Taming the Beast

[SabrinaR]

I was driving my husband to work this morning when I saw a billboard with Tame the Beast and something to do with health care on it and the beast is an octopus. I was annoyed by this billboard that I had to go search it out... heres the link.


http://www.athenahealth.com/blog/2010/09/01/taming-the-beast/

 

[CaptFish]

LOL, I swear that octopus is Pen!

 

[SabrinaR]

LOL I actually did think of you when I saw the pic on the article.

 

[L8 2 RISE]

While I'm mildly annoyed at the fact that the octopus is being shown as a threatening beast, I actually think it's pretty clever. The point is to display the the many different aspects and possible entanglements with healthcare and the octopus is a good representation with it's many grasping arms and ability to capture things.

 

[Lmecher]

Oh my god! I also thought of Pen. Now I feel kind of bad, poor Pen will be forever thought of as a beast.
I love seeing the octopus in advertising, very appropriate, insurance claims can be hideously complicated.

 

[DWhatley]

el Diablo Rojo might have been a better choice since it could get it's hooks into everything and shoot out tenticles just when you thought you had escaped it.