Slog - Comments on Question from a Reader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1 I'm not sure who else to pose this question to and The Stranger usually has all the answers, right? This spring there was a bus ad campaign (maybe billboards, too... I forget) that started off as blank white ads with a few Pepto-pink splatters on it. Over the course of maybe two or three stages, the ads were covered with more pink splatters, but never any text. Now it's been maybe a month since I last saw one and I haven't seen the completion to the campaign. Did I miss it? Does any of the Stranger staff know what I'm... Copyright 2008 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:26:04 -0800 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:04:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by maggie flamingos at the zoo

]]> maggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043095 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:32:11 -0800 Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Whozeewhatsit I'll tell you what makes pink splatters...an enormous whozeewhatsit!!!

]]> Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Whozeewhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043098 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:33:13 -0800 Comment by Toe Tag It was the Zoo's ad campaign for the flamingo's exhibit. Take a look at the billboard across the street from the de-tox center on Boren.

]]> Toe Tag http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043100 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:34:05 -0800 Comment by CattyMaran I remember this, but sadly; I think Seattle's a bad city to test these on: too many pot smokers with little attention spans! I'll comment back if I find something out!

]]> CattyMaran http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043101 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:34:23 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I think it was taggers.

They're posting on SLOG too.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043103 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:34:47 -0800 Comment by Bub Flamingos. It was a cool campaign. We don't see enough pink in this city.

]]> Bub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043134 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043134 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:48:36 -0800 Comment by treacle You could see the flamingos as white silhouettes against the pink splatters.
They could have done a better job of it.

On a similar pink note:
Anyone know what "Operation Bright Pink" is/was all about? I saw posters around, but never any useful information -- website, date, any text...

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043184 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:09:40 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn That 'Operation Bright Pink" wheat-paste plague was marketing for the band Thee Emergency.

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043258 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043258 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:37:10 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @8 - wow. Now that was a total waste of ad dollars ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043316 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:06:44 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways I was going to guess it was the butt ugly posters for SIFF this year...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043341 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043341 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:15:42 -0800 Comment by foolish-rain God! When I read the headline, I thought this was yet another story from Austria...

]]> foolish-rain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043348 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:19:32 -0800 Comment by bearseatbeats Fuck Thee Emergency. That is all.

]]> bearseatbeats http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043354 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:25:18 -0800 Comment by sepiolida i liked the add campaign. it really got my attention. i think i need to go see those flamingos now.

]]> sepiolida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043401 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:59:09 -0800 Comment by Cage I don't get it. Was that supposed to be pink birdshit on the ads?

]]> Cage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043528 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043528 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:28:50 -0800 Comment by treacle Heh.. "Thee Emergency", eh?
Silly bastards.
I thought it was a breast-cancer awareness campaign, or a neo-feminist insurgency.
@9 is right.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043570 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/question_from_a_reader_1#c1043570 Mailbag Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:04:31 -0800