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IKEA release 100 cats into a store just for the hell of it

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:10:23 +0000

Well it’s got people talking about it, anyway.

New BP logo

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:20:29 +0000

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.

The perfect look

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:28:44 +0000

…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

Beer to end all beers

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:56:29 +0000

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

Nice one, Yvette

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:17:17 +0000

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

Topiary

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:13:27 +0000

This ad for the new Schick Quattro for women features some fine topiary and a completely unconnected statue. Nice.

Crazy one eyed freaks

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:14:38 +0000

Following the controversy surrounding the London 2012 OIympics logo (which I, frankly quite like,) the new mascots for the games – Wenlock & Mandeville – have been unveiled. Probably to more controversy. But once again I, frankly quite like them.

Read the full story about them at telegraph.co.uk

Actually not funny at all

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:51:56 +0000

According to Amnesty International UK, this ad was due to appear in the Financial Times today and was funded by 2000 supporters. The ad encourages people to question Shell’s activities in the Niger Delta at Shell’s AGM. But the ad was pulled by the FT at the last minute. Amnesty have in turn requested this ad be shared by as many people as possible so that they can see it and hopefully act on it as well.

A Phenomenal Ad

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:06:46 +0000

Irn Bru have just brought out this excellent new ad – ain’t it cute!

Menshies, maaan

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:47:18 +0000

So there I was, standing at the bus stop waiting for a bus and then this guy standing outside the pub starts shouting abuse at me for absolutely no reason at all whatsoever. So I said to him “bad night, mate?” and he said to me “I’m a pure psycho, ya dafty.”

Anyway, long story short, his friend punched me in the arm and I utilised by exemplary charm and sales skills and then got a taxi before they could focus enough unmitigated hate at me to pursue the matter any further. Overall the whole incident was completely and utterly unnecessary – check out the bruise on my arm:

However, it did remind me that I had taken a photo of this excellent ad for Break the Circle of Violence – an initiative started by Strathclyde Police. The ad features a wall covered in ‘menshies’, small pieces of graffiti written by ‘neds’ (reputedly violent criminal youths from the underclasses of Glasgow society – known as ‘chavs’ in other parts of the UK.) Menshies are used to denote the presence of members of a gang in an area, to announce relationships, deaths, crushes, or to write abuse or slander about people known to the writer. In the case of this ad, it’s deaths, and it shows the risks involved in taking part in gang violence.

So there, bus stop guys – carry on like that and you’ll be getting yourselves into big trouble.