Friday, January 2, 2015

Found Items - "Code-A-Phone": The Call That Never Came






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It wasn't only the technological aspect of this advertisement that struck me.    Rather, it was what they were advocating we use it for.  One has to know that such a product would have been very costly.    So, to what purpose was that money going? 
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The advertisement reveals a woman trying on a migraine inducing dress in a pattern until then only seen on public service announcements about atomic strikes.  You remember them..."This is only a test...had this been a real emergency, etc."  This dress clashes horribly  with the wallpaper in the background,  that can only be described as "boudoir grandma."
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Is our heroine an oncologist whose services are required in the E.R.---stat?  To fork out that sort of money, maybe she's a Wall Street trader.  Actually, she is none of the above.  The Code-A-Phone is required in order to avoid missing a phone call from the man she has been trying to impress.  Thus, the purchase of the dress, I guess.  She has to be at least twenty-five, so her life must be over.
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As an aside, I wonder how many escort agencies employed this technology and if that's what the ad is really hinting at?


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