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Old 02-22-2008, 09:55 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by SteveDallas View Post
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What plumber would buy a van to use for his business, and have the Ford logo on the side of it in the same size as the name of his business? This is what you're doing when you use an email address with @aol.com, @gmail.com, etc. for your business.
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I swear to God, the other day I saw a business van of some kind, and I don't even know what service they were offering, that was painted on the side with some type of scene apparently depicting something to do with whatever they do, and the only thing I took away from it was the confusing observation that there was a large, beautifully illustrated Doritos bag in the picture. Not as a feature, but sort of in the background. But still visible enough for me to read the Doritos logo and note that the design on the bag was really well duplicated, with the exact right colors and everything.

I don't think Doritos had anything to do with the business, so all I can figure is that they got their nephew, an over-zealous, aspiring graphic artist, to paint the van and gave him free reign on the design...? I do know this for sure: I don't know even the name of their business, all I remember is Doritos.
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