With Continual Reference to Justin Kahn.

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Contests Around the World

I am fully aware that there are other contests running. It is doubtful they are better than the one I ran. But here's one.

A friend of mine who runs a construction company is running a contest. The winner gets a dinner at a restaurant fancier than chipotle. I don't know where that could possibly be. Maybe Que Tal?

The contest objective is to come up with a good slogan for a construction/mason company.

A slogan he really, really likes is for a roofing company: 'Thank God For Rain'

I don't get it.

He's definitely looking for something catchy. Despite my skilzz as a writer he has repeatedly turned down my best shot at a slogan. I include it in closing just so you know how high he has set the bar of slogan making.

"Hello. My Name is Tony. I run a construction company. I have lots of equipment. Would you like me to build something for you? If not, that's cool, too. But maybe think of me if you decide to build something. Bye."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What about:
"Bricks: Too heavy for that wussy Justin."

Anonymous said...

I've got it.
" Building so attractive it will make you shit bricks."
or
" A building so strong even your mom couldn't blow it over"
or
" Its big, strong, and will always stays hard. That's what she said."

Anonymous said...

'thank God for rain' :)) you kidding, right ;-)

Anonymous said...

Justin,
Thanks for tryin my friend, but nothing I really liked. Not to say there weren't some exceptional ideas. Peace,
Papa T