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What Would You Use Michael Phelps to Sell?

Phelps in Midstroke (Speedo USA/Michael Muller)

Michael Phelps is the billion dollar man of the moment. He’s the one the kids currently want on their Wheaties. So, let’s say, hypothetically, you’ve got his agent on the line and he owes you the biggest favor in the world…

So,what do you use Micahel Phelps to sell? Anything is game. (He’s already hawking Visa Inc., Speedo, Omega, AT&T Wireless, PowerBar, Kellogg’s, Rosetta Stone, and PureSport.)

I’d put his face on a box of fishticks. Maybe a box of Phelpsticks.

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  1. I’d prolly use him to sell freakishly talented athletes that boost national morale

    • 01:10 PM 08.15.08 by robotsock
  2. I’d use him to sell shoes for bigfooted dudes. We would team up together to develop the best range of shoes for size 13 and up. They will be called Phancy Phelps Pheet Phlippers.

    • 01:25 PM 08.15.08 by Geoff
  3. i would use him as a conservation spokesperson for endangered dolphins, because of his gigantic flipper feet.

    • 01:26 PM 08.15.08 by my986
  4. Did you guys forget he is a swimmer? Talk about one of the less popular sports in american history…He is an unattractive and goofy swim nerd. VISA and all the other big corps are wasting their advertising dollars. This guy couldn’t sell ice to an eskimo.

    • 01:51 PM 08.15.08 by Erik
  5. I’d just have him teach people how to do that move when he pushes off the wall, swims underwater for a bit and looks like some kind of human/eel creature. It’s wiggidy-whack and worth millions.

    • 03:38 PM 08.15.08 by rhino44
  6. “This guy couldn’t sell ice to an eskimo.”

    I don’t think anyone could sell ice to an eskimo. They already have plenty of it!

    I’d use him to sell cars. “When I’m on land, I use a…”

    • 03:44 PM 08.17.08 by ssk
  7. drinking water…..

    • 11:15 PM 08.20.08 by galiphole
  8. How about selling steroids?

    • 04:03 PM 09.16.08 by alphamale
  9. I would use him to sell the idea that marijuana should be legalized. “Look, I’m intelligent and multiple Olympic gold medalist, I should be allowed to smoke something that’s less harmful than ingesting alcohol.”






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