We received a whopping 231 entries–an inordinately high number for the frequently slow month of August–correctly identifying last month’s Fake Ad for the HolloSys tunnel system. The ad appeared on page 77 of the August issue, and referred to the names of the recently escaped Mexican drug lord and the two New York prison inmates who gave new meaning to the phrase “love ’em and leave ’em.”
Tim McDaniel spotted the ad all the way from Alta, Iowa. “Greetings from Iowa!” McDaniel wrote. “We spend each summer in Ann Arbor (I teach at the Univ. of Michigan) and really like and appreciate the AA Observer … Nice job, by the way–that was a tough name to incorporate into a Fake Ad.”
Two very observant Observerites, Dave Moore and Judi Taylor, even noticed that the address in the ad was on McQueen Blvd., a tribute to actor Steve McQueen’s role in The Great Escape.
Our winner was Brady Carpenter, who is taking his prize to Regent Hotel and Suites.
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To enter this month’s contest, find the fake ad in the September issue and follow the instructions on bottom of the Back Page. The fake ad always contains the name of last month’s winner in some form.