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Doug
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posted 12 July 2004 02:32 PM      Profile for Doug   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
" Soon, Rome's beloved Pantheon, the former pagan temple that has survived through the ages in the heart of the city, will become the first Roman antiquity to be covered by ads."

Fortunately, this is only while monuments in Rome are under restoration, but really!


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josh
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posted 12 July 2004 02:39 PM      Profile for josh     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:

"It's a very important monument, and it would enhance the glamor of your product to have an advertisement on it," said Interpromos spokesman Carlos Sinopoli.

WTF?


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skdadl
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posted 12 July 2004 02:44 PM      Profile for skdadl     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
lagatta, where are you? These all sound like Berlusconis, in the metaphorical as well as the literal sense.
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clearview
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posted 12 July 2004 03:22 PM      Profile for clearview     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'm surprised no one thought of this earlier. In Toronto, Old City Hall is covered by scaffolding for repairs/restorations. Next time it is covered in scaffolding, the scaffolding itself may be covered in ads.

This Idea has already manifested itself in Toronto on the wooden barriers that surround construction sites.


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arborman
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posted 12 July 2004 03:56 PM      Profile for arborman     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Here I thought they'd gone too far years ago.
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Tommy_Paine
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posted 12 July 2004 07:09 PM      Profile for Tommy_Paine     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
And to add insult to injury, any time I've seen these kinds of ruins undergo "restoration", they still end up looking old and ruined in the end.

..........it's all a scam I tells ya........


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Doug
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posted 14 July 2004 02:25 AM      Profile for Doug   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Tommy_Paine:
And to add insult to injury, any time I've seen these kinds of ruins undergo "restoration", they still end up looking old and ruined in the end.

..........it's all a scam I tells ya........


Yeah, Liz Taylor's last facelift didn't do much, did it?


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