Headlines & Copy of Questionable Repute

From a Philadelphia department store: "For you alone! The bridal bed set ...."

From a New York hotel: "For a Successful Affair, It's the Empire Hotel."

On an electric-company truck: "Let us remove your shorts."

An ad in Hartford, Connecticut: "LOVALON BRA is the bra for you. For mother, daughter and sister, too, its so lovely and so mashable."

From a placemat in a Massachusetts restaurant: "Newbury Street Coiffure. Affordable. An Alternative to Looking Good."

Headline of an ad selling leather handgun holsters: "Put Your Gun Into Something Soft."

For Springs Cotton Mills: "Springmaid sheets are known as America's Favorite Playground."

For a monument firm: "There's still time to get under the deadline."

Disclaimer at the end of a London, Ontario newspaper ad announcing job openings for firefighters: "The City of London is an equal opportunity employer. We also provide all our employees with a smoke-free work place."