The efficacy of complicated subliminal messages such as this is much disputed, however.

Shakespeare's Sonnets have a much more complicated, pained, and almost indecipherable message about love.

Long sentences can become complicated and so obscure the message.

"After a brutal battle for deficit reduction in '93, we know it's a complicated message," he said in a White House interview.

Thanks to Robinton, we have a code that permits us to send long and complicated messages.

Yet I am disinclined to heed a complicated message from a stranger.

A simple request to vote for a particular bill can easily be relayed over the phone, while a more complicated message might better be put in writing.

Austin was unconcerned because everyone had gone over the plan many times, and hand signals were adequate for all but the most complicated message.

Unfortunately, I'm not done with the complicated positioning message.

"People have a very hard time with complicated messages," says Thun.