Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Ever want to know what to do when you sleep with a co-worker?

Or how about getting advice on how to effectively market your kid's lemonade stand?

Those pressing questions and more are answered in one of two new advice blogs based on two characters from the hit AMC series, "Mad Men."

There's "What Would Don Draper Do?" to which the creative director of the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency answers questions like "How do I avoid the temptation to buy a rifle with the store credit I got after returning the chip-n-dip my wife and I received as a duplicate wedding present?"

Someone else asks: "I'm a recently-married Junior Account Executive who's thinking about taking a mistress. How do I know which party girl is right for me?"

Another wants to know: "What if I can't make it happen at the Savoy with my wife on Valentine's Day?"

Then there is the "What Would Joan Holloway Do?" which follows the advice of the voluptious red-headed senior secretary who knows way too much about what's going on in the office.

She gets to answer more lurid questions like, "How many sexual partners should a woman have in her lifetime?"

In another entry, Joan offers this bit of tasty office advice: "Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided."

Did someone just say, "These aren't REAL people, dork?"

Au contraire.

If you're a fan of this great drama, check out the blogs.

Funny, blogs won't exist for them for another 40 years.

Still, I'll follow their advice to the letter.