Advertising

by **hotfire** on Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:55 am

Lootifer wrote:I hate advertising; I am very much a pay-for-it rather than a free-with-advertising kinda guy.

This is my current most hated commercial on TV:

im glad im not the only person to hate that commercial witha passion

by **Dukasaur** on Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:03 am

Woodruff wrote:This seems like a perfectly and astoundingly AWFUL way to try to advertise. Unless by "advertise" you mean "piss off everyone in contact with you":

It used to be, if you didn't want to hear propaganda you could stuff your ears with candle wax or cranberries. Now you will have to shoot yourself in the head.

by **Funkyterrance** on Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:00 am

No worries, I'm sure if this actually became widespread someone(Funkyterrance?) would invent some sort of pad you could strap to your head to block the transmission.

by **hotfire** on Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:07 pm

tin foils hats anyone?

by **saxitoxin** on Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:38 pm

A giveaway of free toothbrushes in London caused mayhem at the Waterloo underground station.

Evening Standard wrote:A promotional stall handing out free electric toothbrushes to commuters at Waterloo station was forced to shut down amid safety fears today after hundreds of people overwhelmed staff and caused “mayhem” on the concourse.

Rail bosses ordered the closure of Colgate’s “brushswap” event amid safety fears.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/b ... 97925.html

Toothbrushes are considered a rare and exotic implement in British culture and are highly sought after.