August 13th, 2010
Got this sent through to me in the post:
The Postcode Lottery is basically a lottery where you sign up and if your postcode is chosen then everyone on your street who has signed up gets a share of the winnings. Whatever.
The thing that caused me to lose all faith in the organisation was the set of celebrity endorsements that they had on the back of the envelope. Lorraine Kelly and Chris Packham I am sure they probably could get to endorse the Postcode Lottery. It’s just that sort of level of thing. I could maybe believe that they could have got Sir Richard Branson to endorse it if they struck up some deal with him and he happened to be the second cousin twice removed of the owner of the lottery. However with Tony Blair, they were pushing it and former US President Bill Clinton?
Going to go out on a limb here and gamble that FORMER US PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DOES NOT ENDORSE THE POSTCODE LOTTERY. To be honest I would be amazed if he had heard of it.
So the people at the People’s Postcode lottery seem to have discredited themselves so much that now I question if they could even get an endorsement from Lorraine Kelly. A true lesson in how things backfire when you lie.
Tags: bill, blair, clinton, junk mail, kelly, lorraine, lottery, peoples, postcode, tony
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August 12th, 2010
Took this photo of this fish and chip shop in Clydebank in Glasgow last week. It is very proud of the fact that in 1994 and 2000 it was Fish and Chip Shop of the Year. Not making such a big deal about the fact that they were actually runner up (still not bad, you should be proud, not ashamed, McMonagles)
Tags: awards runner up, chips, clydebank, competition, fish, glasgow, McMonagles, of the year, shop
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August 4th, 2010
Hate your spouse, but don’t want to pay for a divorce? Have an affair!
Need help? Don’t worry – Ashley Madison is here to help make that happen. Smiles all round.
Tags: ad, affair, ashley, madison, website
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August 2nd, 2010
The results of a design competition organised by Greenpeace to dsign a new logo for BP have come in and this is the winner:
Fair enough, methinks. Visit the competition’s site by going here.
Tags: BP, competition, design, greenpeace, logo, new
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July 30th, 2010
…is apparently this, according to Ralph Lauren:
Well Ralph Lauren don’t want anyone to see this ad, because it’s a bit crap. They’re so embarrassed by it that they are threatening to take bloggers to court for showing it (so don’t tell them you saw this here).
There’s a big article about the whole thing here at BoingBoing.net: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/06/the-criticism-that-r.html
Tags: boingboing, disaster, mess, model, photoshop, ralph lauren
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July 27th, 2010
OK, well not ‘our’ kids. I don’t have any kids. Your kids. Your teenage kids. Do you really know what they are up to in their bedrooms, when they’re sitting in front of the computer late at night? Well, best thing you could do is sneak up to the doors of their rooms and then barge in unannounced because there is a good possibility that they may be iDosing.
iDosing is a new craze that is sweeping across the world and makes use of a technique known as binaural beats. The system plays one frequency in one ear and another frequency in the other. The idea is that this then modifies the brain waves of the user to make them high. Yes, you heard me – high on digital drugs.
Just to prove that I am not making this up, here is a link to the article the Daily Mail have written on the subject: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1296282/I-dosing-How-teenagers-getting-digitally-high-music-download-internet.html
Now while it has been speculated by highly reputable sources that the people doing this are just been overly suggestible and stupid, and other studies have shown that there is no effect on the brainwaves at all, this advice should be ignored. The best advice can only be lock up your kids and for goodness sake keep them away from any music devices.
Tags: ad, advert, apple, beats, binaural, digital, drugs, i-dosing, idosing
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July 26th, 2010
Controversial-with-the-Advertising-Standards-Authority brewery BrewDog have just brought out the world’s strongest and most expensive beer. The End of the World, as it’s called, is 55% proof lager and comes with a £500 per bottle price tag. It’s infused with nettles and juniper berries and only 12 bottles have been made so far.
Oh yeah, and it comes served in a real life stuffed stoat.
BrewDog’s own blog entry on the beer can be found here
Tags: 55%, abv, beer, brewdog, end of the world, highest, in the world, lager, most expensive, stoat, stuffed, taxidermy
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July 14th, 2010
Found a link to this site on clientsfromhell.net. It claimed to be the worst website of all time. It wasn’t joking.
Yvette’s bridal formal: http://yvettesbridalformal.com/index.htm
Tags: bad, bridal, design, ever, formal, terrible, web, website, worst, yvettes
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June 22nd, 2010
This ad for the new Schick Quattro for women features some fine topiary and a completely unconnected statue. Nice.
Tags: bikini, bush, quattro, razor, schick, statue, trimstyle, woman, women
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