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    Posted: June 30 2014 at 07:36
This one is a political ad for a candidate in the U.S. state of Minnesota.  I don't know how GoogleAds linked me to this one:
 
- I live in Pennsylvania and am not using a proxy server;
- I don't live in Minnesota, never have, and have never been registed to vote there;
- I'm not a member of the DFL party, never have been, don't know anyone who is.
 
Given the global reach of the site I figure other people also see ads that just flat miss.  Please share yours Smile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2014 at 08:13

Wow! That one missed by a country mile.



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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2014 at 10:09
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Anyway, I'm a practitioner so GoogleAdSense shows me something like a promo of a medical website.
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2014 at 10:16
Last election season I kept getting an ad for a guy running for office in Ohio.  Ohio is much closer to Michigan than Minnesota is to Pennsylvania, but I still couldn't vote for him.
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Points: 13634 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2014 at 16:02
I had adverts for weeks on end for a mature dating site. One photo was especially tempting, I have to say!LOL

Needless to say, as a happily married man, I have never visited such sites. Good try, though.
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Points: 37 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2018 at 06:58
About a year ago, i regularly saw ads for cremation services, but have not lately reported anyone having died.  

I guess they were being hopeful.
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I'm currently getting ads for a chain of golf stores in the US featuring an in-store only promotion to trade in your old clubs.  I'm on the wrong side of the Atlantic and I haven't picked up a golf club since my last go on Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf when I was approximately twelve.
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