Leetahkin
07-25-2005, 12:52 PM
Man Ambushed by Own Personal Ad
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Lance Archibald got the shock of his life the other day while heading down the freeway.
There alongside Interstate 15 in Lindon, Utah, was a billboard bearing his own smiling face — and the words "I'm Lance! Let's go out!"
"His eyes got bigger, and he leaned forward and said, 'What in the world?'" Archibald's co-worker Noelle Bates told the Deseret Morning News.
Turns out his colleagues at Lindon-based LogoWorks, a graphic-design firm, thought Lance, at 31, was getting a bit long in the tooth to stay single — and created the very visible personal ad.
"It kind of came out of discussions we had that Lance is such a good guy, but not married," said LogoWorks CEO Morgan Lynch. "Someone threw out the idea of getting a billboard."
Next to Archibald's smiling, Matthew Broderick-esque mug on the roadside ad — and the Web site viewers are directed to, www.DateLance.com — are his credentials, each accompanied by a check mark: "Returned Missionary," "ex-BYU Basketball Player," "Harvard MBA" and "Loves Kids."
There's a fifth item, "Sense of Humor," but that's prefaced by a question mark, and the man of the moment does seem a little irritated by the spotlight.
"We wouldn't say he has LIKED the attention," admits the Frequently Asked Questions page on the Web site, which has already gotten hundreds of hits. "but he's been cool about it and so far no revenge has been taken."
Archibald certainly doesn't sound like he's in a rush to get to the altar.
"I'm not overly concerned about [marriage]," he told the Deseret Morning News. "I'm pretty happy right now. I'd like to get married, but it's not a concern."
— Thanks to Out There readers Gordon T. and Ron S.
And other fun stories in this link (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163496,00.html)
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Lance Archibald got the shock of his life the other day while heading down the freeway.
There alongside Interstate 15 in Lindon, Utah, was a billboard bearing his own smiling face — and the words "I'm Lance! Let's go out!"
"His eyes got bigger, and he leaned forward and said, 'What in the world?'" Archibald's co-worker Noelle Bates told the Deseret Morning News.
Turns out his colleagues at Lindon-based LogoWorks, a graphic-design firm, thought Lance, at 31, was getting a bit long in the tooth to stay single — and created the very visible personal ad.
"It kind of came out of discussions we had that Lance is such a good guy, but not married," said LogoWorks CEO Morgan Lynch. "Someone threw out the idea of getting a billboard."
Next to Archibald's smiling, Matthew Broderick-esque mug on the roadside ad — and the Web site viewers are directed to, www.DateLance.com — are his credentials, each accompanied by a check mark: "Returned Missionary," "ex-BYU Basketball Player," "Harvard MBA" and "Loves Kids."
There's a fifth item, "Sense of Humor," but that's prefaced by a question mark, and the man of the moment does seem a little irritated by the spotlight.
"We wouldn't say he has LIKED the attention," admits the Frequently Asked Questions page on the Web site, which has already gotten hundreds of hits. "but he's been cool about it and so far no revenge has been taken."
Archibald certainly doesn't sound like he's in a rush to get to the altar.
"I'm not overly concerned about [marriage]," he told the Deseret Morning News. "I'm pretty happy right now. I'd like to get married, but it's not a concern."
— Thanks to Out There readers Gordon T. and Ron S.
And other fun stories in this link (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163496,00.html)