Greyhound scraps ads after Canada bus beheading

AP via SFGate ^ | 8/6/8 | ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writer

[SmithL]

TORONTO, Canada (AP) -- Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel after one of its passengers was accused of beheading and cannibalizing another traveler.

The ad's tag line was "There's a reason you've never heard of 'bus rage.'"

[SmithL]

[SmithL]

Timing is everything.

[pissant]

LOL. What impeccable timing.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Man, heads are gonna roll over this one.

[Moose4]

Oopsie.

}:-)4

[TheWasteLand]

Ouch.

[rabidralph]

Can you imagine the marketing money that’s in the trash now because of this murder? Pens, keychains, tote bags, note pads, everything that was stamped with this slogan—rubbish! Not to mention any possible media buys associated with it.

[combat_boots]

oh no.

That’s like “The China Syndrome”’s reference to Pennsylvania. Everyone gasped when that line was said. I was one of the gaspers.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Greyhound Bus Lines! Head off today!!!

[weegee]

"You meet the most unusual people when you ride the bus...

Berg's encounter with 'terrorist' revealed (CNN Friday, May 14, 2004)

At one point during the bus ride, Berg said, the man sitting next to his son asked if he could use Nick's laptop computer.

"It turned out this guy was a terrorist and that he, you know, used my son's e-mail, amongst many other people's e-mail who he did the same thing to," Berg said.

Government sources said Berg gave the man his password, which was later used by Moussaoui, the sources said.

The sources said the man who used Berg's e-mail knew Moussaoui, now awaiting trial on federal charges that could bring a death sentence. But the sources would not disclose details of how the men were connected.

[Flycatcher]

Not to hijack the thread here, but whatever happened to the perp? Was he Muslim? Or was he just a Canadian pacifist returning from an anti-Steyn rally?

[weegee]

Greyhound Bus Lines: “We taking snoring seriously.”

[Red6]

So,

Is this because of Global Warming or Iraq? In either case, it's definitely Bush's fault!

[weegee]

Ah but the ad agency gets to sell them ANOTHER campaign. It wasn’t the advertiser’s fault that the first one bought is being shelved.

[SlowBoat407]

“Greyhound - Lets you keep your head while all about you are losing theirs”

[Freedom_no_exceptions]

Time to put their heads together and take a stab at a new campaign.

But seriously, all those trinkets should fetch some $$$ on E-Bay, unless they have a really broad anti-morbidity-factor policy.

[SlowBoat407]

Ah but the ad agency gets to sell them ANOTHER campaign. It wasn’t the advertiser’s fault that the first one bought is being shelved.

Yeah, but it's going to cost an arm and a leg.

[NRA2BFree]

Man, heads are gonna roll over this one.

LOL! You are sooo bad. ;o)