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I'm trying to only post pictures or videos of things that I personally have taken or know I am allowed to post, so from now on I'll be linking you to things.

Apeldoorn is the name of a Dutch town that is the home to Centraal Beheer the largest Insurance firm in the Netherlands. Sometimes it is just refered to as Apeldoorn. I found them the other day because of this photo. What you are looking at is the back of a bus. Imagine dozing off for a second only to awake seeing that! Their advertisment "Even Apeldoorn Bellen" translates to Just call Apeldoorn or Let's call Apeldoorn.

There advertising campaign has been going on for the last 15 years. Almost all of their commercials are quick humorous spots followed by their catch phrase. Here are two that I enjoyed. This one isn't in Dutch but has Dutch subtitles and it's about two cleaning ladies. Click. The other one doesn't have any words and is about a dog and a boat. You'll see what I mean. Click. There are many other ones. Some that I liked and you can look at for yourself are about a Jamaican Street Painter and one about a man having acupuncture done just to name a few.

You can find out more about this company here. Thank you internet. I was just getting ready to post this when I watch another funny video about a man who tesitfied against the mob.
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