WHAT! EMBRYOS ARE BABIES!
Saturday, November 25th, 2006 | PermalinkOne of the things I love about holiday road trips is all the ridiculous stuff you see along the highway. I like to keep the digital camera up front with us, just in case we see some gold…
For the past month, there’s been a billboard over on Carnegie Ave (in between the Hot Sauce Williams BBQ and the QuikCash) that sends Meg and me into hilarious gut laughs every time we drive by:
It’s the design of this billboard that cracks me up. With the overly-bright primary colors and a baby that looks absolutely ecstatic to be alive, it has to take the prize for the cheeriest pro-life billboard ever made. But best of all is the caption: try saying it to yourself out loud. I can’t figure it out! I could understand, “What? Embryos are babies?â€? or “What? Embryos are babies!â€? or even, “What! Embryos are Babies?â€? But the double exclaimation points just don’t make any sense.
The sign is by a group called Prolife Across America, whose mission is to “create an ‘Atmosphere of Life’ in a ‘culture of death.’”Â
They should get Lil’ John to be their spokesman: “What! Embryos are babies! Yeah!”
November 25th, 2006 at 5:03 pm
WHAT! capitals can be used arbitrarily in pro-life propaganda!
November 25th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
WHAT!
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
I particularly like the other billboards they sponsor where all babies wear a very interesting array of hats! WHAT! Babies are sailors and cops!
April 9th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
That was hilarious. I myself encountered a similar billboard containing a baby against a pink background with what I think were bubbles. The same double exclamation though. I happened upon this blog while looking for the people that made the ad, as I’m using it in the introduction of a research paper on embryonic stem cell research. Thanks for the help
October 30th, 2008 at 12:03 am
I agree, it was very poorly done - sort of hurts my brain to see “what” without a question after it. . . but I agree with the intent. I’m not “pro-life” but I don’t think abortion should be elective unless the mother’s life is in danger, or in cases of rape or incest.
I honestly don’t know what to think about Stem Cell research - I will have to look more into before I can form an opinion. . .
November 13th, 2008 at 10:57 am
I saw a similar billboard and thought it was in spanish. im like what does that mean?
November 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
LOL - good stuff.