40 Times Poor Ad Placement Ended Up Being Pure Comedy
Advertising is meant to grab attention, but sometimes it does that in ways no one intended. Billboards, with their giant size and public placement, are especially vulnerable to happy accidents. When two ads end up next to each other at the wrong time, or when clever copy collides with unexpected imagery, the result can be unintentional comedy gold.
From fast food chains accidentally roasting each other, to dramatic movie posters placed next to cheerful family ads, to health campaigns that suddenly look ironic because of what’s beside them, these billboard mishaps are a reminder that even the most carefully planned marketing can go sideways. So, here are some billboard placements that have been turned into pure comedy, whether by bad luck, poor planning, or just the universe having a sense of humor. Get ready for giant-scale laughs.
#1 Not Sure If This Billboard Placement Was Intentional, But It Sure Got A Chuckle Out Of Me
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#2 The Greatest Ad Placement Ever
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#3 Catholic School Bus Design Fail
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#4 Heart Failure And McDonald’s
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#5 That’s Funny
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#6 This Ad At A Bus Stop
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#7 Funny Bus Ad
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#8 Good Catch
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#9 Perfect Ad Placement
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#10 They Didn’t Plan On People Opening The Window
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#11 Hunger?
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#12 Former Daycare Left Some Signage Up When They Had To Sell The Property
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#13 Life Has A Certain Poetry To It
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#14 Accidentally Snowman
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#15 Emotional Damage
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#16 I’m Trying To Get Home
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#17 She Chose Nothing
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#18 Well, Uh…. Thanks For The Warning?
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#19 Lube Ad
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#20 Shocked By This Bus Design
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#21 Welcome To El Paso, Texas
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#22 Truly Perfect Wording
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#23 This Ad Is Going To Hell
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#24 The Tail Light Placement On These Bus Ads Is Either C**ppy Or Genius
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#25 Just Riding The Bus
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#26 Only M**ders In This Building
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#27 Best Ad Placement Ever
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#28 Company Called Lampoo And Their Cr**py Van Branding
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#29 First Terrible Ad Placement I’ve Gotten
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#30 Superb Ad Placement At Stuttgart International Airport
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#31 Umm What
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#32 Someone Didn’t Quite Think That One All The Way Through
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#33 The Poster On The Back Of This Bus
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#34 Did Reddit Put This Ad With This Post On Purpose? No Way That Is Random, Right?
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#35 Deportation Story With Ad For Moving Service – Cringe
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#36 To Advertise With A Billboard
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#37 Ad Placement…
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#38 This Bus Keyhole
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#39 Nice Ad Placement Reddit!
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#40 Inappropriate Diaper Ad Placement
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