Read a Book, Get Oral Sex?

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Read a Book, Get Oral Sex?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York officials were red-faced on Friday after they discovered that clothing ads on city buses that appeared to promote reading suggested a love of books could be rewarded with oral sex.

The advertisements that ran on about 200 buses across the city in recent months carried posters displaying a suggestively posed woman in hot pants kneeling among a pile of books beside the snappy slogan "Read Books, Get Brain."

What unhip, unsuspecting local transportation officials did not know was that "get brain" is street slang for oral sex.

The ads -- from hip-hop clothing maker Akademiks, which intended the double-entendre -- was stripped off New York buses on Friday after transportation officials discovered the street slang meaning.

Metropolitan Transit Authority spokesman Tom Kelly condemned the "vulgar street phrases" in the racy ads he said were "demeaning women."

"To me and I believe to everyone else, while it was done by a clothing line, it would give the impression that it was also promoting reading and literacy," Kelly told Reuters.

"It's easy enough to understand how that would get by based upon someone not knowing the expression."

A spokesman for the New York-based clothing maker noted the ad campaign had run since September and "we hadn't had any complaints at all."

New York officials may not be the only ones caught out.

Akademiks also placed the ads on buses and bus shelters in Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, San Francisco and Philadelphia, the company spokesman said.

Kelly, who said he was his 60s, said that after he was tipped to the hidden meaning of the phrase on Thursday he ran a test among some young MTA workers.

"I went downstairs to the mailroom and showed some of the young guys a copy of the ad," he said. "I was watching their faces and they all start smirking.

"Apparently it's on all the music, in music that's how they refer to it," Kelly said. "I didn't know anything about it and I'm sure the people that approved the ad didn't."

Kelly said it was sad that "you can't take things at face value any longer," adding, "We'll have to learn from experience before we accept ads."

[Grimey]

I've never heard the term "get brain" before in my life.

[JohnnyCNote]

I guess because the brain is within the head, or maybe it's referring to when guys have their brains in the "little head".....

[ViRaL1]

Metropolitan Transit Authority spokesman Tom Kelly condemned the "vulgar street phrases" in the racy ads he said were "demeaning women."

Since most of us here are guys, I'm curious to see if anyone else is offended by this. How often does anyone hear about the idea of men giving women sex (oral or otherwise) as 'demeaning to men'?

[thayne]

I never hear of that term before either, but I like it!

Ha ha, "Get Brain"

[JohnnyCNote]

Since most of us here are guys, I'm curious to see if anyone else is offended by this. How often does anyone hear about the idea of men giving women sex (oral or otherwise) as 'demeaning to men'?

This was the cause of a feud between Tony and Junior Soprano, and eventually led to a attempt on Tony's life in the first season. Tony found out about Junior's fondness for "whistling in the wheat" and embarrassed him in front of others. So it would appear that it's a definite issue in some cultures....

[ViRaL1]

Not necessarily oral, just sex in general. Other than making us hold their purses or getting us to respond to pet names, what constitutes women demeaning men?

[Faustus]

I got reciepts!

[Conquest10]

I never hear of that term before either, but I like it!

Ha ha, "Get Brain"

It seems to be more New York street slang. I know some rap songs in 2001 used the term (I haven't listened to the "genre" since then).

[lordsmurf]

This is stupid.

[northcat_8]

I only hear it about 37 times a day. Brain, skull, face, etc. Anything involving the cranium in reference to sex, is oral sex.

The advertising agency however, should be fired. Seems to me that advertising people spend several hours studying the population to determine identities like culture, society, etc. Missing something like "Get brain" is completely unexceptable and shows a serious lack of connectivity to the target audience.

For god's sake Cingy even rapped about it in "Holiday Inn" - "I done blazed the instrumental, laid it plain and simple Getting brain in the rental, I done did it again, My eyes chinky, I'm wit Chingy, at the Holidae Inn"

I know not extremely popular, but advertising agencies are in the business of knowing their public.

[tgpo]

I've heard "Getting Head" but never "Getting Brain"

[Capmaster]

I've heard "Getting Head" but never "Getting Brain"

Even "get skull" but never get brain. Guess I'll never truly be a gangsta

[lordsmurf]

Got milk. Get brain.
Anything can be dirty to the perverse minded.

[CoasterCreator]

I guess if it is some thing trendy then the kids will say it to be " cool "

I heard some kid a while a go that he was getting Helmet...I thought I heard him wrong but as he continued with his conversation , I knew I had heard him correctly ...... I dont rally care what they call it but I would not mind getting some of it

[northcat_8]

Did someone say "got milk"

[handyguy]

When a guy unzips his pants, his brain falls out.