h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

"We now brew our beer in Sideways flasks. Not Upright! Sideways."

What difference will that make?

About as much difference as putting tea in round teabags will make. "To make it circulate". Because it's circular. And they sound almost the same.

I'd love to say "Bob, how stupid, no-one's going to fall for that are they?" except they did, in their millions.

RF

I'm a bit annoyed by the McCoy's Crisps advert they've been running here in the UK recently. A woman walks into her kitchen and is so amazed to see her partner loading the washing machine that she drops her cup of tea. The tagline at the end of the ad is, "McCoys. The gentleman's crisp." I reckon the advertising agency is missing the point. She's not amazed and pleased 'cos her partner's doing the laundry. She's amazed *and horrified* because he's bundling light stuff and dark coloured stuff into the washing machine at the same time. I don't think she's going to hug him and thank him. I think she's going to have a go at him for running the risk of ruining her whites.

A case of mis-heard voice over has me at the moment, an advert for some lady hair removal system, with a series of shots of the faces of women doing something painful, and the voice over is "What face do you have when you epilate" - however I hear "What face do you have when you fellate"

There were loads of ads on yesterday for CD/best-of compilations. Me and the wife couldn't help laughing because all of them said "Great present for father's day!" Talk about unsubtle hint.

The one with the girl with the big hands who wants to play basketball but gets stopped........................................................................................................................................................WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you know, i think i like the wishing well token, without the "i'm lovin' it" bit at the end, still the clown is better

yep, heineken with ray liota.
you didnt finish your pint!
"Er RAY YOU C*NT"
If I'd finished my pint I'd had been over the limit to drive.
And you f*ckers got my money for the whole pint whether i drank it all or not. And " Paul Walters, split his pint"
so that means he paid for a drink, split it and then most likely went and bought THE EXACT SAME DRINK AGAIN, which means you got his money twice and he lost out on an ale.
so ray lioata?
F*ck off or the guy might glass you in the face?

yep, tea bags in circular OR pyramid form.
Who cares?

Brownian Motion is still going to occur isn't it?

My current favourite bad ad is for Adios Diet pills:
"The best way to lose weight is through a calorie controlled diet.

People have been using a herbal remedy to help.

Adios!"

This is fabulous because it makes no calim whatsoever for the product. They say that dieting makes you lose weight, this is separated from the fact that people take pills. There is no actual claim that the pills are effective, or in fact do anything at all! Brilliant advertising

The new Nissan gas guzzler - it demands respect.

Why Exactly??

And Moose, surley reaching a healthy weight needs a proper, balanced and healthy diet rather than those slimming products. they are clearly aimed at people who want to lose weight because they feel bad about how they look?

Igonre that second part! H2G2 tricked me into thinking id reached the end of the thread when clearly i hadnt! It appears that is an old argument!!

One that I can't stop making fun of is the ad for Sony's PSP where the thing drops out of the sky and someone catches it. They play a game for about two entire seconds, then toss it away. Someone else catches it in a completely different location, plays a game (which is magically different from the previous one), and tosses it again. I can't for the life of me figure out what they want the viewer to think other than, "This product is so horrible that, were it to literally fall into your lap for free, you would hate it enough to throw it away in under five seconds." Honestly, the people don't even pretend to enjoy it while they're playing.

Has anyone noticed that for both the PSP & X-Box 360 none of the adverts show any actual game graphics?
the adverts may as well say "we are too scared to show you any games in case you think this product is crap"

Like the first two Harry Potter games... the adverts showed beautifully rendered CG animation, and the actual games were slated for the graphics.

I really want the current Honda ad to go away. It's too long, it's dull, and the red stripes on the motorcycle helmet at the start keep making me think it's a 118 118 ad.

How about the irritating advert for insurance with the guy and his twin who have identical misfortunes happen to them at the exact same time.
Statistically very unlikely to happen.
He's got a better chance of winning The National Monotony, which you can win by thinking lucky. apparently. Odds of winning are the same as seeing the talking Unicorn in the advert I'd wager. And I'm more likely to win that wager than risking £1 on The National Monotony. Why do I call it The National Monotony? Because it's now so F**king boring to hear about and see on the tv. The actual draw takes less than a minute but they devote a whole half hour show to it. Whose really bad idea was that then?

The RSPCA...

Currently running a campaign to get more funding (yeah, like they need it...they're better funded than some small countries!) with all the usual heart-string pulling fluffy kittens and the like.

But there's one sentence that really gets my goat: "We receive no government funding". So please send us £3 a month, etc. etc.

This kinda implies that they *should* receive some government funding, but those harsh meanies in Whitehall won't supply it.

Hey. *I* receive no Government funding. Please send *me* £3 pounds a month. Just £3 a month. only £3 a month.

Thank you. I rely on your support.

RF

Hmmm...

Maybe we should start a Sponsor a Researcher scheme. The Gullible Masses send their chosen Researcher some money every month and in return they get a letter detailing which conversations the Researcher has posted to and which Entries they're working on.

Who is that woman with the enhanced chest in the Iceland adverts? I'm guessing she hails from soapland, or possibly children's telly at a push.

I don't know who she is, I just enjoy the view!

In a way that the advertisers never intended, it won't make me shop at Iceland, but it will make me watch their adverts!

RF