Quaker Life Involved in Latest Contextual Ad Calamity

While the world breathlessly awaited the fate of Balloon Boy yesterday, this Quaker Life banner with the “Rollover to Float” tagline appeared next to an article that was posted while the whole Falcon fable was at its climax. Despite the obvious media fail, this Life flub did at least succeed in reminding us of memorable tunes like Modest Mouse’s “Float On” and Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights”.

Via College Humor

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