Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
— Stephan Leacock – Humorist, Political Scientist, Teacher, Writer
Advertising
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
— Stephan Leacock – Humorist, Political Scientist, Teacher, Writer
A Pondering Mind 
8 responses to “Advertising”
I love Leacock! His humor is a lot more timeless than people realize.
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I haven’t read much of his work…
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Well, he was 100years ago, more and less.
“Sunshine Sketches” is priceless.
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I can still read some of his works…
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Yes, you can! I think you can find something downloadable on-line if you Google “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town”. My personal fave story in there is “The Sinking of the Mariposa Belle”
Speaking of creative writing, will you be doing more writing on this blog?
Funny, but I originally started blogging so I could write. I know exactly how things get away from you.
Anyway, I started a blog just for writing, and I do experiment there. I keep it low key so I feel no pressure.
I’m quite happy with it, so far. If you are interested, it’s on my Gravatar.
Cheers!
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Hopefully I will get back to writing. I know its hard to do, but once I get to do it, then it will come easy.
I will check out your blog, and will Google Stephen Leacock…
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And sometimes it just insults human intelligence. Now, this post has just reminded me that I have been tasked by my close friends to write a letter of complaint about a certain, very irritating ad about a hypnotist, that we have to endure every time we go to the movies – poor me. Poor, poor me.
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It does insult human intelligence. Most advertising that pops up on the boob-tube, is ludicrous, and simply ignore it…
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