O. J. Wangen, Evil Paint Seller

It makes no difference whether you want your house painted or not; whether you want to use Sherwin-Williams or another brand; whether you plan to do it yourself or employ a different company. None of this counts in the face of O. J. Wangen's plan for world domination. "Let us have our way... We will have it, all or part of it in the end."

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Comments

Sounds like there was a bit of a sales war going on in the area.

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Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/18/12 at 10:41 AM

Am I the only one who wonders what color that guy is painting the world?

Posted by Malk on 03/18/12 at 10:43 PM

Ask and ye shall be enlightened.
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Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/19/12 at 01:00 AM

What is it with guys called O.J.? Are they all controlling psychos? Color me intrigued.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/19/12 at 11:22 AM

Almost as funny is the ad above it for Love, the Tailor that asks in big, bold letters "Want Good Clotles?". I'm not sure I'd know good clotles from bad ones, but a Google search reveals Clotles to be a kind of pharmaceutical, with a couple of businesses specializing in work or women's clotles and one person looking for a place to recycle old clotles.

Posted by Eoin on 03/26/12 at 04:45 AM

Somebody got dinged for that one. Today it would have made national headlines and a whole host of lawyers would have been employed (for years) on both sides of the multi-million dollar suit.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/26/12 at 05:59 AM

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