Kebabs != Healthy
Posted: Tue 27 January, 2009 Filed under: 1BEM, Advertising, Cynicism, Health, Thoughts 1 Comment »Now, hands up, who on this planet ever thought a kebab might be a healthy food?
No-one? Thought so.
So how the hell does this qualify as news anywhere on the planet, let alone on the BBC?
On a tangent, however, I do find it quite interesting/surprising that (to quote from the story) :
Six kebabs were found to include pork when it had not been declared as an ingredient. Two of the six were described as Halal – food or drink permitted for Muslims, which must not contain pork.
Meerkats
Posted: Sat 3 January, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Animals 1 Comment »Much as I don’t usually promote insurance comparison websites, I do like the way that CompareTheMarket has also now done the spoof Compare the Meerkat.com website.
It’s linked to a TV advert, but well, it made me chuckle.
26th
Posted: Fri 26 December, 2008 Filed under: Advertising, Cynicism, Festering Season Leave a comment »
So, there go the adverts for Jewellery and Perfume, here come the ones for Holidays, Sales and stopping smoking.
It must be Boxing Day, and Christmas must be over and done with for another year.
Demographics and Commercial Radio
Posted: Thu 20 November, 2008 Filed under: Advertising, Customer Services, Thoughts 1 Comment »Interesting piece in the Guardian today about Commercial Radio, and why they should stop whining about Chris Moyles.
I listen to Radio 1 when I’m driving – if I’m not listening to the radio, I’ve got a CD going instead – because I find Radio 2 to be ineffably dull, I’m not into Radio 3, and when driving I find Radio 4 just doesn’t do it for me. So Radio 1 it is. There are certain presenters on there that make me turn it off (as the article says) but for the 45 minutes on the way to and from work, Radio 1 is my station of choice.
As for commercial radio, I just can’t stand it – and again, for exactly the reasons listed in the article. The (station-defined) limited playlists mean there’s no variety, and the constant repetition of banal ads is just awful. In fact, while driving I’d be hard-pressed to think of anything worse than having to listen to commercial radio…
Disabled
Posted: Wed 12 November, 2008 Filed under: Advertising, Customer Services, Cynicism 1 Comment »Travelling to work this morning, I found myself sitting behind a van for a company called GarTec who supply platform lifts for disabled people. (You know, the little boxes you see in offices, so people in wheelchairs – sorry, people with mobility issues – can go between levels)
Only the slogan on the van was
Gartec – Disabled Platform Lifts
And the first thing I wondered was “Why would anyone sell platform lifts that don’t work?“