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Quorn 'mince' and 'chicken pieces'. Er.... no!
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If they did, I'm sure Ruth Jones would have eaten it.
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As vegetarians decide not to eat meat (for whatever reason) why are some products made into stuff trying to resemble meat?
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Getting into DFS territory that is
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You've probably seen a shortened version of the advert but the version I've seen we see the bears struggling to take their cases off the carousel which suggests they have just come back from somewhere
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After the carousel, it looks like they're being met and also the lyrics of the Chas & Dave -y song talks about "goin' back to see the old place where I come from" or some such
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The bizarre Malteasers disabled adverts, as mentioned.
The McDonalds ad about their chicken nuggets being filled with "beaks and feet". "Beaks and feet, beaks and feet..." mentioned over and over - I know they're trying to play on the assumption that everyone kinda knows fast food meat isn't the best, I do like a good ol' greasy McDonalds now and then, but that advert just puts me right off buying any of their chicken. Also a general observation, but there's a gradually increasing, encroaching amount of Gogglebox-style adverts - folks sat on couches conversing about products etc. Either the same, unimaginative ad agency are making the ads or it's just bandwagon practice. I hate Gogglebox as a show anyway, so having bizarre, over-the-top camp couples and cringey, loud families fighting over the spotlight with unfunny, scripted faux banter is not going to make me want to buy what you're trying to sell me. |
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A new Credit Score with him in the bath but the lazy cow has actually got off her arse in this one.
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Just seen the latest Alpecin "German engineering for your hair" advert.
Seems to be a direct crib of the (decades ago) Castrol GTX motor oil advert ("Liquid engineering for your car"). Right down to the music, and the little stream of liquid running down the can. Anyone else remember? |
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As vegetarians decide not to eat meat (for whatever reason) why are some products made into stuff trying to resemble meat?
![]() I remember doing a show for a Gujarati family, they had an entire large table laid out with every type of meat one could think of, now Gujaratis are vegetarians by religion, the host/booker invited me to eat, I asked which meats were pig because as a Jew I could not eat them, he replied "They are not meat, they are substitute meat". As a foot not note I tried all the "Forbidden" meats and found that I didn't like any of them, which for me was great, it meant that all these years I had missed nothing, as I say though "I'd rather be Jewish than catholic, pork I can do without" |
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yeah as if the best man would be desperate enough to go out with HER
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Just seen the latest Alpecin "German engineering for your hair" advert.
Seems to be a direct crib of the (decades ago) Castrol GTX motor oil advert ("Liquid engineering for your car"). Right down to the music, and the little stream of liquid running down the can. Anyone else remember? |
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Bit harsh
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Just seen the latest Alpecin "German engineering for your hair" advert.
Seems to be a direct crib of the (decades ago) Castrol GTX motor oil advert ("Liquid engineering for your car"). Right down to the music, and the little stream of liquid running down the can. Anyone else remember? Quote:
yes I do, at first I thought that it was an ad for oil, perhaps that's what they were aiming at, the surprise makes it more memorable.
The original Castrol GTX ad must be getting on for 30 years old |
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yes I do, at first I thought that it was an ad for oil, perhaps that's what they were aiming at, the surprise makes it more memorable.
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Yep that's exactly what I thought. I knew it reminded me of an engine oil advert but couldn't remember the name of it.
The original Castrol GTX ad must be getting on for 30 years old Who changes (or even tops up) their car's oil nowadays (and who gives a monkey's which oil it is anyway)? (Actually, I do, but that's just me...) |
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And interesting in itself that engine oil warranted a TV ad in those days!
Who changes (or even tops up) their car's oil nowadays (and who gives a monkey's which oil it is anyway)? (Actually, I do, but that's just me...) I told her to get some "Flushing oil" and a gallon of Castrol, which he did, well not exactly, she got two gallons on Castrol, so I flushed with paraffin and oil, then topped up the engine, this left me with about 3/4 gallon of Castrol, the can of which she held daintily between finger and thumb and said "Erm would you like this, I don't think that I want it?" would I are bears catholic, too true I would, my poor old banger lived in re'claimed oil, any-one remember that, re-claimed oil and re-treaded tyres, those were the days, selling days with nylon stockings in the back axle, grease in the sump, it took a 24v battery to start from cold then then one made sure that the car was well warmed up before the buyer arrived, drawing tread on the tyres with a ball point pen, or if one was lucky enough to have one, using a "Re-cutter" on the tread and then pinting the tread in to hide the metal if one had cut too low, or if the tyre had been cut before. Ah happy days |
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....and porridge or an egg to temporarily seal a leaky rad!
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At last though we are spared that dreadful M & S "plinkitty plonk plonk plonk" advert, the worst Christmas TV advert of all.
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Why does she even need to keep checking their score anyway? Has she secretly run up thousands of pounds of debt in the online sales, "Moose" is going to rat her out any day..
I did one for free, recently, when I did a remortgage. I had to ring to cancel the free trial and the guy tried to explain the benefits of paying £15/month. I politely said no, but since then I have NEVER NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT MY CREDIT SCORE IS!!!! |
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Just seen the latest Alpecin "German engineering for your hair" advert.
Seems to be a direct crib of the (decades ago) Castrol GTX motor oil advert ("Liquid engineering for your car"). Right down to the music, and the little stream of liquid running down the can. Anyone else remember? Why does hair need caffine, or are they just remarketing Castrol GTX as shampoo |
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Why does hair need caffine,
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Thank you I thought I recognised that music.
Why does hair need caffine, or are they just remarketing Castrol GTX as shampoo Quote:
According to a new study, caffeine doesn't just perk up your brain neurons in the morning, it makes your hair grow faster too. The International Journal of Dermatology has found that caffeine stimulates the hair shaft and helps it grow faster by blocking the effects of DHT, a chemical known to damage follicles.
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Just seen the latest Alpecin "German engineering for your hair" advert.
Seems to be a direct crib of the (decades ago) Castrol GTX motor oil advert ("Liquid engineering for your car"). Right down to the music, and the little stream of liquid running down the can. Anyone else remember? |
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I wasn't watching the screen when this first came on, and I thought immediately that they'd revived the old GTX commercials as a sort of retro thing
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I don't know what is worse about the PostCode lottery. The idiots that win it or the annoying woman with the stupid facial expressions in red
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I don't know what is worse about the PostCode lottery. The idiots that win it or the annoying woman with the stupid facial expressions in red
Another thing, "Diabetes Lottery" ads have started appearing now. Firstly, that couldn't sound more like a load of diabetics dipping into a hat containing one sugar-heavy thing among non-sugary items, blindfolded, if it tried but also the ad is awful. It's a voiceover talking while a seperate man and woman are 'dad dancing' for no apparent reason. It's like a 6th form media studies thing. |
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The new Boots hearing aid advert with the Mockney saxophonist who looks remarkably like Victor from still game.
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Either the same, unimaginative ad agency are making the ads or it's just bandwagon practice.
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