This new ad starring Ji Sung Park is, uh.. interesting, to say the least. An epic tale about how football boots can defeat evil, or something along those lines. Personally, it reminds me of the early 90's commercial starring Claudio Caniggia for Topper where a talking turtle at the end asks him what his headband is made of. 12 years later and we're still asking, "what the fu...?"
Most thursday nights we have executive board meetings at a local pub, then head over to the Four Star Diner in Union City, NJ. The food is top notch, offering the usual wide variety of cuisine from burgers to Italian to the odd Asian dish. Feel like having a night cap? Who doesn't! They have a full bar to whip up any late night drink.
Now before you start thinking we have some kind of business agreement with them regarding cross-branding and the like, let me get to the real reason I bring this place up. Every time we've been there we get a chuckle from the placemats.
The placemat provides a nice history of the diner business, as well as some great economic stats so you can compare the price of a car or a gallon of gas going all the way back to 1910. Additionally, the life expectancy is also marked decade to decade. What better information to ponder while enjoying a grilled chicken sandwich than the fact that I can't really afford gas these days and whether or not this sandwich getting in the way of living up to that pesky life expectancy.
The fun doesn't end there. The central paragraph, which is surrounded on all corners by a photographic history of the american diner, is what really always grabs our attention.
I respectfully quote:
The Multigenerational diner owners have an instant success, but GREEKS had built an "EMPIRE" in Restaurant and Diner Business, by being owners of the most new-Great-Looking Dining Places and the most significant in the United States.
Greek individuals all around, represent the hard work and have become an icon for the changeover in atmosphere of the diner and the delicious "EAT", by putting their own imprints on the food.
And here's the kicker....
Basically it's accepted that they are incredibly successful, and admired.
Click the picture to see the full image.
It's pretty obvious that they used some kind of Google translator, or Babelfish. Nonetheless, at 2am and a few beers into the night, this always amuses us.
Speaking of Greece, we just got in the new Greece Home and Away shirts as well as Olympiakos and AEK Athens.
The double layer craze of the 2002 World Cup is back, this time it's Puma who have decided to create headaches for heat press operators around the world! Remember back in Japan during the 2002 World Cup final when one of the Brazilians couldn't figure out how to put his two layer shirt back on? Well Puma has actually come up with a double-layer shirt that is easy to pull back on without needing
The Puma King, synonymous with soccer tradition. Pele and Maradona both wore Puma when they made history at the World Cup. In fact, Pele was offered $120,000 to wear Puma's footwear in the 1970 World Cup, where he famously held up kick off to the final match so he could bend down and tie his shoes. Product placement at it's finest.
Puma has come through with this updated version of the shoe,
