Risque ads: Live it up in Ky.'s 'Possibility City'

[October 13, 2009]  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Want to live it up in a thriving metropolitan city and find a girl with a tattoo on her -- well, in a strange place?

A recent ad campaign launched in Kentucky says all that can happen in Louisville. But some officials aren't laughing at the tongue-in-cheek ads boasting the benefits of "Possibility City."

Metro Councilman Doug Hawkins and other city officials have said several of the ads are in poor taste.

One depicts a young man who wants to get out of fictional Oblivion, Ohio, so he can find a girl with a risque tattoo. Another alludes to warnings on erectile-dysfunction medications, saying happiness lasting more than four hours is normal.

Despite the criticism, the marketing firm that created the campaign says the ads have gotten a positive response.

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Information from: The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com/

[Associated Press]

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