Truth In Advertising

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on February 4, 2014

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1 1 Bennett Haselton
February 4, 2014 at 3:08 am

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/090529/GAL-09May29-2110/media/PHO-09May29-163805.jpg (not a photoshop)
2 2 Harold
February 4, 2014 at 5:18 am

Are you seeing a few castles between creameries?
3 3 Sol
February 4, 2014 at 7:42 am

My favorite truth in advertising sign (which may be gone now) was the billboard along I-94 in Indiana advertising the “Only Spanish Restaurant in Indiana”! Not the best, or the tastiest; the only.
4 4 Steve Landsburg
February 4, 2014 at 9:45 am

Harold: The photo is from June, 2011. I meant to post it at the time but somehow forgot.
5 5 Yancey Ward
February 4, 2014 at 1:01 pm

Steve’s best blog post this month so far!
6 6 nobody.really
February 4, 2014 at 3:41 pm

Vaguely reminiscent of “Oklahoma is OK.”
7 7 Steve Landsburg
February 4, 2014 at 8:39 pm

nobody.really: You’ve reminded me of the long-ago contretemps in Iowa, where the then-governor wanted to adopt a new state slogan: “Iowa—A State of Mind”. This was wildly unpopular, and the Des Moines Register sponsored a contest for something better. The two I remember are “Iowa—A State of Vegetables” and “Iowa—Gateway to Nebraska”.
8 8 Harold
February 5, 2014 at 7:27 am

I guess the Iowan’s have a sense of humor anyway.
9 9 iceman
February 5, 2014 at 12:03 pm

Slogan for Decatur, IL: “we like it here”