Do you think this got more attention than a scary PSA about cancer?

Lesson: Your message doesn’t get heard if no one is listening.  Make it worth paying attention.

Update: A reader suggested this one instead:

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Lance March 16, 2010 at 4:05 pm

This definitely makes a colonoscopy sound not so “bad”… A great way to present a message that is not necessarily fun to think about. And the flip side is…where else can this same thinking be applied??

Linda East March 17, 2010 at 1:16 pm

especially funny having just had my scope this month.

Eureka Janet March 17, 2010 at 9:19 pm

Now you have my mind twisting around the idea of a mammogram-mashup…*wink~!

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