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Posted by Zyp on October 29, 2007, 11:25 pm
.p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:27:47 -0700, "SonomaProducts.com"
>
>> Funny story...
>>
>> Working with an advertising agency based in Switzerland I once
>> suggested the idea of a swiss army knife as a metaphor for our (Swiss
>> produced) product for use in an advertising campaign. The (Swiss) guy
>> from the agency quiped back immediately "I was in that army for 2
>> years and they never gave me no dammned knife!". I laughed out loud.
>> Just good marketing I guess. They sell the darn things everywhere in
>> that country, even at most hotel front desks.
>
> It's a recycling scheme.
>
> They take them away from you at the airport, then sell you another one
> at your hotel, then take it away again at the airport, etc.
>
> The airports send them back to the hotels to sell again :-)
>
>
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