I mentioned this once or twice before, and was amused to find the actualy advertisement that wikipedia mentioned. Here’s the text from the scanned in page:

If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he’d be President today.

It floats.

The way our boy is built, we’d be surprised if it didn’t.

The sheet of flat steel that goes udnerneath every Volkswagen keeps out water, as well as dirt and salt and other nasty things that can eat away at the underside of a car. So it’s watertight at the bottom.

And everybody knows it’s easier to shut the door on a Volkswagen after you’ve rolled won the window a little. That proves it’s practically airtight on top.

If it was a boat, we could call it the Water Bug.

It’s not a boat, it’s a car.

And, like mary Jo kapechne, It’s only 99 and 44/100 percent pure.

So it won’t stay afloat forever. Just long enough.

Poor Teddy.

If he’d been smart enough to buy a Volkswagen, he never would have gotten into hot water.

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