You don't really need to sell ice cream to us. You already had us at 'ice cream.' Not everyone is as easily sold on the cold, sweet stuff as we are, though, and so ice cream giant Baskin Robbins has a hidden reminder about how extensive their range of flavors is smack bang in the middle of their logo. There's a reason why half of the 'B' and half of the 'R' are picked out in pink instead of blue - it's so they make the number 31.
Why is 31 so important to Baskin Robbins? If you order from there regularly, you'll already know. Baskin Robbins offers 31 unique flavors of ice cream - one for every day of the month (except shorter months, but we'll let them have that). The logo is a reminder than there's always a new flavor for you to try!
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.