Driving home from work today, I saw this billboard off of Huntington Drive just inside El Sereno.
I did a double take.
The text made it look like an ad for a horror film, but I wondered whether the letter P and the number 2 were really boldly emblazoned 10-feet up. Did that mean this was actually advertising a movie titled “P2″? Or was this a joke–like some kind of psychologically-twisted ad for a nutritional supplement?
You see, in Spanish, “P2″ translates literally to “pe-dos.” That means gas–the kind that comes from humans, not the kind cars use.
Sadly, after some research I found out that the movie’s name is actually “P2.”
This is what happens when you don’t have any Spanish-speakers working anywhere near where movies get made and marketed.
Good job, Hollywood. Keep up the good work and continue to advertise for flatulence in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
Even better than the Chevy no-va.
i drive by that billboard in el sereno regularly too. now i’ll think of your blog every time and laugh out loud! HA!
That’s the first thing I noticed about this billboard! Like I say, “Esta vez si la cagaron.”
Damn, that is hilarious! I wouldn’t have thought of it, but now it seems impossible to NOT think of the terror that entails being accompanied by the P2.
A new level of “guacatela.”