Showing posts with label advert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advert. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Women! Have you been struggling to write your shopping lists with those heavy manly biro's?


Luckily for you those clever men at BiC have made some especially for you.

Here's are some of the customer reviews from Amazon:

I allowed my wife to write the grocery list with one of my pens. Shortly thereafter she went out and bought a bunch of flannel shirts, cut the sleeves off and grew a mullet. While she was writing her feminist manifesto, I secretly switched out the man pen with a BiC For Her. She's now back to baking apple pies, vacuuming in heels, and popping bennies in order to keep her girlish figure... like a proper American gal. Thank you BiC!


Oh. My. God. I've been doing it all wrong. There was me thinking I didn't need to worry about whether my writing implement sufficiently reflected my gender. Thank you so much Bic for showing me the error of my ways. Perhaps Bic will also bring out a new range of pink (or purple) feminine spanners, screwdrivers, electric drills and angle grinders so that I can carry out my job as a bicycle mechanic without further embarrassing myself? Luckily my male colleagues have managed to keep their disapproval of my use of their masculine tools to themselves. I'm so ashamed. And re-educated as to my place in society. Thanks again Bic!


I could never write until now because I'm such a thick little Princess that I refused to. I just drew pictures of my pink little bike, with the lilac streamers. I thought I'd just grow up and let a big manly man come and marry/save me. Now I've found this pen, I've learned to write. It's so pretty, with it's comfortable grip, not like the razor like surface on ordinary mens pens. It will help me list all my household chores and record my calorie consumption in my diary. Who knows? Maybe it will give me the confidence to take the stabilisers off my bike.


Unfortunately not all the feedback has been quite so positive:

I bought this pen (in error, evidently) to write my reports of each day's tree felling activities in my job as a lumberjack. It is no good. It slips from between my calloused, gnarly fingers like a gossamer thread gently descending to earth between two giant redwood trunks.


When I saw these I just had to have them, so I asked my Husband to buy them for me. He refused, as he said that owning a pen might make me Think, and then have Ideas Of My Own. Then I might start to Write, which would take time away from my wifely duties such as Cooking, Cleaning, and Bearing Children. Of course he was Absolutely Right, none of these tasks require a pen, and so I have to give these one star.


I tried these on a whim, and I have to say I wasn't very impressed. The applicator mechanism is far too fiddly, and the plastic tampon inside far too thin (not to mention uncomfortable and non-absorbant) - I'm sure there must be a knack to using them, but I couldn't find it. They also stained my knickers blue for some reason. I really wanted to like these, but it's back to pads for me.


The best "viral" advert for Thermo Scientific freezers you'll see all day


I'll definitely keep this in mind when I buy my next Thermo Scientific ultra-low temperature freezer.



Via: Sapir on Facebook

Sunday, 19 August 2012

Is this Facebook's newest advertising scheme?

A few hours ago Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his love of Chicken Nuggets with his 15 million subscribers.


After a week which saw his company's shares fall to half their initial price, resulting in a $9 billion loss to his personal fortune, has the social media guru understandably turned to some comfort food, or is he just trying to find alternative revenue streams to help offset the hole in his finances?

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

"Because greatness is not in one special place, and it is not in one special person"

This line from Nike's current advertising campaign may be in direct contradiction to one of the Top 10 Muhammed Ali Quotes featured in a post yesterday, but it's certainly hard to argue with.

With a voice over by Tom Hardy (without the encumbrance of Bane's mask) this clip reminds us that London, UK is not the only place great athletes can be found right now.



There are a whole series of advertisements in the campaign but this for me is the most inspirational of the set.



Via: Philip DeFranco

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Walmart's new advert accused of aggressively targeting fans of bouncing booties and bad hip-hop

NSFW levels of ass-shakin'


My favourite YouTube comment on the video:
"To all the young black women out there stay in school unless you wanna end in some stupid ass nigggas ghetto budget video singing about walmart."

If you've read this far without realising this isn't a Walmart advert you need to seek professional help

Friday, 29 April 2011

How My Mind Works - a quick peek behind the curtain of my blog

This is mainly an excuse to show you a string of videos that I thought were cool, under the pretext of explaining how I hop around on YouTube and make my seemingly random selections for posting on the blog.

First up is a video I saw while watching a livestream by zekkyou:



Apparently it's based on an American advert. After finding it I had a quick look at the other videos on the channel (MissAlissa15) with this being the first to catch my eye:



To me, that is a great, quirky YouTube video and a clear sign that this is a channel of quality. A fact supported by these further offerings:





Of course, having watched that last one I had to go compare it to the original:



Every time I hear this song I of course think of the masterpiece that is Grosse Pointe Blank and so went looking for a video of it to share with you. The trailer is terrible and full of spoilers so I figured this was a better example to use:



Finally, I couldn't resist sharing this epic interview fail featuring John Cusack:



Now you have an idea as to how I find these strange, weird and wonderful videos to share with you. Normally I would have only shared one or two of these but for every video that makes it to the blog, there arre three, four or even more that lead me there.

Is this where Aussie vs. Kiwi rivalry is headed?

If so, I know who my money will be on...



Via: Dave Emerton on Facebook

Monday, 11 April 2011

David Beckham sell his soul to Pepsi

Here's this video of David Beckham supposedly just having a little kick about during a break in filming the latest Diet Pepsi commercial:



It makes me sad. Why would a footballer as talented as Beckham agree to this CGI'd rubbish? I hope he got paid a truckload of money from it because it's bound to have damaged his brand credibility.

Also, how bad does your performance have to be for David Beckham to out act you Mr. Overenthusiastic-Guy-Behind-Camera?

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Chinese Cleavage Clamp Video (sNSFW)

This is a Chinese advert for a new form of cleavage enhancing lingerie. That sentence doesn't prepare you for how weird this advert is.



If you watched more than a minute or two you will have seen that this isn't just some kind of Wonderbra that can be switched on or off by special strings with a funky electronic sound effect. No this is a full body sculpting system that hides your bulging tummy and makes your butt perfectly perky.

Surreal and strange, the first advert for Minecraft

So this is weird...



Via: boingboing

Sunday, 20 February 2011

Robert Rodriguez's "The Black Mamba". Best Nike advert ever?

Starring Kobe Bryant and with a selection of cameos from music and film.

"Product placement gives us a bigger budget. Bigger budget, bigger explosions" BOOM!



Source: NikeBasketball on YouTube

Thursday, 10 February 2011

It doesn't mean to, but this dinosaur will make you feel more depressed

Watch this, it's only short:



I was right wasn't I? You are now a little bit more depressed that you were 41 seconds ago.

You're probably also wondering why on earth a family holiday camp would use this to try and attract visitors? Well, it took me a few viewings to realise that of course it's Ludo the dinosaur who is feeling blue after his little friend finishes his holiday. They had so many great times together but now they are all gone... until the next kid turns up.

The song is 'Dust in the Wind' by Kansas and you can watch the full version used in the advert here but for me this song is forever associated with one highly emotional movie moment... You're my boy Blue!You're my boy.

Friday, 4 February 2011

Fastest bug in the forest

The newest beetle on the block looks pretty quick.
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Thursday, 3 February 2011

Look at this little Sith!

I think Darth Vader was a Sith Lord but I might be wrong.

Via: TDW Geeks
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Monday, 17 January 2011

Shampoo has found a new way to make me cry

It doesn't take much to make me cry - songs, TV shows, movies, books, cute kittens... and now shampoo adverts.
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