Steak-Scented Billboard Entices Drivers

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Steak-Scented Billboard Entices Drivers

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 9, 2010 @04:48AM from the steak-and-diesel dept.

In addition to car exhaust and road grime, travelers along Highway 150 in North Carolina can now enjoy the smell of a barbecue thanks to a new billboard. The work of ScentAir, which provides custom scents for businesses, the advertisement for a local grocer emits the smell of charcoal and black pepper over the highway. "Marketing director Murray Dameron said the beef scent was emitted by a high-powered fan at the bottom of the billboard that blows air over cartridges loaded with BBQ fragrance oil. 'It smells like grilled meat with a nice pepper rub on it,' he explained."

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BBQ? by Vinegar+Joe · 2010-06-09 04:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Screw that! I want BACON!!!

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1. Re:BBQ? by treeves · 2010-06-09 07:45 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Hey, were you an extra in Wall-E?
  
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Push button, receive bacon by tepples · 2010-06-09 04:50 · Score: 4, Funny

Screw that! I want BACON!!!
For that, all you need is to go into a gas station and use the restroom. Push button, receive bacon.
At first I wondered if it was real... by Shadow+Wrought · 2010-06-09 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Then I realized that they had not, in fact, made a misteak.

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1. Re:At first I wondered if it was real... by MobileTatsu-NJG · 2010-06-09 05:18 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Then I realized that they had not, in fact, made a misteak.
  ARGH I hate you for using that stupid pun. I hope the next time you pull out into an intersection you get T-Boned!
  
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2. Re:At first I wondered if it was real... by Monkeedude1212 · 2010-06-09 05:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ARGH I hate you for using that stupid pun.
  Really? I thought it was remarkably well done.
3. Re:At first I wondered if it was real... by dancingmilk · 2010-06-09 05:43 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Seeing a thread with this many good puns in it is pretty rare.
4. Re:At first I wondered if it was real... by Monkeedude1212 · 2010-06-09 06:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I know! Can you believe someone rolled through and modded us all trolls? What's his beef?
5. Re:At first I wondered if it was real... by Hoi+Polloi · 2010-06-09 06:50 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Please be serious, this is a meaty subject.
  
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6. Re:At first I wondered if it was real... by Niddix · 2010-06-09 10:09 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Oh they just had a cow since they couldn't come up with one of their own.
Other Smells by jdpars · 2010-06-09 04:54 · Score: 4, Funny

I wonder what the billboards for the local strip clubs will smell like.
1. Re:Other Smells by Monkeedude1212 · 2010-06-09 05:04 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I'm more concerned with that billboard for Sceptic tank repair.
2. Re:Other Smells by Abstrackt · 2010-06-09 05:04 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I wonder what the billboards for the local strip clubs will smell like.
  Sweaty perverts and broken dreams I imagine.
  
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3. Re:Other Smells by TheLink · 2010-06-09 05:12 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Oh noes a tank full of unwashed sceptics...
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4. Re:Other Smells by linzeal · 2010-06-09 05:46 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Ass, lotion and desperation.
  
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Re:Bet you didn't think of this by PlasmaEye · 2010-06-09 04:58 · Score: 5, Funny

What next, shooting french fries at passing motorists?
Now that's what I call Fast Food.
Think about the vegans! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-09 05:02 · Score: 2, Funny

We want billboards that smell like BBQ'd vegans!
Post from The Future! by Quiet_Desperation · 2010-06-09 05:06 · Score: 3, Funny

ScentAir, The Silent Killer
by Mavra Chang, Reuters, New York
June 9, 2023
The advertising world took another hit as the 1000th case of brain cancer from the ScentAir advertising campaign was announced today...
Re:Oh boy by localman57 · 2010-06-09 05:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Old Spice.
Re:Oh boy by darth+dickinson · 2010-06-09 05:16 · Score: 2, Funny

I wonder what Viagra smells like? You know it's coming...
Looks like you just answered your own question.
Re:EIR by Kozar_The_Malignant · 2010-06-09 05:19 · Score: 4, Funny

This is North Carolina. I think smoking is still mandatory there.

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Smells like shame! by strayant · 2010-06-09 05:24 · Score: 4, Funny

So, would a billboard for a strip club smell like shame?
Re:Bet you didn't think of this by Sir_Lewk · 2010-06-09 05:30 · Score: 5, Funny

I hope they start selling this stuff in cans. I could use it as vegan repelent.

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When will it stop? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-09 05:42 · Score: 1, Funny

Probably on the 10th or so time Animal Control gets called about the packs of stray dogs surrounding and defending the billboard...
Ob portal... by chooks · 2010-06-09 05:51 · Score: 1, Funny

The steak is a lie!

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Re:Bet you didn't think of this by Macrat · 2010-06-09 05:53 · Score: 2, Funny

(she has a strong nose).
And she hasn't left you yet?
Re:Bet you didn't think of this by Khyber · 2010-06-09 06:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Let me pour some H2SO4 on you then, since you claim to not be sensitive to chemicals.

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Re:Oh boy by dbet · 2010-06-09 06:13 · Score: 2, Funny

Old Spice.
Ladies look at me, now back at the road, now back to me, now look at that tree you're about to hit.
Re:Bet you didn't think of this by CODiNE · 2010-06-09 06:29 · Score: 2, Funny

People who wear Axe and Old Spice, I'm looking at you.
Damn did I leave my webcam on again???

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Re:Bet you didn't think of this by nomadic · 2010-06-09 07:25 · Score: 2, Funny

I was told by several women that they didn't like Drakkar, Gio, Polo, Givenchy Pi, Joop, Oscar de la Renta, Quorum, Paloma's Minotaur, and Boss.

There's the problem, you're wearing them all at once. Believe me, women don't like that, I know from experience.
Re:Bet you didn't think of this by Nadaka · 2010-06-09 07:27 · Score: 2, Funny

Irritated isn't quite what I would call it.
It takes 1 breath of air near scented candles to cause me "irritation". A few minutes of exposure to scented candles and I will have chest pain and trouble breathing. It takes 15 minutes of exposure to scented candles and I will actually start bleeding from my nose. More than that soon I will start vomiting.
The chemicals used in many cleaning products and perfumes cause similar, but less severe reactions as well.
Location, location, location... by fahrbot-bot · 2010-06-09 07:35 · Score: 2, Funny

Can we get one of these mounted here in Norfolk, Va near the PETA office?

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Re:Bet you didn't think of this by Misagon · 2010-06-09 22:21 · Score: 2, Funny

I am appaled that the post above was moderated as "Funny".
This is a serious problem for many people, and that is not a joke!
Myself, I would suffer a migraine attack from 15 minutes exposure of the wrong type of scented candles (some are OK, some are not, it depends on the chemical in the scent).
And even if I can "cure" the migraine with medicine, that medicine has side-effects such as nausea, sleepiness and sluggishness .. and can have an adverse effect on your body in the long term.
I have had to make the cleaning woman at the office change to using different cleaning products so that I wouldn't suffer migraines there.
I have to change seats in the subway if someone with strong perfume seats herself (it is usually an older woman) too close to me.
This is no joke.

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