Street preacher Michael Sucec and his wife Sheri of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were so offended by a billboard advertising Sheetz's new Crispy Frickin' Chicken sandwich that they complained to Sheetz and contacted the advertising firm to have the billboard taken down. Sucec describes the word "frickin'" as a "euphemism for fornication," devoid of any humor when paired with "chicken" as a rhyme and intensifier. I can't say that "Crispy 'Euphemism for Fornication' Chicken" entered my head when I first read the billboard, but maybe my mind is too corrupt to notice. [via So Good]... More

If the world were made of meat, it might look like this ad campaign from Negroni, a processed meat company based in Italy, portraying a world where one can frolic through snow covered valleys made of mortadella and walk on roads of salami. [via notcot.org]... More

It's been 50 years since the British Egg Marketing Board promoted their unfertilized product by telling the public to "go to work on an egg". While its series of advertisements about the benefits of eggs was deemed appropriate in the 1950s, on Tuesday the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre (BACC) banned the ads from being shown on TV because the ads do not promote a varied diet. Here's more explanation behind the ban from Guardian Limited: A BACC spokesman said the issue was not whether a daily egg with your breakfast would be harmful; only that it should be served with fruit juice or toast."We are not questioning the effect it would have on your health," Kristoffer Hammer told GMTV... More

Beginning to feel like Rachael Ray will endorse anything and everything? Banterist's Brian Sack does and so he's made a downloadable one-page contract that you can use to get Ray to endorse whatever it is you're selling, no questions asked. Each deal includes goodies like photos for your store displays and a life-size cut-out, but perhaps most importantly, "all endorsements include a book featuring your product being used in the preparation of a dish with an adorable nickname like Never Be Lonely Stew or Put The Kids To Sleep Salsa. Rachael will also include your product in her prayers." [via adfreak] Previously: EVOO, And Then Some, Tasting Rachael Ray, Rachael Ray Drinking Game, Rachael Ray - love, hate, ignore,... More

Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality contrasts the slickly styled and photographed foods in advertisements versus what the products actually look like: "Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate representation in every case. Shiny, neon-orange, liquefied pump-cheese, and all." I can tell you from personal experience that KFC's Famous Bowl looks horrific in person but actually tastes okay, provided that like me you love fast food fried chicken. Your mileage may of course vary. [thanks, Andrew!]... More

Most of the selections from Adfreak.com's top 10 ads with people dressed up as food are funny or at least somewhat charming, and all of them have YouTube links so you can either watch the actual ads again or see them for the first time. Number one is probably one of my favorite commercials to watch in recent history.... More

Wow, this is weird. The 87,500-square-foot of the Colonel was put together so it could be photographed from space by GeoEye's Ikonos satellite. The Chicago Tribune quotes Mark Brender, a spokesman for GeoEye as saying that the project is part of a new trend they call "astro-tising."... More