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re: The clue's in the name

Ian Moore — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:07:25 GMT

wow!

I once worked on a building site in Coventry where the foreman's name was Peter Rick. Not that many people called him that.

re: The clue's in the name

emma lambert — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:04:26 GMT

I went to school with a boy called Michael Inge - no joke!

re: The clue's in the name

CF — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:04:25 GMT

My other half went to school with a girl named Tessa Tickle. I am genuinely not joking.

re: The clue's in the name

Ian Moore — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:14:55 GMT

You do have to wonder about some parents!

My next door neighbour goes by the surname Watt - thankfully they've thought about it and there's not a single person in the entire extended family with a Christian name that begins with the letter 'T'.

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re: The clue's in the name

gotnoteef — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:35:11 GMT

used to know of a company called Wayne Kerr Electronics - seriously - Wayne Kerr!

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re: Noisy ads banned. What next - noisy packs?

Ian Moore — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:20:16 GMT

Yeah - I hate the racket too - especially when the mother-in-law's here and the TV's at full blast in the first place.

re: Noisy ads banned. What next - noisy packs?

Stefano Augello — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:21:21 GMT

There's a fundamental difference with pack-flashes.

Viewers set the level of sound they like on their tv, and increasing the average sound level (not one noisy sound, but the average sound of the whole ad) interferes with their choice for the sole purpose of forcefully capturing their attention.

I'd say that not only the ban makes sense, but it actually helps the ad industry avoid the tentation of "shouting" your message, that does more harm than good to your brand.

(But we're still free to feature a scream in the ad, when it makes sense one)

re: Pret BOGOF hoax

Ian Moore — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:22:09 GMT

It's a fair cop

re: Pret BOGOF hoax

Jenny Hanlon — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:26:42 GMT

"mis-speeling"? Was that an intended pun?

re: NEVER MIND THE B***H

Douglas McDonald — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:40:06 GMT

It's ***

re: TO LET HUMOUR

gotnoteef — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:22:15 GMT

I do this too - even considered carrying around masking tape - as have observed most 'To Let' text is white - could then fill in the 'i' with tape.

I also used to wonder why 'Shoplifters' would choose to advertise themselevs on the side of vans - and eventually asked my dad when I was about 10. 'Shopfitters' was all he had to say.

He is not a words man.

re: Sainsbury's BAGOF ploy

gotnoteef — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:14:43 GMT

nice thinking on the wheelie bin thing - I bought one of those 'eco-friendly' re-usable bags, which I keep in the car for ad-hoc shopping at lunchtimes or on way home, but my wife mocks me and says that I look like a little old lady when i use it.

re: TO LET HUMOUR

Ian Moore — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:54:06 GMT

Yes - great - the rubbing-out as well, I'd overlooked that option! A friend of mine lives near a road called CLINT HILL DRIVE... it's beside the bus-stop for school, and as you can imagine there's a little bit of the street-sign which is pretty much permanently felt-penned in! I guess signs for Drapers stores and directions to Scunthorpe must suffer similar pruning.