Jul
17
2005
2

Billboards + Elections = Fun

Today the move didn’t happen. I’ll try tomorrow.

Meanwhile I was surfing the net and how fun the elections can be.

I'm flying to Austwalia.
Labour had put up billboards starting its campaign. However it has gone totally off on the wrong foot. As far as I know it involves a baby hanging from red tape with some scissors involved or something. Meh, I haven’t seen it. But the take offs I’ve seen are funny. See them at David Farrar’s blog.

Meanwhile National has been having billboards up for a while now. They are actually quite decent. This is the most amusing:
Dial 111 for... Labour: Cabs, National: Cops
If you love them so, but hate your friends, you can send them as e-cards with a nice “Support us!” message.

Marks off from Act for it’s plagiarised attempt. Some of them make no sense. Let’s take a look:

I wouldn’t consider the Act party a Hobbit. Especially if they are only polling at 3%.


I think this means that they are going to lower the drinking age again.


Unfortunate but true.

Got something better? Make one. Why? I don’t know.

Oh well. National has also stepped up efforts with NationalTV. God help us all!

Labour will also be handing out condoms to youth. On one side they’ll say “Be safe with Labour,” and on the other “Don’t get screwed by National.”

2 Comments

July 17th, 2005 10:56 pm

The “hobbit” comes from people frequently saying Rodders looks like a Hobbit. I think they are rather funny, personally, even though I hate the ACT party.

Daniel
July 17th, 2005 11:29 pm

Thanks for that clarification Gian, I thought it as stature to but didn’t think of him as a Hobbit. *shakes in fear*

I find that the Act billboards play along with the National ones, which is why I don’t really find them that amusing by way of message because it has already been done this year.

Next, Labour will start doing the same thing, National on the left, with their response to the right. At least they aren’t known as the “flying baby” billboards :P

Hey wait… “flying baby” billboards, condoms quoted as “mini-billboards,” hang on, I think I have hit on something…

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