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8. If advertising can be accused of making people live beyond their means, so can matrimony.

9. A manufacturer said he was going to cut down on his advertising to save money. To which his salesman replied: "You might as well stop your watch to save time."

10. A ketchup company in Canada ran a series of advertisements that really rocked the country. The ad showed a man dining in a restaurant about to cut into a steak; the pretty waitress was serving a bottle of ketchup. The blazing headline on the ad read: "He gets it downtown-why don't you give it to him at home ?"

11. A man who lives in the suburbs of Los Angeles and who works in the advertising department of a large metropolitan newspaper had never been able to figure out the deferential attitude, bordering on awe, of the children in the block towards him. Recently, he was walking around the block for a little stroll and he came upon a group of little boys discussing the newest American satellite as it hurtled through orbital space around the earth. As he paused to say hello to the youngsters, everything suddenly became clear when one of the boys said to him: "Are you really a space salesman?"

Age

12. The age of some women is like the speedometer on a used car-you know it's set back but you don't know how far.

13. Teacher: "How old would a person be who was born in 1920?"

Smart pupil: "Man or woman?"

14. The judge pounded his gavel for the court to come to order, then turned to the woman in the witness box.