"We are at a very serious moment dealing with very serious issues, and we are not focusing on the name you give to potatoes."

– Nathalie Loisau, spokeswoman for the French Embassy, in response to Congressmen Robert Ney (R-Ohio) and Walter Jones (R-North Carolina) renaming French Fries "Freedom Fries" on menus of restaurants run by the House of Representatives, March 2003.

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The piranha is a carniverous fish, known for its sharp teeth and aggressive appetite for meat and flesh. They have been known to attack many species of small animal, and often each other. This is referred to as cannibalistic behavior.

This is a video of a innocent baby bird being eaten alive by a school of red-bellied piranha. The piranha tear the flesh from the bird at an alarming rate. In minutes, nothing of the prey remains. This is referred to as the Red Death.

And these are videos created, in less than a week, in response to the agency.com Subway pitch. The videos have been produced by competing firms, eager to point out the agency's alleged lack of creativity, inability to follow the brief, and general lameness. This behavior is generally referred to as...the advertising industry. Enjoy.

- How many tired agency cliches can you use in a minute response.
- Inevitable video repurposed as gay cowboy movie trailer response
- Creative Director as lame guest on Space Ghost talk show response

Hey Agency.com...fuck 'em if they can't take a joke. Roll big!

Well, someone's gone to the trouble of posting the entire flick on YouTube, in ten minute increments. And not wanting to see a fine effort go to waste, I thought we'd watch it together...one part at a time.

Today on YesBut...Office Space Part One - The TPS Reports

Sometime in everyone’s life, you wonder what you’d look like if you were born as the opposite sex. I used the Perception Laboratory’s Face Transformer to “masculinize” my mugshot. They bushed up the eyebrows, angled the jaw, lengthened the nose, added a five o’clock shadow and a big honkin’ ear, and viola! I’m the spitting image of my father when he was about half my age. He, however, had a crew cut. This picture creeped my brother out, since it also resembles him.

The Face Transformer can also change your age or race, and even render your photo in the style of famous artists. What I’d REALLY like to see is what Scaramouch would look like as a woman.

This is the kind of nonsense you’ll find everyday at Miss Cellania.

Footage from last night's Suzanne Vega concert in Second Life

Posted in response to Where have all the good copywriters gone? (via Adrants)

Via We Make Money Not Art.

Sure, thousands of hardworking families lost all their savings, and Ken Lay faked his own death, but did they ever knowingly try to DESTROY THE PLANET to save their profit margins?

Al Gore's Penguin Army is a video running on YouTube. Simple animation...not really that funny...just another parody on YouTube, right? Well, according to the Wall Street Journal, it's really the work of DCI Group, a lobbying firm for EXXON MOBIL. They even released it through a third party to cover their tracks, but apparently, it didn't work.

Remember the good people at ExxonMobil on the next 100 degree day (which will probably be today) They've gotta make a living too, you know.

- Last day of Will Ferrell week at the Links. This clip shows where the dog whisperer learned his craft.
- This video of Mel Gibson going from twentysomething to drunkysomething has put me off my tequila.
- Sometimes I forget how annoying the little blonde chick on the View is. But then she opens her mouth.
- If Pat Robertson thinks global warming is real, than it must be. I mean...he can do 2,000 lb. squats.
- And is that underwear on your head, or were you really not glad to see me. Bulls can be so difficult.