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[aesc]

John Sheppard has this tie. You must read the ad copy, because it's awesome.




from vintage_ads

He picked it up at a small curio/junk shop when he was stationed out in the middle of nowhere and going insane from boredom, because hey, it was cool and when he thought about it, it was pretty swank.

Unfortunately, most women didn't see it that way and anti-tieness was one of the major strikes against Nancy when they got engaged--Nancy even went so far as to tell him that under no circumstances would he wear it around her, with "under no circumstances will you wear it ever" strongly implied. But the drink dumped in his lap, the drink thrown in his face, or Nancy's inclusion of the tie in the prenup failed to shake his faith in the essential swankness of his tie.

So that brings us to now, when the tie becomes a crucial element in his seduction of Rodney McKay. You know that's what happens.

.eta: This possibly gives new meaning to "glowy sex" *muses*

In other news: New Hewlett icon! \o/

And, for those of you still around or just tuned in, model!John and reporter!Rodney improv with siriaeve.

Comments

[stillane.livejournal.com]

This has made my day in a variety of ways. It's the 'Baby' that does it, I think. Takes it that extra step from cheesy party favor to truly whacked out. I want to know how it pulses, though. I mean, radioactive glow, sure, but pulsing? I just get this image of John swaying slowly side to side to get the full, motion-intensive effect going on.

Also, with the lack of comma, it proclaims itself to be not just barrels of fun, but different barrels of fun. Many of them. Pulsing. Because of the wand of darkness.

Let It Thrill You. Heh.

*dies*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I just get this image of John swaying slowly side to side to get the full, motion-intensive effect going on.

And being ridiculously hypnotized by it :D

Many of them. Pulsing. Because of the wand of darkness.

Exactly. Exactly so.

Sometimes I think it's a shame that most ads, outside of those for prescription drugs, don't have anywhere near the amount of text that older ads do. I suppose it's a reflection of our dwindling attention spans and better graphics programs (or, I guess, our graphics programs period) that emphasize enconomical use of text, but there's just something so wonderful about long, rambly weirdness that involves poetry on the order of "like a miracle of light."

Of course, now we know that things like radium and lead are bad for you, so maybe not so much of that. *nostalgic sigh*