Girls in football pads, get your laptops

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Panasonic’s tagline is, “Ideas for life.” Whose life, exactly? The life of a woman who enjoys dressing in high-heeled boots, miniskirts and football pads as she prepares to do some work on her laptop, of course. This image comes from an online ad for Panasonic’s Toughbook eLite computers. The headline is, “Pretty. Tough.” (Get it?) At least this ad had the decency to pop under, and not pop up.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

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