Like My Brand? … Enough to Put it in Your Mouth?

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Extended Stay Motels invites you to drag your tongue over its amenities. Take your time, see what textures you like best. Think of it as testing Extended Stay’s promise: very clean rooms. But are they made of candy?

Me to David Griner of AdFreak: “Why is there a woman licking cities on Extended Stay’s homepage?”

“I don’t know, but when she licked Mobile, I kinda felt proud,” he answered. Four seconds later: “Nice, she actually licks my home town! Like, tongue contact and everything.”

First Converse, then “>Saturn, now Extended Stay. What’s with the oral fixation?

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