Ever wonder how that old wino laying on the sidewalk manages to stay drunk all the time without spending a lot of money? Daily Lush Magazine exposes the dark underbelly of the American wine industry with this fascinating history of fortified wines. If you didn't think that Ernest and Julio Gallo would ever stoop low enough to direct-market their products down on Skid Row, think again.

Want to know more about this Swill of the Vine? Visit Bum Wines for the skinny on Mad Dog (now available in Blue Raspberry Bling-Bling flavah!), Night Train, Wild Irish Rose, and other fine gutter vintages.

Here's mud in yer eye!

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Coconut husks fall
I liked him much better
as Maynard G. Krebs

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BBC News writer, John Camm, outlines 26 rules of modern advertising. Most of these apply here in the US as well. Samples include:

4. Mums are often harassed but NEVER depressed/unable to cope.
14. Men are inherently lazy/slobbish; women are the reverse.

Here's a couple of my own advertising peeves:

All children are def rappers and possess the ability to perform incredibly complex breakdance moves when exposed to new department-store fashions.

Kids who consume sugary breakfast cereals are invariably into extreme sports.

Adults in kids commercials are always portrayed as complete idiots, or largely clueless.

Hamburgers from fast-food outlets never have smashed buns or sauce dripping out of one end.

The application of large amounts of perfume or body spray never fails to render a member of the opposite sex helpless with desire (helpless with an asthma attack is more likely).

Feel free to contribute your own.

via the Presurfer

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