article.
It was interesting, sure, but what got my attention was the full page Dodge ad on page 57.
In the background, a red Dodge convertible. In the foreground, a bride and groom. She's tall, slim, tanned, blonde, wearing a low-cut strapless sheath and a diamond necklace, perfect white smile, carrying white roses. He's short, elderly, white haired with glasses, and next to the wedding ring he's wearing a large gold ring with a $.
The text at the top says "Grab life by the horns" next to the ram logo.
This just leaves me BOGGLED. The best explanation I can think of is that the ad writers are NOT familiar with the historical allusions to wearing horns as a symbol for cuckoldry and adultery!
selenite had the magazine, got it out, and we opened to page 56 for the Serenity article. It was interesting, sure, but what got my attention was the full page Dodge ad on page 57.
In the background, a red Dodge convertible. In the foreground, a bride and groom. She's tall, slim, tanned, blonde, wearing a low-cut strapless sheath and a diamond necklace, perfect white smile, carrying white roses. He's short, elderly, white haired with glasses, and next to the wedding ring he's wearing a large gold ring with a $.
The text at the top says "Grab life by the horns" next to the ram logo.
This just leaves me BOGGLED. The best explanation I can think of is that the ad writers are NOT familiar with the historical allusions to wearing horns as a symbol for cuckoldry and adultery!
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Date: 2005-08-24 01:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-08-24 01:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-08-24 01:33 am (UTC)However, LJ's been messing up my date stamps something nasty since I arrived in Doha. Dunno why.
And yes, it's 4:30am here. jetlag is really kicking me badly.
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Date: 2005-08-24 01:34 am (UTC)Brains? What are brains?
Going to mail Dodge home office and comment on that? O:>
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Date: 2005-08-24 01:38 am (UTC)Nah, I think I'll be satisfied with pointing and laughing.
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Date: 2005-08-24 04:20 am (UTC)Perhaps they meant the following:
"Go ahead, let him have the truck. It'll keep him busy while you've snuck out."
Speaking of Serenity.....
Date: 2005-08-24 03:30 pm (UTC)thought you might like.
Speaking of Serenity.....
Date: 2005-08-24 03:44 pm (UTC)http://www.livejournal.com/users/akin/198125.html
scroll down about halfway.