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Microsoft has just learned that sex sells

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    Chris Maunder
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    Check out this bizzare ad for Office XP on the Swiss MS site. I can see a whole world of bad jokes about the slogan 'An Unexpected Experience'. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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      Check out this bizzare ad for Office XP on the Swiss MS site. I can see a whole world of bad jokes about the slogan 'An Unexpected Experience'. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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      Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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      lol! I'm surprised it took them so long. They only had to look at the LifeStyles section of MSN Chat to figure that one out... :-O If that's the Swiss advert, anyone care to bet what the Swedish one will be like? ;) Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
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        lol! I'm surprised it took them so long. They only had to look at the LifeStyles section of MSN Chat to figure that one out... :-O If that's the Swiss advert, anyone care to bet what the Swedish one will be like? ;) Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
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        http://www.resorg.co.uk

        "I used to be a medieval re-enactor, but I'm (nearly) alright now..."

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        Mikael Edlund
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        > > If that's the Swiss advert, anyone care to bet what the > Swedish one will be like? ;) > Well, look no further than this. http://www.microsoft.com/sverige/products/officexp/studio/hi/microsoftofficexp.htm Nothing x-rated though... :-) /Mike

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          Check out this bizzare ad for Office XP on the Swiss MS site. I can see a whole world of bad jokes about the slogan 'An Unexpected Experience'. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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          fd9750
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          Ah well, it just goes to prove that they are probably far to clever to work out obvious stuff. I guess it never occurred to them that the huge number of occurrences count they get in the search engine(s) when typing "sex" meant that people where interested in that sort of thing. Possible reasons: - They use search engines which screen that sort of thing. - Until now they thought that "Microsoft" is really the only topic that might significantly attract people's attention. The apparent intrest in the other thing was probably a bug or "feature" in the search engines. - Maybe they decided to hold off using that marketing strategy until they had something exciting to sell. Nevertheless it is true that one is never to old to learn no matter how long it takes. bye for now, Filip

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            Check out this bizzare ad for Office XP on the Swiss MS site. I can see a whole world of bad jokes about the slogan 'An Unexpected Experience'. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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            realJSOP
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            Shouldn't that be a guy in prison bending over in the shower to pick up some soap with a bunch of guys that look like Bill Gates looking at his butt and winking at each other?

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              Check out this bizzare ad for Office XP on the Swiss MS site. I can see a whole world of bad jokes about the slogan 'An Unexpected Experience'. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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              Christian Tratz
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              I found the most interesting part the comment of The Register on this: Of course what the ad doesn't show you is that the man finds a hole in the bra, presses it and every other bit of clothing falls off, pants an all. Full article ----------------------------------------------------------------- If all you've got is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.

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                Shouldn't that be a guy in prison bending over in the shower to pick up some soap with a bunch of guys that look like Bill Gates looking at his butt and winking at each other?

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                Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                ROFL! :laugh: Somebody's been looking at mugshots.com, methinks...:-D Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
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                http://www.resorg.co.uk

                "I used to be a medieval re-enactor, but I'm (nearly) alright now..."

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                  Check out this bizzare ad for Office XP on the Swiss MS site. I can see a whole world of bad jokes about the slogan 'An Unexpected Experience'. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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                  What the hell is everyone talking about. There is hardly a word there that I can understand and then I spent a fair amount of time clicking on various links and still no bra or anything. What did I miss, where do I click? Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018

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                    What the hell is everyone talking about. There is hardly a word there that I can understand and then I spent a fair amount of time clicking on various links and still no bra or anything. What did I miss, where do I click? Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018

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                    Chris Maunder
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                    They've pulled the ad! :(( cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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                      They've pulled the ad! :(( cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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                      Nick Carruthers
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                      I was wondering the same thing. I just assumed everyone else spraken ze deutch. What was the ad? Something racy, I gather.

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                        They've pulled the ad! :(( cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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                        fd9750
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                        That is so unfair. For once we could actually have a bit of a laugh about the company in Redmond. I guess from now on it is mainly back to grumbles again.;P

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                          Shouldn't that be a guy in prison bending over in the shower to pick up some soap with a bunch of guys that look like Bill Gates looking at his butt and winking at each other?

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                          NormDroid
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                          LOL :D Yeah John your probably right.

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                            Check out this bizzare ad for Office XP on the Swiss MS site. I can see a whole world of bad jokes about the slogan 'An Unexpected Experience'. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject Admin)

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                            Peter Pearson
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                            According the theregister: "Seems that Microsoft has pulled the ad off its Web site. Don't know why. Not even happy with free publicity. Perhaps it has pulled it because the goblins in Redmond got in touch asking why it was an Mpeg file instead of Windows Media Player. Several readers were delighted to find the ad running automatically on QuickTime. Oh, and thank you to the approximately 200 people that emailed what the menu means. In this order: Help, Print Instructions, Open Immediately and Cancel." Cheers, Peter

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                              ROFL! :laugh: Somebody's been looking at mugshots.com, methinks...:-D Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
                              (andy.metcalfe@lineone.net)
                              http://www.resorg.co.uk

                              "I used to be a medieval re-enactor, but I'm (nearly) alright now..."

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                              Ammar
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                              you mean mugshots.org ;) Ammar Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

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