Comments on: Targeted Advertising Fail

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:23:39 +0000

It could be a unisex restroom….

By: gdub

gdub — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:37:08 +0000

ladyboys being the target audience? i mean, theres a 50% chance they will use either the male or female toilets isnt there?

By: Dee-Aussie

Dee-Aussie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:29:43 +0000

I completely agree, and at the same time – what women is going to admit that they aren’t good drivers.
So they husband/boyfriend is going to confront them per the ad.
Or as Omega has mentioned above, there could be one income for example.

Still a fail though.

By: DaSmith

DaSmith — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:41:30 +0000

I think it is just meant to piss you off!

By: bob

bob — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:12:34 +0000

i second that notion

By: bob

bob — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:10:59 +0000

just to bug you

By: bob

bob — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:09:57 +0000

comeback win

By: Cheech

Cheech — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:17:29 +0000

So you wouldn’t find it odd if you walked into the toilet and a ‘WOMAN’ just happened to be using the urinal?

By: NB

NB — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:36:19 +0000

Sarcasm recognition FAIL.

By: daisy

daisy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:02:49 +0000

maybe it’s fore the more femanin trannies?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:43:46 +0000

Its not so bad because by saying “*goes into hiding*” he (I’m guessing it’s a he, but you never know) expresses shame or possibly fear that women will come after him & hurt him.

By: madcow

madcow — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:40:17 +0000

SPELLING FAIL

By: madcow

madcow — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:39:56 +0000

FAIL

Single mothers, anyone? Hmmm? Women without boyfriends?

By: madcow

madcow — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:37:50 +0000

Good point.

By: Danometer

Danometer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:56:27 +0000

DOUBLE FAIL on you

By: theb4ssm4n

theb4ssm4n — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:14:08 +0000

wow! maybe its part of some angry feminist plot! maybe this post… is really a WIN!!

By: theb4ssm4n

theb4ssm4n — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:12:36 +0000

hahaha comment fail… its ok though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:58:43 +0000

She male win?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:20:49 +0000

since when??? looser.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:19:44 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:18:54 +0000

… dude… do the world a favor and get mental help please.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:17:30 +0000

cuz they feel like it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:13:31 +0000

this is why its a FAIL

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:20:14 +0000

Thank you Captain Obvious.

By: dcjaywalk

dcjaywalk — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:03:31 +0000

Depends on where you are. Where I went to college, because the school only went coed in 1970, there are still a number of women’s restrooms on campus that contain urinals, being formerly men’s restrooms where the urinals were never removed…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:43:44 +0000

well played… hahaha

By: Reno

Reno — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:15:59 +0000

Yep, and then you know they’ll need insurance when they try to drive home. Tee hee. (iz a wimmen).

By: maxman

maxman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:06:18 +0000

oh man would that be a fail

By: Mithrandir

Mithrandir — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:06:49 +0000

Actually, this is win if you think about it. How many women drivers are going to want to buy insurance from a company whose advertising perpetuates the myth of women drivers? Whereas a guy who believes in that myth would find the ad compelling.

(Hint: the reason women generally have lower insurance rates than men is that women are *better* drivers. This doesn’t hold true over 65, but those stats are skewed by little old ladies from the era of “women’s place is in the home” who never touched a steering wheel before hubby snuffed it.)

By: stueymon

stueymon — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:51:12 +0000

Clearly double fail, women cant drive! why would they need insurance?

*goes into hiding*

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:20:46 +0000

There’s a better one down my local.

A vending machine in the female toilets selling condoms – but with pictures of lesbians on the front.

D’oh

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euihgi uwehfiu wehge — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:44:44 +0000

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By: Spaztronomical

Spaztronomical — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:26:22 +0000

don’t see how this is a fail. the man pays the insurance. women without husbands or fathers just dont drive

By: Dark

Dark — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:18:18 +0000

Cole, I can’t imagine someone trying to wash tehir hands in a urinal…

By: Nevis

Nevis — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:20:37 +0000

Ha-ha!

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:21:41 +0000

@ Stuff White Parents

The sink should usually be far away from the hand dryer because public bathrooms are not your personal bathroom. They are made to accommodate more than one person.

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By: Coleman

Coleman — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:05 +0000

@ Stuff White Parents..

You FAIL! The hand dryers are probably right next to the sink (which is out of the picture) those are urinals! Not sinks! FAIL!

By: Chase

Chase — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:30:25 +0000

Targeted marketing is a great thing when done correctly, but otherwise its always a failure, and therefore, comic gold.

By: MoE

MoE — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:14:17 +0000

@Keelhaul…

Woman driver? I figured someone would say “rider” in a line like that.
-MoE

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:36:28 +0000

@ Stuff White Parents

Actually, as the Paul who took and captioned the picture, the hand dry is literally next to the sink there

By: feckineejit

feckineejit — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:01:20 +0000

I see no fail here, but I make all of my insurance purchasing decisions for my wife based on poorly placed ads I see when I’m blind drunk and trying to pay attention to my piss-aim.

By: Keelhaul

Keelhaul — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:21:21 +0000

Does that mean you can buy a woman driver at a bargain price??????? I’ll take two please!
Blonde and brunette please….and make em thick!…………..Wow, I can’t believe I just went there. I must be tired.

By: Omega II

Omega II — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:18:26 +0000

If a guy is in charge of paying for said product, then the advert is in the right spot.

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By: Cymond

Cymond — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:03:03 +0000

It’s the same way at my college. All of the women’s ads are in the men’s dorm and vice versa.

By: Stuff White Parents

Stuff White Parents — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:38:55 +0000

Why are the hand dryers always so far away from the sink?

By: Madrugada Jones

Madrugada Jones — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:28:41 +0000

Drunk women wander into the men’s restroom all the time. This totally makes sense.

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By: righthandgenius

righthandgenius — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:20:27 +0000

Transvestite car insurance anyone?

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