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The message boards were buzzing about this last week and I just couldn't bring myself to write about it. Then again, it's been a while since I've been able to bring myself to write about much of anything, but it's the new year, so what the hey.

Have you seen this circumspect ad for the VW Polo? The slogan says "Small but tough" and the creative "execution" (if that's what you want to call it

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