Scratch That

Three more ads that reach for a home run by striking out:

 

“Politics Philosophy Culture Talking Heads Experts”

Boston Review ad on the Los Angeles Review of Books home page (may be gone by now).

 

Buick Regal GS: From “Buick” to “Quick” … and from clear to confusing. Is there a quarterback in the picture?

 

“Things money can’t buy: love happiness time.”

San Francisco MUNI bus ad for ExecSF.com, a $25-an-hour personal-assistant service. ExecSF.com is not to be confused with ExecSF.org, the website for Executives Without Borders, “the bridge between those in the non-profit world and those in the business world.”

More strikeout ads here.

UPDATE: Just after I published this post I saw this tweet from Anna Holmes: