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Was Alex fired because of recent stories in the press ? |
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Popety Ping might be Welsh but does it matter that non-Welsh wouldn't know it's precise meaning? It was quite a good sounding character to market an international range for kids with a clear onomatopoeic reference to a microwave.
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Popety Ping might be Welsh but does it matter that non-Welsh wouldn't know it's precise meaning? It was quite a good sounding character to market an international range for kids with a clear onomatopoeic reference to a microwave.
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When I heard him say Popty Ping I didn't even realise he was speaking Welsh, I thought he was just making a microwave sound.
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I thought "Popty Ping" was actually quite a good brand name, forget its the welsh for "microwave" its a nice child friendly word.
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The task had a bit of a built-in flaw that both teams fell foul of - they were asked to develop a "range", but only given the time and resources to develop a single example from a range.
I was never sold on Alex as a potential finalist, and for me, the final five are very predictable. |
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Would you trust anyone with no experience, legal training, or demonstrated ability in a field to point you in the direction of an appropriate lawyer?? Or that a small site had identified the best people in any area, and got them to sign on to its site? The consequences and costs are hardly similar to buying a tombstone, and the product is more subjective and intangible.
Branson ventured out after he had made a success in one field, as indeed did Sugar. Of course Branson and Sugar moved on after success in their first ventures. My point was they weren't experts in their first ventures, let alone the subsequent ones. No different to Alex in that respect. By the sound of it he made money selling memorials, etc, so why not then move on and expand in another business direction? |
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