Tech Entrepreneur Finances Wedding by Selling Advertisements on His Suit Jacket
A broke Frenchman was able to cover the cost of his wedding by selling advertisements on his tuxedo jacket to 26 startups and becoming a human billboard.
Bachelor Tries to Find a Wife With Witty Subway Advertising Banners
A London bachelor is taking extreme measures to increase his chances of finding a wife – renting subway advertising banners in the English capital to get as much exposure as possible. If you’ve passed through the Oxford Circus subway station in London during the last few days, you’ve probably seen a couple of unusual advertising […]
Man Sells Permanent Advertising Space on His Neck
Egor Onopko, an up-and-coming blogger from Vladivostok, Russia, managed to attract a lot of media attention and make some nice pocket money by turning the right side of his neck into advertising space for interested individuals and businesses. No one really believed Onopko, who goes by “onokonda” on social media, would go through with the […]
Man Struggling with Dating Apps Advertises Himself on Roadside Billboard
A 30-year-old from Sheffield recently made news headlines in the UK for spending £425 to rent a billboard on the side of a busy road in Manchester in hopes of finding a date. Mark Rofe has been single for a year now, and using online dating apps hasn’t really made a difference, so after joking […]
Mormon Millionaire Uses Roadside Billboards to Find Love
A mysterious Mormon millionaire has been making news headlines for his unusual approach to finding a new wife – posting large ads on roadside billboards in Utah asking women to audition for an exclusive group date. If you’ve been driving down Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City over the past month, you’ve probably seen several […]
Russian Startup Plans to Launch Giant Ad Billboards in Low-Earth Orbit
Imagine looking up to gaze at the moon on a clear summer night only to see the sky full of glowing advertising billboards. That’s the future envisioned by a Russian start-up which plans to launch billboard advertisements into low-Earth orbit as early as 2021. Russian company StartRocket announced plans to introduce orbital advertising billboards made up […]
Football Teams in Spain Are Installing TV-Urinals in Their Stadium Bathrooms, But Not for the Obvious Reason
Real Madrid, one of the world’s most popular football clubs is currently testing TV urinals in the men’s bathrooms of their stadium, Sandiago Bernabeu, and it’s not the only one. One would think that the management of the Spanish club is trying to make it easy for fans to follow the action on the field […]
Japanese Company Wants to Lease Young Women’s Armpits as Advertising Space
Of all the places to advertise on a living human being, the armpits are probably at the bottom of the list for most people, but one Japanese company believes they are prime real-estate and is currently recruiting young female models willing to walk around with ads on their armpits. Living, breathing advertising billboards are not […]
Woman Uses Large Billboard to Contact Man Who Got Her Pregnant Then Blocked Her on Facebook
A woman from San Luis Potosí, Mexico came up with an ingenious way of notifying the man who allegedly got her pregnant and then cut off all contact, even blocking her on Facebook, that her pregnancy test came out positive. Photos of a bizarre advertising billboard on top of a building between Mariano Jiménez Street and […]
Don’t Freak Out, But Those Digital Adverts at the Shopping Mall May Be Watching You
A pizzeria in Oslo, Norway, recently came under fire after it was revealed that its digital adverts were actually filming passers by, analyzing their facial features and displaying different adverts according to a variety of factors. The monitoring system was accidentally revealed at the beginning of May, when the system crashed and software code was […]
New Taipei Restaurant Uses Bikini-Clad Waitresses to Attract Customers
A hot-pot restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, recently got a lot of attention online after photos of young bikini-clad waitresses serving and interacting with customers went viral. The hot-pot restaurant business in Taiwan and mainland China is very competitive, and it’s very hard for newcomers to get an edge by relying solely on the quality of the […]
Paternity Testing Lab Causes Stir with Controversial Billboards
Labs To Go, a paternity testing laboratory in Virginia Beach, has come under fire for its use of a couple of controversial billboards that they claim were just intended to be funny. People didn’t see them that way, though, and it’s easy to see why. The billboard that got the most attention in the media […]
Russian Gas Station Offers Free Tank of Gas to People in Swimsuits and High Heels
A gas station in Russia’s Oblast region has been making headlines this week for organizing an unusual promotion – a free tank of gas to anyone who showed up dressed only in women’s swimsuit and high heels. The ingenious publicity stunt took place on July 21st, in the south-western city of Samara, and only lasted […]
Rugby Players Have Missing Teeth Replaced with Bottle Openers
In a sheer stroke of advertising genius, Salta Beer has given three rugby players who lost teeth in action ‘Beer Tooth Implants’ – metal implants that double as bottle openers! And yeah, they actually work. “We decided to give rugby players back the teeth they had lost in battle,” Salta Beer explained. “But we weren’t […]
Stylist Carves Intricate Designs into Men’s Hairy Chests
While some men like to leave their bushy chests intact, others prefer to stay groomed with a trim or a wax. And then there are a few fuzzy fellas who like putting an artistic spin on body hair. Helping the trend ‘grow’ is British celebrity hair stylist Daniel Johnson, who has been wielding his clippers […]