Moderately amusing kitsch.

[bratenfrau]

Well, moderately amusing to my fellow nerds who have love in their hearts for and/or sick fascination with vintage advertising:

The fair city of Sarasota has apparently seen fit to create* created a special (voluntary) license plate for the front of local cars. (Florida is one of a handful of states that don't require front plates.) The design

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[cashbox]

oh my lord, that plate rules. i suppose one has to be a florida driver to get one, huh?

also, pin-up swimsuits win.

[bratenfrau]

I did a little more research and discovered that they're actually not new, and have already been yanked off the market because... I kid you not... the tourism industry here felt it was counterproductive to "breaking down the fallacy" that Florida summers are hot. DUDE. HELLO.

Too bad. I wanted one too.

[cashbox]

well, that sucks a lot, though i can't argue with their reasoning. i mean, when your summers are as mild and temperate as those in sarasota, florida, you don't want people getting the wrong idea.

(also, i feel like your tourism board contains the relatives of the people in north dakota who wanted to drop 'north' from the name because it was too associated with cold.)

[bratenfrau]

SubCanadian Dakota it is! Or how about New & Improved Dakota? You know, because South Dakota was really just a beta-test for the awesomeness that is New Dakota.

Or perhaps Icy Fresh Blast Dakota® would be more in keeping with the zeitgeist of our generation.

[apeystar]

That bikini ad is HOT. BUT whenever I look at vintage ads, I think about how they look now. Sometimes that hinders my enjoyment of the T&A.

[bratenfrau]

How those women look now? Heh. Yeah, probably not a pretty picture. :P I loooove that white suit though. ASS. GOOD.