Translation of Ballantine Ad: LEAVE YOUR MARK / Alcohol Abuse Is Detrimental To Your Health. Consume In Moderation.
i’m so international.
One of my readers somewhere in France sent me this photo, complete with the English translation of the billboard.
Thanks “St Paul-i”!
[Photo added to Photos: Self-Unemployed]
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About Al K Hall
Like a battered drinker or a punch drunk boxer, i am here for another round.
For those of you who don’t know me, i’m a semi-professional writer on the rocks and a non-practicing alcoholic (if after 30 years of practicing, you still can't do something well, it's best to just give it up). For those of you who do know me, thanks for stopping by anyway and where’s the ten bucks you owe me?
Welcome to my Bar None. A hole in the wall where we can hang out and trade the kind of stories you swap only when you’ve had one too many and either can’t find your way home or are afraid to. Hell, it’s cheaper than therapy and plus the pictures are prettier. Here we’ll crack open bottles and jokes and ‘last call’ are the only dirty words you’ll never hear.
Pull up a stool and make yourselves at home.
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December 12th, 2009 at 6:04 am
I dunno, isn’t alcohol a presurvative? It could be the only thing keeping him froma dirt jacket
December 12th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
True, but the booze is also making him Leave His Mark on the bench. Everything’s a trade-off.
Al K Hall
December 16th, 2009 at 3:48 am
It’s a really poignant photo that your, ahem, reader captured, Al darling. I love the irony it it, the sadness of it, the contrast with the ad for a pretty expensive whiskey and this impoverished alcohol abuser. It’s a gem of a find.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:41 am
One of those serendipitous moments, i guess. Everything musta fallen into place for St Paul-i at just the right moment.
Al K Hall