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Continuing our theme of iffy advertising decisions, how about this one: showing an airplane accidentally being shot out of the sky by kids hopped up on “supercharged vitamins.” (Click the image to see a larger version.) Seeing as the kid is holding a cricket bat, it’s unlikely this is a U.S. ad. It seems to be a South African ad for a vitamin brand called Dyna Jets. The agency is Lowe Johannesburg, according to Cool

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