Shock Advertising? That's not a surprise for Virgin Mobile.


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<!-- via Trend Hunter --><H3><a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shock-advertising-thats-not-a-surprise-for-virgin-inc"><img src="http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/239_1_120.jpeg" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="2" border=0 />Shock Advertising?  That's not a surprise for Virgin Mobile.</H3></a>(<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com">TREND HUNTER</a>) There’s nothing wrong with holiday wrapping paper that shows horny angels kissing and fondling one another. Unless you’re Virgin Mobile Canada, and you’re handing it out to children at movie theaters. All you get then is angry parents muttering things like, “Somebody had to have their head s… <a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shock-advertising-thats-not-a-surprise-for-virgin-inc">[More]</a><BR><BR><!-- END of embed code-->

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Shock Advertising? That's not a surprise for Virgin Mobile.

There’s nothing wrong with holiday wrapping paper that shows horny angels kissing and fondling one another. Unless you’re Virgin Mobile Canada, and you’re handing it out to children at movie theaters. All you get then is angry parents muttering things like, “Somebody had to have their head screwed on wrong to put out a promo like that at a family theatre.”

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