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Dublin Bus advertising
Oct. 21st, 2008 08:17 pmLarge, plain, san-serif font on otherwise unadorned back of a double-decker:
The Bus.I like that.
Do you get it yet?
First I saw Halifax (at least, I think it was Halifax) doing a spoof of the Crimson Permanent gag (the building that turns into a sailing ship), and tonight in the gym I saw Studio B's 2006? track, I see girls (not entirely safe for work, due to, uh, running women and gratuituous camera angles...)
movie rental alternatives
Apr. 15th, 2008 02:49 pmSince one Justin Mason inadvertently brought my attention to another Irish DVDs-by-email company (MovieStar), I had a poke at their website; it's interesting to compare MovieStar with my own suppliers, ScreenClick:
- both have a big-image splash pages, although the MovieStar one comes with some useful links (including, er, two to the page you're on)
- both advertise €7.99 starter packages (MovieStar claims it's "the cheapest place in Ireland to rent DVDs" despite this)
- "movie rentals to your door" vs "DVDs to your door"
- both have a two-week free trial
- both have near-identical four-step "how it works" diagrams
- both have near-identical product offerings (same prices and restrictions; only ScreenClick offers the four-disc-per-month version, however)
caution: graphic anti-speeding advert
May. 7th, 2007 11:51 pmDon't click on this link lightly; it's a TV spot in support of a recently-launched road safety campaign targetted at excessive speed, using the tagline the faster the speed, the bigger the mess. It's been rated as 15/15A for cinema viewing and cannot be broadcast on national TV before 9pm; I saw it on TV during the week and to be honest found it difficult viewing. My only concern is that too many people in this country seem to think, "ah, but that wouldn't happen to me".
what's behind door number three, Bob?
Feb. 11th, 2007 10:42 pmJudging by TV adverts at the moment, if you can't get a date for Valentine's, your next option is to overdose on chocolate, and failing that, drink.
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tongodeon continues to lose The Bet
Dec. 29th, 2006 03:12 pmPoster featured all over Ireland (noted furry haven, I'm sure) this Christmas.
poor timing
Oct. 30th, 2006 09:57 pmJust saw an advert on TV for www.cdwow.ie which mentioned free delivery, so I figured I'd check them out. The site is displaying Perl debug traces (Data::Dumper output) all over the place and no DVD images, prices or other details. That's that advertising budget wasted...
peer pressure
Oct. 13th, 2006 08:04 amSomeone had an advert in the run-up to 2000 for their shiny new beer (maybe it was Guinness pushing Breo?) which had a intended-to-be-devilish guy (black-suited, bald, sly smile, syrupy voice) talking about a new beer for a new millennium yadda yadda yadda. The advert was all jump-cuts and what not, and at one point he says, "it's not like I'm asking you to... SELL your SOUL", then there's a jump-cut, then he says, very emphatically, "DRINK THE BEER".
I'm sure that guy was sitting somewhere near me last night. Damn him. Oh wait, he probably doesn't need damning.
I'm sure that guy was sitting somewhere near me last night. Damn him. Oh wait, he probably doesn't need damning.
in seattle you must visit
Jun. 11th, 2006 05:14 pmThe Wayward Coffee Shop, 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle 98103. Ask for Broenwynn, and if she's there tell her waider sent you. Free wireless intarweb, dog-friendly, fair trade approved, all the good stuff.
random passing thought
May. 22nd, 2006 10:31 amSo it was stereotypical to the point of humour[1] for a while (before we all got jaded, dontcha know) that any advert featuring a woman doing something outdoorsy and/or flexible was selling tampons or sanitary towels. Now there are a lot of adverts featuring various diverse outdoorsy things which are for... the British Army. There's a punchline here, I'm sure.
[1] I don't recall if any advertising agency ever took this up; I have a vague recollection of seeing something where a woman is on a street in a wetsuit, walking fifteen dogs, and dancing to uptempo music as she walks, and someone says, "must be her time of the month" or equivalent euphemism.
[1] I don't recall if any advertising agency ever took this up; I have a vague recollection of seeing something where a woman is on a street in a wetsuit, walking fifteen dogs, and dancing to uptempo music as she walks, and someone says, "must be her time of the month" or equivalent euphemism.
truth in advertising
Mar. 11th, 2006 07:28 pmCurrent advert for some Rimmell mascara product includes the voiced-over phrase, "the more you use, the sexier you are". Just in case a writhing model in lingerie didn't implant the idea in your head straight away, I guess.
well, it made *me* laugh
Jul. 24th, 2005 11:47 amxtingu commented in a thread elsewhere to the effect that you can't even use toilets without being advertised to. During a rugby tournament earlier this year, I snapped the attached picture in a pub toilet ( cos it made me giggle. )worth waiting for
Apr. 25th, 2004 08:00 pmNike Football. This is the "Cantona Cut", apparently only available on the 'net. The 90-second TV cut features way more stylish football. The final tackle on Ronaldinho is a keeper, though. And Ronaldinho dummying one of the opposition is something worth watching in slow motion to see the astounding ball control (stop sniggering down the back)
found old mail
Apr. 9th, 2004 03:49 amI posted this to a mailing list in February 1994. I've no idea where it originated, although I'm sure if there's an online copy google has it.
(Taken from an actual Compaq ad in a British magazine.)
Compaq Wishes To Apologize For This Advertisement.
In particular, we wish to apologize for the headline. We suggest you skip it and go straight to the rest of the ad, after which you should simply FILL IN AND POST THE COUPON. If you haven't got time to read the ad, SIMPLY FILL IN AND POST THE COUPON. On your way to POST THE COUPON you may pass a COMPAQ dealer in which case simply GO IN AND BUY A COMPAQ. This will save you the price of a stamp.
HOW TO PROVE THAT COMPAQ RUNS 30% FASTER THAN IBM. Buy two greyhounds, name one COMPAQ and the other IBM. Feed COMPAQ on lean steak and IBM on old socks stuffed with rabbit droppings. After a month, enter both in the 3.30 at Hackney and you will notice that Compaq runs at least 30% faster than IBM. Of course, this test is totally unfair and one-sided, but gives the same result as racing the computers in your office.
PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST NASTY ACCIDENTS. (Picture of statue w/o arms or legs is shown at left.) This is what happens to computer operators who lose all the data on an important disk. Protect yourself with a built-in tape back-up safety system. Too bad if you own an IBM or some other make, only COMPAQ computers have them.
SIN IN STYLE -- SOFTWEAR WORLD. Sorry. Wrong. Terribly sorry. Sorry to disappoint those of you who were hoping for something titillating, but this whole section is in fact the result of a silly spelling mistake. Instead of softwear, please read software. Then reach for any IBM catalogue, in which you will find listed thousands of programs you can run on COMPAQ computers. So sorry.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IBM SOFTWARE WILL RUN ON A COMPAQ? By sheer coincidence, this is the same percentage of waiters in Indian restaurants who hail from the small Bangladeshi town of Sylhet. Nearly 100%. For further details and first-class lamb dhansak, ring 01-836 9787.
BYTES OF RAM. The compaq deskpro 286 offers 8.2 megabytes of RAM. IBM's PC AT can only manage a 3 megabyte nibble. Cheez, even our carry-away Portable does 2.6 megabytes.
THE COMPAQ DUAL_MODE MONITOR. At last, a monitor lizard that can display both high resolution text and high resolution graphics on one screen. IBM's (and all their spawn) need separate iguanas for text and graphics. More details from our sales reptiles. Contact them on 01-940 8860.
SIMPLE ANT MATHS: LESSON 1. Let one ant equal one byte of information. COMPAQ's built-in mass storage can hold 70,000,000 of the little blighters, (30,000,000 more than IBM can). Now calculate how many ants are needed to fill the great pyramid of Giza.
FILL IN THIS COUPON NOW.
______________________________________________________________________
|
| TO: COMPAQ Computer Ltd., Freepost, Richmond, Surrey, TW91BR.
| I understand that COMPAQ computers run IBM software 30% faster, are
| more powerful with more storage, a unique tape backup system and dual
| mode monitor, but frankly I can't believe COMPAQ's are this good,
| otherwise why isn't everyone using them except come to think of it
| COMPAQ is already No. 2 in the States but then the Yanks are a funny
| bunch I mean they eat raw steak for breakfast and they've all got
| absurd names like Chuck and Waldo of course everyone's always
| knocking America but where would we be without the Harvey Wallbanger
| so rush me more details of your marvelous computers.
|
|
| Name _______________________________________________________________
| Company_____________________________________________________________
| Inside Leg_________________ Favourite Singer_______________________
| Address_____________________________________________________________
|
|
| AMAZING FREE OFFER. We'll give you a COMPAQ DESKPRO 286 ABSOLUTELY
| FREE when you give us 3,694.99 pounds.
|
| ( ) tick here for FREE death watch beetle.
| ______________________________________________________________________
(Taken from an actual Compaq ad in a British magazine.)
Compaq Wishes To Apologize For This Advertisement.
In particular, we wish to apologize for the headline. We suggest you skip it and go straight to the rest of the ad, after which you should simply FILL IN AND POST THE COUPON. If you haven't got time to read the ad, SIMPLY FILL IN AND POST THE COUPON. On your way to POST THE COUPON you may pass a COMPAQ dealer in which case simply GO IN AND BUY A COMPAQ. This will save you the price of a stamp.
HOW TO PROVE THAT COMPAQ RUNS 30% FASTER THAN IBM. Buy two greyhounds, name one COMPAQ and the other IBM. Feed COMPAQ on lean steak and IBM on old socks stuffed with rabbit droppings. After a month, enter both in the 3.30 at Hackney and you will notice that Compaq runs at least 30% faster than IBM. Of course, this test is totally unfair and one-sided, but gives the same result as racing the computers in your office.
PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST NASTY ACCIDENTS. (Picture of statue w/o arms or legs is shown at left.) This is what happens to computer operators who lose all the data on an important disk. Protect yourself with a built-in tape back-up safety system. Too bad if you own an IBM or some other make, only COMPAQ computers have them.
SIN IN STYLE -- SOFTWEAR WORLD. Sorry. Wrong. Terribly sorry. Sorry to disappoint those of you who were hoping for something titillating, but this whole section is in fact the result of a silly spelling mistake. Instead of softwear, please read software. Then reach for any IBM catalogue, in which you will find listed thousands of programs you can run on COMPAQ computers. So sorry.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IBM SOFTWARE WILL RUN ON A COMPAQ? By sheer coincidence, this is the same percentage of waiters in Indian restaurants who hail from the small Bangladeshi town of Sylhet. Nearly 100%. For further details and first-class lamb dhansak, ring 01-836 9787.
BYTES OF RAM. The compaq deskpro 286 offers 8.2 megabytes of RAM. IBM's PC AT can only manage a 3 megabyte nibble. Cheez, even our carry-away Portable does 2.6 megabytes.
THE COMPAQ DUAL_MODE MONITOR. At last, a monitor lizard that can display both high resolution text and high resolution graphics on one screen. IBM's (and all their spawn) need separate iguanas for text and graphics. More details from our sales reptiles. Contact them on 01-940 8860.
SIMPLE ANT MATHS: LESSON 1. Let one ant equal one byte of information. COMPAQ's built-in mass storage can hold 70,000,000 of the little blighters, (30,000,000 more than IBM can). Now calculate how many ants are needed to fill the great pyramid of Giza.
FILL IN THIS COUPON NOW.
______________________________________________________________________
|
| TO: COMPAQ Computer Ltd., Freepost, Richmond, Surrey, TW91BR.
| I understand that COMPAQ computers run IBM software 30% faster, are
| more powerful with more storage, a unique tape backup system and dual
| mode monitor, but frankly I can't believe COMPAQ's are this good,
| otherwise why isn't everyone using them except come to think of it
| COMPAQ is already No. 2 in the States but then the Yanks are a funny
| bunch I mean they eat raw steak for breakfast and they've all got
| absurd names like Chuck and Waldo of course everyone's always
| knocking America but where would we be without the Harvey Wallbanger
| so rush me more details of your marvelous computers.
|
|
| Name _______________________________________________________________
| Company_____________________________________________________________
| Inside Leg_________________ Favourite Singer_______________________
| Address_____________________________________________________________
|
|
| AMAZING FREE OFFER. We'll give you a COMPAQ DESKPRO 286 ABSOLUTELY
| FREE when you give us 3,694.99 pounds.
|
| ( ) tick here for FREE death watch beetle.
| ______________________________________________________________________
damned advertising
Oct. 18th, 2003 10:26 pmVodafone are running an advertising campaign at the moment with the tagline "now is good", i.e. pick up your (voda)phone and call someone NOW. Every time I see one of the adverts I get the urge to comply.
damned psychic choonz, too.
All DVDs, videos, and CDs now packed, plus both bookshelves more-or-less cleared. Five boxes and most of a sixth. The boxes are 25"x16"x11", or nearest metric equivalent, if you're interested. I have two more boxes to fill before I run out of boxes (Pete's promised to supply me a bunch more as needed) at which point I may well run screaming from the house and drink beer in the comfort and safety of the Kings.
damned psychic choonz, too.
All DVDs, videos, and CDs now packed, plus both bookshelves more-or-less cleared. Five boxes and most of a sixth. The boxes are 25"x16"x11", or nearest metric equivalent, if you're interested. I have two more boxes to fill before I run out of boxes (Pete's promised to supply me a bunch more as needed) at which point I may well run screaming from the house and drink beer in the comfort and safety of the Kings.
