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This is not a joke. But it is nonetheless very very funny.
I love it! Now, again, please get over the whole name thing. Please.
Hat tip: Ross Douthat. Commentary worth clicking the link. And me say that I myself want to see a map where Canada includes all the West Indies, call it Absolut Caribe. Anyone have their own irredentisms (or reverse irredentisms) that they'd like to see on a bus stop billboard for an alcoholic drink? Suggestions in comments, please.
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I heard about that last week. I was amused too.
Randy pointed me to the Third Russian Empire:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/177-a-map-of-russia%e2%80%99s-third-empire-2053/
(or here: http://tinyurl.com/yuwpoh). I am surprised that it doesn't have Alaska annexed back to Russia in that given the source.
darn. can't find one of my personal favourite: annexing Mexico!
Maybe I'll whip one up. I've not trotted out the loonie idea for a while. ;)
Posted by: Will Baird | April 08, 2008 at 05:07 AM
I think I've mentioned the Jack Daniel's ad I've seen in NYC, which has a bottle of Old No. 7 in front of a list of various Western Hemisphere countries. The slogan? "Todos Somos Americanos."
(Lou Dobbs must be outraged. "LEPERS! DRUNK LEPERS! WHO WILL DRINK AND GIVE YOU LEPROSY! LISTEN TO ME! THEY'RE TAKING OUR JOBS AND DRINKING MY BOURBON!")
Posted by: Carlos | April 08, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Even better than Dobbs are the loonies all over the map about the NAU. garsh. Talk about Fruit Loops Inc. It's also seems to be a transnational memetic infection.
sheesh.
Posted by: Will Baird | April 08, 2008 at 08:57 PM
A Bombay Sapphire Ad, or perhaps a Beefeater one, featuring a map from "The Two Georges"?
Seesha ads from....Turkey with the Sultanate at, say 1660 or so.
Ads run during NASCAR thick with magnolias and a Confederacy including Cuba, Haiti, and Panama.
Posted by: Luke | April 08, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Reminded me of this:
http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/card00132_fr.jpg
Posted by: Dennis Brennan | April 09, 2008 at 12:17 AM
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/41-amikejo-the-worlds-first-and-only-esperanto-state/#more-104
Viva Amikejo!
Posted by: Dennis Brennan | April 09, 2008 at 02:24 AM
Absolut Magyarország! (Greater Hungary: http://www.talmamedia.com/map/hhcounty/hhcounty.htm -- the reason Hungary had a navy until after WWI is that it included Dalmatia.)
Posted by: Michael | April 09, 2008 at 04:55 AM
You could also probably do something with Absolut Boricua, with Puerto Rico the size of the US, and the US being a small commonwealth. That would go over great. In general, I think this was a fantastic idea for a campaign. About time people laughed about stuff like this.
Somewhat similar to this phenomenon: There was a series of ads sometime last year showing glaciers labeled e.g. "Isla Verde" and "Fajardo", for some alcoholic beverage connoting coldness. I loved those. (So much that I forget what they advertised, but still.)
Posted by: Michael | April 09, 2008 at 04:59 AM