.:i think i thought a thought:.

Advertising with a sense of humour.. PRICELESS

Alright, this might be generations behind the rest of you who would have seen this ad eons ago. But I just saw it last week. And did I love it? Well .. I got really hooked! This ad is hilarious. Lemme tell you what I am talking about. It’s one of the best Mastercard ads ever. You can find it on http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=307&rtn=main-topten

And for those of you who are seeing these from your offices/institutes where this such sites are not allowed - here’s the transcript. Not as good as watching the real thing - but then it saves you from being totally deprived from seeing the best ad ever.

A young man walks his date to the door in a cutesy and
romantically awkward way. Camera rolls from behind
them as they are all cute and smiley and they hold
hands and walk towards the door.

PAUSE. CAPTION: “NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN: 75$”

They reach the door step - the guy leans on the door
side.

He says “So…”.

She says “So…”.

They lean closer ..

Then totally out of the blue the guys says “So, how
’bout a blow job?”

PAUSE. CAPTION: “GETTING THE NERVE TO ASK A QUESTION
LIKE THAT: A 12$ BOTTLE OF WINE”

Girl: “Are you crazy! My parents might see”

Guy: “Come on who’s gonna see us at this hour? I’ll
return the favour”

Girl: “Wait. Can you imagine if we got caught? Oh my
god, what my dad would do to you!”

Guy: “There’s nobody around. Everybody is asleep.”

Girl: “No WAYYYY. WAYYYY tooo risky!”

Guy: “Pleeeeeeeease. I love you sooo much.”

PAUSE. CAPTION: ACTUALLY USING A LINE LIKE THAT:
ANOTHER 12$ BOTTLE OF WINE

Girl[helplessly]: “I just can’t”

Guy: “Please.”

Suddenly the light in the patio switches on. Door
opens.
And the girl’s sister is at the door.

Sister: ” Dad says to go ahead and give him a blow
job. Or I will do it. Or he will come down himself and
do it. But for God’s sake could he get his hands off
the intercom!”. Slams the door.

[Guy takes his hand off the intercom -
surprised/embarassed look on his face]

PAUSE. CAPTION: “HAVING A GIRLFRIEND WHO’S FATHER HAS
A SENSE OF HUMOUR: PRICELESS”

There are some things money can’t buy. For everything
else, there’s Mastercard