Seek to Misconstrue + a
Failure: The Blog 
April 2018
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
- Superman Couldn't Fly
- This School Shares Failures
- Jim Croce's Parents Hoped He Would Fail
- McDonald's Turns A Cheater Into A Winner
- Snake Eyes Was Made To Save Money
February 2018
- A Stolen Album Created Success
- The 1679 Habeas Corpus Act Passed Due To A Joke
- Changing The Print On A Box Saved Money
- George Washington Survived His Miserable Mother
- How Warehouse Stores Began
January 2018
- Reddit User Found Success Through Failure
- Remembering Famous Failures
- Mistake Or Genius Marketing?
- Waste From Our Eyes Lets Us See
- The Slinky Was Accidentally Created
December 2017
- Proceeding After A Failure
- An Elementary School Embraces Failure
- When Businesses Apologize
- How The Olympics Nearly Destroyed Montreal
- Benji Was A Shelter Dog!
November 2017
A Reverse April Fool’s Day
How would you like to get a brand new car all because you showed up with the advert and your trade-in at the dealership? Sounds too good to be true, right?
Most people in the New Zealand community thought so, too, seeing as how it was titled “April Fool’s Day Special” in the newspaper. But Tianna Marsh decided, why not try? Why not show up and see?
Photo © Flickr User Herb Real
The advert “definitely appeared too good to be true”, says BMW spokesman Ed Finn. “We wanted to turn the tables and reward the first person who was willing to take the chance.”
Marsh parked her old station wagon right in front of the dealership and was rewarded with a brand new BMW worth $37,000! The dealer put a license plate reading “NOF00L” which added to the cheekiness of the story. Sometimes something that seems unbelievable can be very rewarding!
