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Accident Claims

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:31:22 +0000

ACS are one of our clients – so I was shocked to find on Twitter that someone had made an ad up for them, particularly in such a tasteless way. Too soon, I thought. But here it is so I can share my outrage.

God save the… urrrggh!

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:58:30 +0000

With the Royal Wedding approaching and the right wing press coverage working on the assumption that everyone in the country cares in a hideous bid to create feelings of paranoia and isolation in the clear majority of the public that don’t, a refreshing invention has been devised by Graphic artist Linda Leith from Carlisle in Cumbria with her Royal Wedding sick bags:

Now anyone forced into watching the ceremony as a form of torture/punishment/or obligation if you are family or friends of the aristocracy can relieve themselves from the inevitable feelings of horror as the matrimonial proceedings go ahead.

The bags have been such a popular idea that they have even been featured on the BBC’s website – now that is truly an honour.

Grape Soda

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:15:28 +0000

So, not a real ad, but a comedy sketch about an ad for grape soda:

I don’t care how big you think you are

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:47:56 +0000

…this is still one of the worst logos I have ever seen.

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.

Lies Lies Lies…

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:36:21 +0000

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.

Runner Up

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:19:06 +0000

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)

Moral inspiration for the day

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:20:03 +0000

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.

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