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In Lausanne, we have "le pub vous faites de-penser" stickers on many billboards. Translation: Advertising makes you de-think (a pun on "spend")
by jeffrallen 7y ago
In Lausanne, we have "le pub vous faites de-penser" stickers on many billboards. Translation: Advertising makes you de-think (a pun on "spend")
- 7sigma 7y agoAs a bilingual, found that one really nice. (minor nitpick: should be "la pub")
- AntiqueFig 7y agoAlso, if "La pub" then it should be "vous fait". Or alternatively, "Les pubs vous font".
- notaregular 7y agoBut also most of the billboards are ads for cultural events, theatre, city-organised events, museums etc. I quite like that actually, where else would I find about some shows or things to do.
- oska 7y ago> I quite like that actually, where else would I find about some shows or things to do. How about in a free magazine which advertises all such events? Or a website that does similar? Also listings of "What's On" in more general media.
- notaregular 7y agoAll of that is also great too, but I find it’s less of a waste to print a dozen of billboards at strategic locations vs. printing hundreds of thousands of newspapers and spam peoples mailboxes. In Lausanne specifically, those billboards are also works of art in their own right so I do enjoy them.