15 September 2010

The Crystal Ball of Common Sense Goes Viral

image Famed Soothsayer and advertising gadfly NostraChuckus has been startling the world for years with his mundane prognostications.

Here’s one of his prophetic proverbs summoned from the smokey haze:

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NostraChuckus’ foretelling appears to be true for all demographics:

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And I keep hearing about the end of advertising as we know it because ‘the consumer is in control’ and there are ‘brand ambassadors’ …

What’s the next big threat to mainstream advertising? NostraChuckus predicts Logo T-Shirts.
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