Twilight Sequel Cancelled
Posted: Fri 27 November, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Cynicism Leave a comment »(via YorkshireSoul)
I Totally Agree
Ha
Posted: Thu 19 November, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Sweary Leave a comment »
Well, can you?
I promise, it wasn’t me that wrote this. I just wish it had been.
Not as Advertised
Posted: Tue 17 November, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Norfolk Leave a comment »In Norwich, a new venue called “Open” has – um – opened.
The URL for the website is Open247.org.uk – implying that Open is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
However, if you look at the opening hours (and it’s not easy to find them) you get this…
The opening hours are as follows:
- Monday – Saturday 9am-10pm
- Sunday 10 – 9pm
Which means it’s not actually 24/7 at all, is it? Although I suppose (at most) 13/7 doesn’t have quite the same ring to it…
Where Not To Stay
Posted: Sat 17 October, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Travel, Work-related Leave a comment »
Last week I got an email from Travelodge about a promotion they’re running.
Basically, it’s a heavily discounted rate on their rooms over the Festering Season, on limited rooms booked for stays between 29th November 2009 and 10th January 2010.
For myself, I’d hate to be in a Travelodge over the Festering Season. While they’re OK for an overnight stay – and even, to some degree or other, for staying in while working away from home – they’re still soul-less holes at best. And to spend time over the Festering Season in one of this sinkpits of despair would, I suspect, be more than I would want to bear.
Then again, I’m probably not the target customer for this kind of thing. I stay in Travelodges when I have to (like the recent contract in London) rather than for leisure/pleasure. Given the choice otherwise, I’d rather stay pretty much anywhere than going to a Travelodge.
Fuck You, Tesco
Posted: Thu 8 October, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Cynicism, Festering Season Leave a comment »In an early front-runner for “Smuggest advert of the Festering Season”, the fuckstick bastards at Tesco have dropped a blinder. Not just smug and insanely early, but as sexist and shit as it’s possible to be.
A rough version of the text (it’s engraved in my brain having seen the cocking advert once) goes as follows…
Toys.
Come December 25th there’ll be Action Man for boys and Barbie for girls.
And yes, we know it’s only October. But Christmas comes quickly round here.
Smug overbearing materialistic shit-flogging sexist fuckbag cunts. Fuck off with your shite, you weaselly tossbags.
iEverything
Posted: Thu 8 October, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Cynicism, Festering Season 2 Comments »The latest marketing ‘trend’ seems to be to emulate Apple by branding any given product with an “i” at the start, in the theme of iPod, iPhone, iDontCare etc. etc.
The one that boggles my brain more than usual in the current adverts is the Babyliss iTrim. It’s a fucking razor. Nothing iconic, nothing trendy. A fucking electric razor. That’s it.
Of course, we’re now in the advertising run-up to the Festering Season, so it’s all go for adverts about shit like this, so I’m sure it’s not going to be the last product this year with an i at the start of the name.
It’s still bullshit though. Sorry, iBullshit.