Lawnmower outlasts owner in Viking spot

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It’s risky to show someone dying while using your product. It’s also often funny. In this new spot for Viking lawnmowers, by Publicis Conseil in France, an old man dies while cutting the grass, and his friends and family have to pry the still-running machine from his cold, dead hands. Without much success.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

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