Morissettes


Eligible for this list : spectacular failures to appreciate irony. This list is named after singer-songwriter, and prime culprit, Alanis Morissette.


Fashion statements may seem insignificant, but when they lead to the mainstreaming of violence - unintentionally or not - they matter

US conservative commentator Michelle Malkin explaining why scarf control is more important to her than gun control.


The following, sighted by a correspondent on a van in Austria, was in German but "translates perfectly into English" as:

Shneider Repairs: Your specialist for everything


Reported in New Scientist - a packet of pumpkin seeds that "... may contain traces of natural materials."


An advertisement for a yogurt spotted on a billboard recently:

Women feel they Snack Less after eating [picture of yogurt follows]


President Bush is still using the phrase

War on Terror

with a straight face.


Many manufacturers use "no added sugar" as a selling-point, but the selling point for "New, Recharged BOOST" (a chocolate bar from Cadbury) is

Recharged with GLUCOSE

as if sugar were some kind of health food.


Now a Burger King advertisement that gained something when it crossed the Atlantic:

The Ultimate Whopper: It just tastes better.

(In British slang, one meaning of 'whopper' is a big, or blatant, lie.)


This entry, from the Early Learning Centre catalogue, suggests that an entire marketing department have lost all grip on reality:

For moments that money can't buy ®


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