Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ahaaa! I was so naive.... Funny thing ...Years later when I was a college student a book by Wilson Brian Key "Subliminal Seduction" was simultaneously recommended reading for both Marketing and Psychology. This is the guy that claimed all successful advertising was based on subliminal sexual messages within the content of the advertisement...The example that I remember was the Farrah Fawcett poster....Several of her curls were air brushed to spell out "SEX". I don't think Farrah needed any extra help at the time.... -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> > > On Dec 18, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Jon wrote: > > > I was still in my single digit years when the Edsel made it's debut > > and even with my limited aesthetic development I knew it was a > > mighty ugly car..What were Ford engineers thinking? Funny thing > > though.....years later BMW recaptured the "Horse Collar Grill" > > The car designers of the 50s and 60s were not ashamed to display > obvious sexual symbols on their automobiles. The grill of the Edsel > was likened to an open vagina while the Jaguar E Type looked like a > penis on wheels. Their mating probably produced the Ford Mustang. > > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information