Author Archive for David
Call a spade a spade.
I like the expression “call a spade a spade”. It’s great for cutting through the shit and telling it like it is (or how it is to me). It’s good to be well briefed so I googled it to check that I wasn’t using an expression with any racial slurs and found this.
…the expression to call a spade a spade is thousands of years old and etymologically has nothing whatsoever to do with any racial sentiment.
All you need to know about this f**cking financial crisis.
Finding it hard to get your head round the ins and outs of this global financial crisis? Well, if you live in the UK the root cause became pretty dam clear today.
Could you try and have a vaguely original idea?
Ok there’s nothing new under the sun, but really have we come to the point where copywriters get paid to just completely rip off somebody else’s idea? This Haribo ad is such a copy of the Will Ferrell skit that I’m surprised they don’t get sued for copyright infringement.
On a happier note I offer you this old add from Molson (I know, I know old news to many of you) which harks back to a time when ads were worth watching.
Michael Phelps pot “scandal”
Following the photo of Phelps apparently smoking pot through a bong Kellogg’s have dumped the athlete from their promotions saying he “was not consistent with the image of the company.”
What, What, WHAT!?! The man should be given another 8 medals. This guy is beyond super human. I’m such a lightweight that I can’t even speak after a joint while this guy can toke AND win 8 Olympic golds.
Carlos Tevez’s Bentley seized by police.
Am I alone in thinking “Carlos Tevez in a Bentley…really?” I can’t think of a less likely choice of car for the aesthetically challenged rugged Argentine. I couldn’t have dreamt up a more ludicrous image of Manure’s frontman and his car than this one.
Clarkson, Thatcher & Bale – Fear and Loathing
I’ve come to a realization regarding some of the minor news stories circulating at the moment. Such is my loathing of rolling news that I have found it necessary to look behind the news items to get some sort of perspective on the current climate, the stories themselves are rubbish.
There seems to be an increase in “celebrities in trouble” stories lately. The three at the moment are Carol Thatcher’s “racist” comment, Jeremy Clarkson’s “one-eyed” comment in the UK and Christian Bale’s outburst in the States.
5 Reasons to hate this ad
On the whole ads don’t faze me anymore… but there are always exceptions and this one gets right up my nose.
1. Who the hell uses instant messaging to resolve their personal relationship problems!?
2. Do women usually complain about their partners pursuing their dream job?
3. Is losing broadband connection a frequent occurence in mainland UK? He’s not in bloody Kabul is he.
4. Having lost connection how about using one of those new fangled communication devices… a telephone, or don’t they have those in the countryside.
5. BT… they’re crap. Always at the rear of modern innovation. An example of British mediocrity. Since writing this BT’s share price has taken a dive after a profit warning… good.
And relax… better.
6 tips for surviving the depression of a recession
Scary isn’t it. Markets in free-fall and banks with no money. Who the hell’s in charge? Breathe… that’s it and again. Much better, now read these tips to staying positive in the depression of a recession.
