"Read Books, Get Brain."
That's what the ad said. Very simple. The standard translation of the ad, we think, is, "If you read, you'll get smarter."
But apparently other people see it differently. They read it as, "If you read, you'll get oral sex."
The ad, which ran on about 200 buses in New York, was from hip-hop clothing maker Akademiks. Word is that those smartypants intended to be naughty.
Officials have since removed the ads, leaving the buses bare.
Akademiks also placed the ads on buses and bus shelters in Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, San Francisco and Philadelphia, a company spokesman said.
We love to read, by the way.
Coincidentally, it seems one of the Stooges has come back to entertain us once again.
The Reuter article from which we borrowed the basic theme of this item was written by Larry Fine.
Remember? "Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard." Larry Fine, "the one in the middle," was born in South Philly and died somewhere else in 1975.

Posted at November 07, 2004 03:54 PM