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Eddie Torres runs E. T. General Construction Inc. in Brooklyn. He has the best construction company slogan ever:
I would totally hire a construction guy with a nerdy sense of humor.
(You know, if he was also good at construction.)
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Comments
Great slogan but what a waste of a design. I can’t decide whether it’s hideous or atrocious.
Posted by: Matt | May 11, 2011 11:44 PM
I saw a slogan on the back of a construction pick-up truck once - sadly I can’t remember the company - but their slogan was “You’ll love our erections”
it still makes me chuckle!
Posted by: Gary | June 26, 2011 6:49 PM
I don’t know if I could stand to hire a contractor with kerning that bad…
Posted by: Alan Gilbertson | June 27, 2011 12:09 AM
@ Gary: I have an old t-shirt that reads, “Orange County Erectors - We Get It Up”.
Posted by: Matt | July 8, 2011 7:29 PM
Best sign is at a place in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. I laugh at it nearly every day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikholmberg/190299174/
Posted by: hank | August 3, 2011 8:49 PM