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  • June 23, 2013

    Dumb Ways to Die Wins Big at Cannes Festival of Creativity

    In November 2012 we posted about Dumb Ways to Die, an Australian train company’s public safety campaign video. The video just won top awards at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity. You can read more about the award from the Guardian: Cannes Lions: Dumb Ways to Die scoops top award.

    If you missed it last time, definitely check it out!

    In November 2012 we posted about Dumb Ways to Die, an Australian train company’s public safety campaign video. The video just won top awards at…

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  • November 29, 2012

    Dumb Ways to Die…the Public Service Announcement

    Dumb Ways to Die by John Mescall for Metro Trains Melbourne (2012)   Dumb Ways to Die: Australian rail company’s public safety warning video The…

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  • July 10, 2011

    Bristol City Council Plans for Zombie Attack

    When Zombies Attack! Bristol City Council Ready for Undead Invasion Local authority reveals ‘top secret’ plan outlining self-defence strategies should zombies invade Steven Morris, The…

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  • May 19, 2011

    CDC Prepares Citizens for Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

    Social Media: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse Ali S. Khan, CDC Public Health Matters Blog (May 16, 2011) Ah, zombies — irrepressible, insatiable, instantly recognizable… and…

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  • January 9, 2011

    Stay Classy, AccuQuote and CNN

    In the wake of Saturday’s shooting in Arizona, leaving among the dead a federal judge and a 9-year-old, with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition…

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  • November 13, 2010

    Toe Tags and Neck Holes

      FDA Unveils Proposed Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarette Packs Gardiner Harris, New York Times (November 10, 2010) The war on tobacco has gotten just…

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  • August 18, 2010

    Cemeteries: More than Just Gloom and Doom

    To Attract Future Customers, Cemeteries Hold Parties to Die For Graveyards Plan Concerts, Sky-Diving, Clowns; ‘Meet Us Before You Need Us’ Araby Williams, Wall Street…

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  • March 27, 2010

    Elephants? No. Leashed Dogs? Check.

    No Camels, Er, Unleashed Dogs Allowed in Cemetery Katie Mercer, The Province (March 25, 2010) This is normally the sort of story I’d tweet, but…

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  • March 26, 2010

    “From Guns to Our Guest,” Warns Funeral Home Billboard

    Funeral Director’s Billboards: “Don’t End Up Here” Elizabeth Schubert , 13WHAM, Rochester, New York (March 26, 2010) A funeral director in Rochester, New York, counteracts…

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  • February 25, 2010

    Sexy Coffin Calendar Showdown!

    Coffin Calendars Are a Sexy Hit New Poland Express (October 16, 2009) via Trendhunter Magazine, “Controversial Casket Calendars” Last October DeathRef tweeted about Italian coffin…

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  • December 29, 2009

    Dead Drunk Funeral Freebies for NYE

    Free Funerals for Drunk Drivers Jerry Carnes, 11Alive (December 29, 2009) A public awareness campaign for drunk driving meets cheeky morbidity in Rome, Georgia. Here…

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