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Gravestones Advertising Video Games?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the insanity-in-the-afterlife dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an insane bid to drum up publicity The Guardian tells of Acclaim Entertainment who are seeking to enlist the help of the recently bereaved, well the poorer ones anyway, to help promote their latest game." My favorite comment is a spokesman for the Church of England who said they wouldn't allow it saying "There was enough fuss with plastic flowers in churchyards." Anyway, I just found this really surreal.

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  1. I always miss out on these things... by Champaign · · Score: 4, Funny

    First I wasn't fast enough to get an advertisement driven PC, then I couldn't get a dot-com to give me a VW Beetle painted with their colours... now I'm too alive to cash in on this...

    back to exchanging goods and/or services for money for me

  2. sample tombstone by y2dt · · Score: 5, Funny

    John Smith
    born 11/12/1980
    fragged 5/15/2002

  3. Last rites at these grave yards: by JoeLinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the loss of Frank Jones, who in his life-time, talketh and layeth the smack down like in WWF Smackdown. While troubles seemed to come his way like chairs at the Undertaker, he handled it gracefully, like those fine manager chicks...."

    Fun stuff. Liven up any Eulogy...

    JoeLinux

  4. Re:Sometimes I think Slashdot should be chumpdot. by Have+Blue · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think Slashdotters actually READ these articles? You're new around here, aren't you?

  5. Advertizing on gravestones? by NeMon'ess · · Score: 5, Funny
    Over my dead body.

  6. Re:Grave slashdot by DennyK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Athiest geek's headstone:

    mv John.Smith /dev/null

    ;-)

    DennyK