Interactive Pre-Recorded Voices
November 11, 2004 5:26 AM Subscribe
A Marketing and Promotional Urinal Screen - I mean - WTF?
Is there nowhere I can go and not be bombarded by advertising...now when I go for a 'slash' I can be detected 'visiting' the urinal, and a pre-recorded voice can 'interact' with me while I read the graphics.
Honestly, I never, ever, ever wanted to interact whilst standing at a urinal...please don't make me start interacting in there!
The images aren't well faked, but on the Press page is the most apropos use ever of the PR phrase, "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE".
posted by planetkyoto at 5:37 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by planetkyoto at 5:37 AM on November 11, 2004
They're not touch screens, are they?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:52 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:52 AM on November 11, 2004
I believe the word is endemic? Or is it epidemic, I forget
posted by Eekacat at 6:05 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by Eekacat at 6:05 AM on November 11, 2004
I can't believe i didn't make a joke about splash screens....
posted by mattr at 6:06 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by mattr at 6:06 AM on November 11, 2004
fight back...one might avoid such advertising by moving a few inches to the left and voiding on whatever advertisement will be invariably hanging on the wall
posted by troybob at 7:32 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by troybob at 7:32 AM on November 11, 2004
I think I might just start smearing my poo on the screens and see how they like that interaction.
When will advertising wonks realize that people don't want to be completely bombarded by ads all the time? I tune out 99% of the ads I see and usually only notice an ad if its particularly poorly or well done.
Unless its a late night ad for a burger, then I'm like Pavlov's dog.
Dammit!
posted by fenriq at 7:44 AM on November 11, 2004
When will advertising wonks realize that people don't want to be completely bombarded by ads all the time? I tune out 99% of the ads I see and usually only notice an ad if its particularly poorly or well done.
Unless its a late night ad for a burger, then I'm like Pavlov's dog.
Dammit!
posted by fenriq at 7:44 AM on November 11, 2004
next: elevators
posted by alfredogarcia at 7:51 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by alfredogarcia at 7:51 AM on November 11, 2004
Elevators already have ads in them, some even have interactive displays.
posted by agregoli at 8:13 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by agregoli at 8:13 AM on November 11, 2004
It's already being used for campaigns. “streaming audio.” In this campaign for Country Music Television, a womans voice says: "Don’t miss Outlaws on CMT. You seem to miss everything else!"
posted by dabitch at 9:03 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by dabitch at 9:03 AM on November 11, 2004
Marketing and Promotional Urinal Screen - with your target audience for penis enlargement spam captivated right there.
posted by y2karl at 9:11 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by y2karl at 9:11 AM on November 11, 2004
Sink the Wizmark.
posted by kirkaracha at 9:36 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by kirkaracha at 9:36 AM on November 11, 2004
so... the idea here is to actively encourage potential consumers to piss on your product? i'd think that standing and pissing all over the company logo wouldn't really be a good thing to get in the head of a customer.
seem to recall an article in smithsonian (i think) years ago that featured toilet bowl photos from the mid 1700s or 1800s. the idea was to allow you to symbolically defecate or urinate on the face of your enemy. historically i suppose not the best place for your corporate logo, right?
and in terms of placement - don't most guys stare at the "piss spot" on the wall above the urinal, rather than inside the bowl? i personally don't tend to stare at the urinal cake...
posted by caution live frogs at 9:38 AM on November 11, 2004
seem to recall an article in smithsonian (i think) years ago that featured toilet bowl photos from the mid 1700s or 1800s. the idea was to allow you to symbolically defecate or urinate on the face of your enemy. historically i suppose not the best place for your corporate logo, right?
and in terms of placement - don't most guys stare at the "piss spot" on the wall above the urinal, rather than inside the bowl? i personally don't tend to stare at the urinal cake...
posted by caution live frogs at 9:38 AM on November 11, 2004
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posted by thomcatspike at 10:34 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by thomcatspike at 10:34 AM on November 11, 2004
>>>Elevators already have ads in them, some even have interactive displays
Some elevators here in San Francisco have had them for a few years now. Appropriately enough the company behind them is called the Captivate Network.
As for the urinal ads - I look forward to pissing on them.
posted by birdsong at 10:54 AM on November 11, 2004
Some elevators here in San Francisco have had them for a few years now. Appropriately enough the company behind them is called the Captivate Network.
As for the urinal ads - I look forward to pissing on them.
posted by birdsong at 10:54 AM on November 11, 2004
if i see one of these i right now make a solemn oath to you all that i WILL poop on it.
posted by glenwood at 10:57 AM on November 11, 2004
posted by glenwood at 10:57 AM on November 11, 2004
Can you be electrocuted? In your private business there are certain things in life that should be left alone, this is one of them.
The children of tomorrow; mommy, I can’t pee unless you turn a commercial on.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:07 PM on November 11, 2004
The children of tomorrow; mommy, I can’t pee unless you turn a commercial on.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:07 PM on November 11, 2004
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Hehhehheh. I can't believe anyone can write this stuff with a straight face.
posted by JanetLand at 5:30 AM on November 11, 2004