Racy Ads Are Best Viewed Privately

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FishNChimps tells the hilarious story of how he dozed off on the train with the pages of his GQ magazine open to an ad for John White footwear which falls squarely into the category of “great to look at but not in a public place.” Mid-doze, he awoke with a start that seemingly caught the attention of a woman reading the Evening Standard who did her best to politely conceal her chuckle behind the paper after seeing FishNChimps’ embarrassment over having been caught with a lingerie-clad booty and a pendulous set of cleavage resting on his lap.

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We can certainly identify with FishnChimps’ plight having on more than several occasions been “caught” by female employees entering the office while all manner of racy ads graced out screen including this and this and this and this and thisand this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and…OK, OK…it’s hard to stop!

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