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Fred finds the oddest tidbits on the web ... as he put it, "paint to imply the existence of something you can't see, to conceal something else you can't see anyway."

"Well, we'd be lying if we said we didn't think our new billboard campaign would turn some heads. Frankly, that was the whole idea. I mean, why put up a billboard unless it's going to grab some attention? However, little did we know that nude backs would cause so much angst.

"However, then an FM99 listener came up with what seemed like a great idea: Why not just paint bikini straps on our lovely models? And so that's how we wound up on Military Highway Monday morning, watching as a painter worked his magic. [...]"

Yes, they painted bikini straps across the photos of women's backs (their butts were already covered by a black bar with words on it that went across the whole width of the billboard) so that people wouldn't be upset about knowing that the women's fronts were bare. What were people scared to look in their rear view mirrors after passing the billboard lest they see (OMG EEK SCARY) bare breasts on the other side of the billboard or something? Or maybe it was just knowing that the models had been topless in front of the photographer during the shoot? Yow. What an odd culture I live in.

Before & after photos of the billboard at the link above.