Selling it

Reeding, rytin’, and ’rithmatic

With the start of school, kids should focus on learning. These ads won’t help.

Fair-weather friend

The copy recommends this “rugged metal” Northpoint Hurricane Lantern for “your campsite,” “the backwoods,” or a “break-of-dawn fishing trip.” Given the disclaimer, though, campers had better keep an eye on the sky.

Honesty is the best policy

Use your head

You mean Head & Shoulders shampoo will make your hair look better than when it’s dirty, stringy, and flat?

Black Hole Award

Very Berry, but not very big.

Foxy indeed

“What bright, orange-colored oranges,” remarked a Minnesota reader who spied this bag. Then he noticed how the fruit looked when it wasn’t underneath the bag’s orange cross-hatching.

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