Eggvertising

The NYTimes published an article today about the company in Deerfield IL that etches expiration dates on eggs with lasers. Apparently they are now selling advertising space on eggshells. CBS is the first major company to sign up for "eggvertising". They will be promoting their new fall lineup with lots of stupid egg puns (ie. 'The Amazing Race- Scramble to win' and 'CSI - Crack the case').

So, why would I, as a consumer, want to clutter up my brain (and breakfast plate) with yet more unsolicited advertising? What the company is offering consumers, is not free eggs, but a way of tracking each egg. You will be able to go to a website ( http://www.myfreshegg.com ), and enter a tracking number to find out exactly when and where your egg was produced. It would be really cool if they had web-cams in the chicken coops, so you could actually see the chicken that laid your egg, but otherwise, who cares?

Of course, the tracking numbers will also allow the advertisers to track egg-consumers, and to target certain geographical areas or demographics depending on the store for which a particular egg is destined. What I am worried about is that we will eventually be paying a premium price for commercial-free eggs.

End times, don't you know. 666 upside down spells egg. Or close enough, kind of, I think.

-ramon

Ramon wrote:End times, don't you know. 666 upside down spells egg. Or close enough, kind of, I think.

-ramon

Yes, indeed, Ramon, you're right...

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who finds this sort of stuff a little disturbing. But remember, soon, at least here in Chicago, they won't need such tricks to keep track of us, since we'll be filmed constantly by police cameras.

I believe there is a quatrain by Nostradamus that predicts this ovographic development quite clearly:

From the great coop in the field of deer
shall come a sword of burning flame,
and etched upon the egg of fear,
there behold! the beastly name!

Antonius pontifex

Antonius wrote:
I believe there is a quatrain by Nostradamus that predicts this ovographic development quite clearly:

From the great coop in the field of deer
shall come a sword of burning flame,
and etched upon the egg of fear,
there behold! the beastly name!

Antonius,

As I finished reading your quatrain, I realized the final line was unfinished. From my warped brain, the following jumped out:

there behold! the beastly name - Burma Shave!!

Now that was advertising!

Bill/SFNM

Bill/SFNM wrote:Antonius,

As I finished reading your quatrain, I realized the final line was unfinished. From my warped brain, the following jumped out:

there behold! the beastly name - Burma Shave!!

Is that stuff still around?

A

Antonius wrote:
I believe there is a quatrain by Nostradamus that predicts this ovographic development quite clearly:

From the great coop in the field of deer
shall come a sword of burning flame,
and etched upon the egg of fear,
there behold! the beastly name!

Antonius pontifex

Pontiff,

What might you make of this quatrain?

Religion du nom de mers vanicra,
Contre la secte fils Adaluncatif,
Secte obstinee deploree craindra
Des deux blessez par Aleph & Aleph.

The Religion of the name of the seas will win out
Against the sect of the son of "Adaluncatif":
The stubborn, lamented sect will be afraid
Of the two wounded by A and A.

Can there by any doubt what forum "sect" refers to, or the obvious meaning of "A and A"?

Antonius asks:

Is that stuff still around?

But maze wee:


http://cgi.ebay.com/Burma-Shave-Shaving ... dZViewItem

Geo

By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say;
"Come you back, you British Soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"

(Kipling)

-ramon

d4v3 wrote:So, why would I, as a consumer, want to clutter up my brain (and breakfast plate) with yet more unsolicited advertising?

This made the radio news, too. Even Pohl and Kornbluth never predicted something so venal.

I sincerely hope that, unless the eggvertisements are significantly cheaper than regular eggs, consumers will boycott them.