Thomapyrin: Paradox, 3

Thomapyrin: Paradox, 3

The barber of Sevile shaves all men of Sevile, except the ones who shave themselves. Who shaves the barber of Sevile?
Againts headache. Thomapyrin

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG Duesseldorf, Germany
Creative Directors: Florian Meimberg, Torsten Pollmann, Jean-Pierre Gregor
Art Directors: Joerg Sachtleben, Desiree Rose
Copywriter: Torsten Pollmann

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Submitted by stateoftheart on Sun, 2008-01-27 23:22.

Great ad for razorblades.

Submitted by michelangelo_of_ad on Mon, 2008-01-28 02:32.

I so agree! :-)

He [Michelangelo] himself claimed to speak to no one, to "have no friends, and don't want any." -(http://hlla.com/reference/mb-bio.html)

Submitted by whitespace on Sun, 2008-01-27 23:34.

The barbers shave each other or themselves. Was that so hard to figure out?

Submitted by Cron187 on Mon, 2008-01-28 02:57.

You're wrong. It's a trick question. The barber of Sevile is a woman.

Submitted by whitespace on Wed, 2008-01-30 04:26.

Ever seen Sinead O'Connor or Britney Spears?

Submitted by ginevra on Mon, 2008-01-28 00:32.

somebody please correct the spelling error in the text beneath the ad its "against" not "againts"....and for the ad.....what the....

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Submitted by Ravages on Mon, 2008-01-28 02:07.

High school (not-so-clever) lines don't translate well into ads.

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Submitted by Eightball on Mon, 2008-01-28 03:38.

I never got any headache caused by "to much thinking" . Sorry. In my opinion to forced.

Submitted by minx0r on Mon, 2008-01-28 04:17.

its ok Eightballs.

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Submitted by Fabian Kirner on Mon, 2008-01-28 07:03.

Well, I guess here are too many people talking/writing Bullshit. I think I need a Thomapyrin.
Great stuff! Great lines! Great thinking!

Submitted by 73dpi on Mon, 2008-01-28 08:12.

Love this. It's entertaining enough for me.

@ Eightball: I think you've taken it too literally. Cheers.

Submitted by Saltsea on Mon, 2008-01-28 11:34.

Boring.

Submitted by sold on Mon, 2008-01-28 12:33.

totally agree with Eightball: i never got any headache caused by "to much thinking".
and that question dont make even thinking hard to find a answer (or more answers)

Submitted by nice gaijin on Mon, 2008-01-28 14:05.

What a sad interpretation of Bertrand Russel's paradox. The Question mark/arrow seems to point to the apparent plausible "answer," but does not hint towards the underlying logical impossibility because of the poor way in which it's been written.

And where is "Sevile?" Did they mean Seville? Is this an acceptable spelling?

Submitted by Margaret Gay on Mon, 2008-01-28 14:33.

Silly advert!

Submitted by Tomzwarts on Mon, 2008-01-28 20:56.

I think the vodafone execution about zebra black of white? what was first egg of chicken? fits more with this brand,
and this execution fit's nothing.

Submitted by yonkironic on Tue, 2008-01-29 03:06.

dazzling ad, though

Submitted by LisAD on Tue, 2008-01-29 10:15.

he could be one of the men who shave themselves.
that's where the riddle fails!

cute thought though...

"the art director says: whatever I say"