Our Good Friends, the House of Saud

A country based on Sharia law. An Islamic monarchy. A country where women can not vote. A country where there are no opposition parties. A country whose inhabitants are 100% Muslim, and a country where preaching anything other than Islam is punishable by death. (Facts all found here.)

Let's forget about all those things. Advertising is about how to spin your service or product for the good. They put together a pretty ad that makes them seem like a progressive and cool place to do business.

Crossposted to Radio Free Babylon.

Very Nice!™

No one ever trademarked "Vote for Pedro," (much to someone's dismay, I'm sure.) but the phrase "Very Nice" from the Borat film (did I say "film"? - how pretencious) is now the most-oft-uttered phrase on high school campuses nationwide, according to a completely unscientific poll conducted by Radio Free Babylon.

Sacha Baron Cohen, the much-loved, much-hated creator of Borat, was being beaten up at press time and was unavailable for comment.

Expect "Very Nice" to appear in local advertiing, where no one has any imagination and they're still using lines like "Got a Realtor?" and "Got BBQ?"