Jeff Hibbert sets a record for pithy and concise with his comment on the Ethics Quiz about the company that will pay your mortgage if you’ll let them turn your home into a billboard. Besides, it made me laugh, and I needed a laugh.
“Eventually, everything flat will have advertising on it. This is why I think a flat stomach is overrated.”
Ethics Alarms 
Why didn’t I think of all that first?? I have to admit that once, when I had a job that required my driving around the city a lot, I earned a few extra bucks by placing a transparent advertisement on the rear window of my truck. That’s one thing. Repainting your entire home for this, however, is both tacky and disrespectful to your neighbors. I suppose, though, that hairy, chubby guys walking around barechested with a KFC logo tattooed on is going to happen. What’ll be interesting is when women, demanding “equal rights”, follow suit!
The comment I almost made was actually about if it was fair to your neighbors to make your house look as ugly as possible. I’m guessing it’s your right, and what the hell, it makes your neighbor’s houses all look better by comparison, right?
The truth be told… such a house might well improve the looks of my neighborhood. At least it would be freshly painted!
Zoning would prevent this in my neighborhood, and a lot of others.
I prefer other locations for ads. For instance: http://consumerist.com/2010/10/kfc-expands-on-butt-ads-for-double-down.html
I’m not sure why this became news. Alcohol companies have been doing it for at least a decade. Hasn’t anyone ever been to a street festival?
I should have mentioned that, Jack. As a past neighborhood association president, I can tell you that our own deed restrictions would prohibit that sort of thing. I’d imagine that this is the case in most neighborhoods as well.
TGT: I thought THOSE kind of street festivals only happened in San Francisco!