tomroyal.com

Yes, I'm still obsessed with internet radio. Anyhow, an incomplete list but representative sample:

1. A school that trains postmen/women on how to avoid dog bites
2. Enlarged prostate therapy courses (over 3,000 performed, no less)
3. Diamond gusset jeans (website, includes godawful jingle)
4. A treatment for itchy eyeballs (finally!)
5. A car - with a full tank of gas, no less - for 4$ (and, presumably, a lifetime of repayments)
6. A seminar discussing the merits of dental implants, led by a guy who sells said implants. Mmm, impartial.
7. Kettle roasted peanuts, "as explained by kettle expert Mountain John"
8. A doctor ready to treat anything "from minor trauma to allergies", and specifically injuries from fish hooks
9. The lowest price on Chevrolets and Cadillacs in the Kansas City area - or they give you $10,000! And a 50$ gas card with every purchase! Lower prices and higher standards! An American revolution!
10. &c.

From here:

The new advertising strategy follows the "Welsh miners" campaign, launched in 2006, which aimed to reposition the seedy image created by the "Slag of all snacks" and "Pot Noodle horn" ads for a more upmarket, health-conscious audience.

That's "upmarket" and "health-conscious" as in "drinking Special Brew and eating kebabs is more upmarket and health-conscious than guzzling four-star straight from the pump and licking grease from the pavement", presumably.

I'm not sure whether this particular advertising is an example of context-targeting gone wrong (the article does use the phrase "since the very birth of our republic") or a deliberate attempt to push pro-life stuff on an audience of heathens. Either way, it's a particularly ham-fisted bit of design (Baby? Check. American flag? Check. Rancid font with nasty drop shadow? Check.)

Click the thumbnail for the full horror. Incidentally, it turns out that "pro life items" are things like plastic foetus models and bumper stickers.