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No, I won't be rushing down to my nearest McDonalds any time ever either - although the Advert did really made me laugh out loud and want to see it all over again ;o>I'm wondering now what your Takeaway recommends for the ascending diner? ;o>
Lez wrote: "I’ve never seen it either suzy. Hard to know if it’s meant to be funny!I do like Grizzly’s descending diner, too. Hope it doesn’t become a descending dinner ;-)"
Funny enough to be memorable, Lez Lee - and it certainly did have me convinced for a few seconds that it really was yet another one of those utterly daft Perfume Adverts ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I'm probably the very last person on here to have seen this new TV Advert - but I'm going to post it up anyway as it gave me a right giggle tonight ;o> ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP-38..."
I could maybe stretch my credulity to believe that she might fancy a burger - there's no accounting for taste - but wearing that dress? Never!
suzysunshine7 wrote: "No, I won't be rushing down to my nearest McDonalds any time ever either - although the Advert did really made me laugh out loud and want to see it all over again ;o>
I'm wondering now what your T..."
Certainly not the Chicken Shashlik - the description only substitutes one word and it ain't descending :) 🐔
I'm wondering now what your T..."
Certainly not the Chicken Shashlik - the description only substitutes one word and it ain't descending :) 🐔
Just call it 'Chicken Stairlift' and then you will have descension and ascension ;o>
It's rush hour in our garden at the moment - there are, and I kid you not, about 40 -50 Starlings and Sparrows here on all the feeders, all over the lawn and in the bird bath, and that doesn't include the ones that are hiding in the bushes around the edge of the garden. Two Collared Doves are sat on top of the shed and just watching the chaos :)
I'd suggest taking a Large Notepad and a fresh Biro out with you when you next go outside, Grizzly - all the better to be able to make an accurate note of all of their Food Orders ;o>
Them there birds will have what they're given :)
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I'm wondering now what your Takeaway recommends for the ascending diner? ;o> "
Digusting dishes with emetics thrown in for free?! :)
Lez wrote: "I’ve never seen it either suzy. Hard to know if it’s meant to be funny!I do like Grizzly’s descending diner, too. Hope it doesn’t become a descending dinner ;-)"
Last one but three, it seems..cos I ain't seen it either! Don'y really watch ads..or eat Maccy D's.
I'm such a right one for watching Ads and often really enjoying them and also getting into the Music used as well ... but ask me what the Ad was for? - and I rarely ever have even the vaguest clue as it just never tends to register with me what they are selling - LOL!!! I must be an Ad Agency's worst nightmare of an audience?! ;o>
For instance, I really loved the snippet of Music used in a new and current TV Ad and was pretty confident too that it was a Sia track - but I had to Google the limited Lyrics that I heard rather than Google for the Ad product to find out more - because I couldn't for the life of me think what on Earth the Ad was trying to sell?!Ads are always memorable to me for 'all the wrong reasons' - LOL!
Still, I found it eventually and then ended up buying the LSD download ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I'm such a right one for watching Ads and often really enjoying them and also getting into the Music used as well ... but ask me what the Ad was for? - and I rarely ever have even the vaguest clue ..."I did see an ad some while ago, for a product, that had the most ridiculous name I've come across, it's a bathroom toilet freshener called.....
V.I.Poo!
I mean..really?
I would've loved to know what the marketing folks were taking that day, when they decided that was the best name they could come up with. Were they inhaling they own product?! Probably!
theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "I'm such a right one for watching Ads and often really enjoying them and also getting into the Music used as well ... but ask me what the Ad was for? - and I rarely ever have ..."But it’s sort of worked because we remember it and talk about it. Whether we’d ever buy it is another matter!
I’m like you suzy, I often like ad music and it’s really annoying if I can’t find it on YT and there’s too much talking for Shazam. I don’t remember products either, mostly because they’ll never be of interest to me.
Yes, but what has worked, Lez Lee? I went searching and then bought myself a Music Download but I think that the Ad might possibly have been for an iPad? If that isn't what I have taken in from watching it or what I remember afterwards then the Ad has completely failed to have the impact on me that it was supposed to ;o>
I'll probably end up with buying another Sia Album instead ... HA HA HA!!!
Maybe it is because I am distinctly unmaterialistic by nature?And that is why I don't react or respond to Ads in the way that I should?
I am more of a visual and sensual person who has little interest in the latest gadget ;o>
Well, I suppose some people might buy it surreptitiously!
Lez wrote: "theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "I'm such a right one for watching Ads and often really enjoying them and also getting into the Music used as well ... but ask me what the Ad was for? - and I r..."Me? Buy a product called that? Never!
Lez wrote: "Well, I suppose some people might buy it surreptitiously!"Only if one buys it at 3am in the morning via a self serve checkout! :)
Can't imagine a self respecting person would ask for it in person, or put it on a checkout conveyor belt!
Lez wrote: "Well, I suppose some people might buy it surreptitiously!"Ahhh, the subconscious Mind taking more in far than I am aware of? - possibly?
Anyways, I am really liking the new LSD collaboration project - and am looking forward to more Singles and hopefully an Album too ... so I am a happy bunny ;o>
theDuke wrote: "Lez wrote: "Well, I suppose some people might buy it surreptitiously!"Only if one buys it at 3am in the morning via a self serve checkout! :)
Can't imagine a self respecting person would ask for..."
Have you seen how much it costs?!! ... I'd never pay that much for a fancy Toilet Cleaner!!! ;oO
I don’t use any sort of toilet cleaner or any other bathroom cleaner, just e-cloths. I try not to use chemicals whenever possible.
I only ever buy Morrisons own cheapo brand Toilet Cleaner ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Lez wrote: "Well, I suppose some people might buy it surreptitiously!"Only if one buys it at 3am in the morning via a self serve checkout! :)
Can't imagine a self respecting pers..."
I've never seen it anywhere, ever, just on the gogglebox!
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB...https://groceries.asda.com/product/to...
https://groceries.morrisons.com/websh...
Lez wrote: "I don’t use any sort of toilet cleaner or any other bathroom cleaner, just e-cloths. I try not to use chemicals whenever possible."I used to use antibac wipes, till i read that that those things don't bio degrade easily and they a major issue with clogging up sewers..along with cotton buds, nappies (Who the hell chucks a nappy down the boghole?!) & unfortunately, some types of sanatory towels.
I just use a light bleach solution, to kill germs and then wipe over with Flash lemon cleaner. I really think we can well do without most of the products and chemicals they contain, in our bathrooms and kitchens..they really aren't necessary. I've never used any toilet fresher, especially those things in the hanging baskets...just more unnecessary chemicals that end up in our oceans & plastic that doesn't biodegrade.
Granted, bleach isn't exactly environmentally friendly either, but one has to use something! At least i'm not clogging up the sewers with...ahem...excuse the pun..crap! :)
suzysunshine7 wrote: "https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB...https://groceries.asda.com/product/to...
https://groceries.morrisons...."
I so am not buying it ever...seeing those prices. £8! What the %@£@!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-17...I still haven’t managed to post a picture despite suzy patiently trying to teach me!
Goodreads won't let you post the whole page off a Website, Lez Lee, it only allows for any pictures that are on it ;o>I clicked on the picture itself on the News Article and in doing so got the Link to the picture and I have emailed it to you.
YAYYY!!! - WELL DONE, LEZ LEE!!! ... ;o> ... ;o> ... ;o>
WoW?!! - that certainly is some Cheese!!! ;oO
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I'm such a right one for watching Ads and often really enjoying them and also getting into the Music used as well ... but ask me what the Ad was for? - and I rarely ever have even the vaguest clue ..."We have a very good (and very funny) TV show here which dissects TV ads and has a panel of four advertising agency gurus guided by comedian Will Anderson. The Gruen Transfer (some series called Gruen Nation (Australian Election), Gruen Planet, Gruen Sweat (2012 Olympics). Must-see viewing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUGoi...
Thanks for the Link, Val - I started watching bits of it whilst doing other stuff but it looks like such a fun show that I stopped for now so that I can sit down and get to watch it properly from start to finish later on today ;o>
I must be lacking something, I managed 8 minutes being increasingly irritated by the presenter and waiting for something remotely funny to come along. The word ‘hashtag’ itself drives me mad. Signed: a grumpy old woman. :-(
Ahhh, Lez Lee, but shouldn't that be? ... #agrumpyoldwoman:-(
! ... ;o>
Lez wrote: "I must be lacking something, I managed 8 minutes being increasingly irritated by the presenter and waiting for something remotely funny to come along. The word ‘hashtag’ itself drives me mad. Sign..."
That was about six minutes more than I managed Lez, really dire.
Wow! Who knew that pulling apart TV commercials could be "dire"?! I promise not to inflict any more Australian TV on you.
I think that it probably takes a couple of minutes to adjust to watching and listening to a completely different Accent and style of TV Presentation? Maybe we are far more accustomed over here to a much slower Anglo-American style? - and the Australian Soaps that we get are also noticeably a lot more slow-moving and much slower in speech as well. This is a much faster and a slicker moving and speaking style of Show - and one too that will obviously have jokes in it that will go straight over the Heads of us non-Aussies - but nevertheless I did actually like it, Val ;o>
We also have a few similar UK Shows that focus and then comment on the entertaining and complaining comedy-side of News and Media and I think that it was more than equal to those.
The UK is surely one of the home-places of some of the most dire TV Shows in the entire World?! ... the appallingly trashy, bed-hopping, Plastic Surgery deformed weirdos whose only apparent claim to Reality Show fame is that they showed themselves up as being ego-driven, shallow-minded, and frequently drunk and disorderly on 'Made In Chelsea' and 'The Only Way Is Essex' ... is very sadly all the proof that anyone needs! ;oO
Awww? - a guy has cut holes in his Fence so, although his Back Garden still stays private and secure, his two little hairy woofers can still get to see what is going on ;o> ...
Mmmmmmmm ... Spag Bol tonight.Our little hairy woofers absolutely adore strands of leftover Spaghetti ;o> ...
Alright, on Australia & humour subject.I like this bloke, and find his angle on homophobia refreshing and funny,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODdM...
Val wrote: "Wow! Who knew that pulling apart TV commercials could be "dire"?! I promise not to inflict any more Australian TV on you."Sorry Val, a lot of american and british examples just don't find my funny bone either. The material isn't particularly comic and the style of presentation is just naff and way too much full of self importance for my taste. It's overstated sledge hammer approach to a walnut lacks the subtle nuisance of proper satire or profound sarcasm. I much prefer Barry Humphries or Clive James, even Paul Hogan and Kath and Kim have at least an honest vulgarity to their credit.
"I did see an ad some while ago, for a product, that had the most ridiculous name I've come across, it's a bathroom toilet freshener called.....V.I.Poo!
I mean..really?
I would've loved to know what the marketing folks were taking that day, when they decided that was the best name they could come up with. Were they inhaling they own product?! Probably! "
Yup, one of the most banal ads on TV, however, certain ads are undoubtedly made and were aired in other countries, and then marketing decisions have them shown later in UK, with no other changes to them other than awful over-dubbing. Not sure if this is the case here, but I suspect so. Then they have to decide on what to do with the brand name - spend thousands on market research or to leave it as is or just do a 'logical' translation - without asking anyone in the UK if the name they have chosen sounds good or laughable.
Product: "Merci Merde", "I know, let's change it to 'VI Poo' - that'll work."
they were going to call it 'celebrity shight'! :)and it's a fiver for a wee bottle - i'd rather just be happy with that 'good ol' country smell'!
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I do like Grizzly’s descending diner, too. Hope it doesn’t become a descending dinner ;-)