Sarah's Mum
Enzo Matrix
There's that shouty bloke who doesn't really exist, advertising Cillit Bang.
Then there is that Italian waiter in a Chinese restaurant who mithers the
customer about his car and gets snogged by the girlfriend. That's just so
annoying. What on *earth* is he doing serving in a restaurant? He looks
like he hasn't washed in a week! :-(
And then there's the Flext T-Mobile advert. For me it shows just what is
wrong with the country at the moment. Everyone seems to think that they are
the centre of the universe and that everything will adapt to their wishes.
So this limpbrain chucks himself off a balcony because he is too lazy to use
the stairs, knowing that the flagstones will cushion his fall. What about if
someone else decides to walk exactly where he is going to land at exactly
the moment he lands there? See... no thought for others. that's just so
annoying. And if he had any respect for the person with whom he is having a
conversation, he would sit down and give the call his full concentration,
wouldn't he? If anyone ever rings me up and I realise that they are doing
something else as well as talking to me (walking, driving... sometimes even
*eating* - how rude is that?) then I say "Call me back when you're not so
busy" and I put the phone down on them! Tossers!
But the advert that's *really* annoying me is the Bitesize Shredded Wheat
advert, with the stupid brat who idolises "Sarah's mum". Sarah's mum says
this... Sarah's mum says that... Sarah's mum looks really good you know...
Sarah's mum is really cool...
I bet Sarah's mum is one of those trendy parent types who let their children
call them by their first name. She probably goes to meetings of the Stop The
War Coalition and Greenpeace. She's probably encouraging Sarah to be a
lesbian because that would be politically correct. Does anyone else want to
smack Sarah's mum in the gob?
--
Enzo
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Ophelia
"Enzo Matrix" <enz...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eJ-dnbhRHve...@giganews.com...
> But the advert that's *really* annoying me is the Bitesize Shredded Wheat
> advert, with the stupid brat who idolises "Sarah's mum". Sarah's mum says
> this... Sarah's mum says that... Sarah's mum looks really good you
> know...
> Sarah's mum is really cool...
>
> I bet Sarah's mum is one of those trendy parent types who let their
> children
> call them by their first name. She probably goes to meetings of the Stop
> The
> War Coalition and Greenpeace. She's probably encouraging Sarah to be a
> lesbian because that would be politically correct. Does anyone else want
> to
> smack Sarah's mum in the gob?
Oooh YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Enzo Matrix
...and small children sat on the bog! What the bluddy hell is all *that*
about???? There's a reason that bathrooms have doors... it's so that you
don't have to watch children having a crap!
carol clough
And mums kissing babies bottoms yuck. What about floor cleaners ? never mind
if you've just done it and the kids run in with dirty boots because you can
do it again.
Enzo Matrix
Yarright, yannow! Why do we never see the kids getting a right good hiding?
MartinS
> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>
> But the advert that's *really* annoying me is the Bitesize Shredded
> Wheat advert, with the stupid brat who idolises "Sarah's mum". Sarah's
> mum says this... Sarah's mum says that... Sarah's mum looks really
> good you know... Sarah's mum is really cool...
>
> I bet Sarah's mum is one of those trendy parent types who let their
> children call them by their first name. She probably goes to meetings
> of the Stop The War Coalition and Greenpeace. She's probably
> encouraging Sarah to be a lesbian because that would be politically
> correct. Does anyone else want to smack Sarah's mum in the gob?
You want to smack Gail Platt in the gob?
--
Martin S.
Aunty Gill
Enzo Matrix wrote:
> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
<Gill shows Enzo where his mute button is>
MartinS
MartinS
Actually, we can sit down to watch Corrie 6 or more minutes after it's
started, view it from the beginning on the DVR and forward at ludicrous
speed through the commercials. If I overshoot, there's a button that'll
give an instant 10 second step back.
"Aunty Gill"?
--
Martin S.
Aunty Gill
MartinS wrote:
> "Aunty Gill"?
You called?
Enzo Matrix
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:00:59 +0100, "Enzo Matrix" <enz...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>
>> I bet Sarah's mum is one of those trendy parent types who let their
>> children call them by their first name. She probably goes to
>> meetings of the Stop The War Coalition and Greenpeace. She's
>> probably encouraging Sarah to be a lesbian because that would be
>> politically correct. Does anyone else want to smack Sarah's mum in
>> the gob?
>
>
> He's the same guy who does the "Kaboom" (Cillit Bang's US name)
> commercials.
Are you sure that Cillit Bang and Kaboom are the same stuff? Both of them
are available at my local supermarket.
Enzo Matrix
> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
And then there are those dreadful Asda adverts with kids singing out of
tune.
If Asda really want to attract our attention, you'd think they would spend a
bit of money on kids who could actually sing *in* tune, wouldn't you? But
no... they have to fill our commercial breaks with brats who sound like the
mutant progeny of Morrissey and Billy Mackenzie.
Why don't they tell these kids "You can't sing. Get out of my studio! And
die!" ? That would be worth seeing. Instead, they put 'em in an advert on
telly and give 'em ideas above their station. I betcha we see all these kids
on the next series of The X-Factor. Simon Cowell's gonna have some fun!
<eg>
Asda! Tossers!
GordonD
Enzo has a mute button? Wish we'd known about that during the York ping!
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"
Ophelia
"GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:kYKdnaEaS_vY4F7Z...@bt.com...
> Aunty Gill wrote:
>> Enzo Matrix wrote:
>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>
>> <Gill shows Enzo where his mute button is>
>
> Enzo has a mute button? Wish we'd known about that during the York ping!
.. and if you had?
<O stands wiv hands on hips>
Enzo Matrix
> Aunty Gill wrote:
>> Enzo Matrix wrote:
>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>
>> <Gill shows Enzo where his mute button is>
>
> Enzo has a mute button? Wish we'd known about that during the York
> ping!
:-p
Enzo Matrix
<Enzo stands behind O and *points* at Gordon>
carol clough
Carol crosses over the road to a safe distance
Ophelia
Shurrup REnzo!
clips REnzo a quick one round da lug 'ole*
MartinS
Psssst! Mute button! Ads about women's products, lawyers touting for tax
evading clients, life insurance for over 50s, anything with Don Cherry..
There are some good ones, though, like the new Volkswagen Rabbit ad.
Two top commercial winners at Cannes Lions International Advertising
Festival, 2006:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3508243568549381115
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4939404667311212482
See also http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6450139125056853816
For stupid things to do with a bottle of Coke and some mints, see
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=coke+mentos&page=1&so=0&lr=
Especially: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-118254220657981958
--
Martin S.
MartinS
> writing about Asda, which means the commercial stuck in your mind. If
> you're thinking about Asda, there's a chance you might choose to shop
> there.
ASDA = Wal-Mart!!
--
Martin S.
Enzo Matrix
> writing about Asda, which means the commercial stuck in your mind. If
> you're thinking about Asda, there's a chance you might choose to shop
> there.
I *do* shop at Asda when I'm at my parent's place. But that's not because
they have adverts with kids singing out of tune. The prices are very
competitive and the produce is high quality and locally sourced. *That's*
what they should have in their adverts. They also need to mention that they
don't discriminate against disabled people like Tesco does.
Ophelia
They also
> need to mention that they don't discriminate against disabled people
> like Tesco does.
I didn't know that! Tell me more?
Enzo Matrix
> "Enzo Matrix" <enz...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> REnzo Matrix sniggered evilly behind my back:
>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>
>> And then there are those dreadful Asda adverts with kids singing out
>> of tune.
>>
>> If Asda really want to attract our attention, you'd think they would
>> spend a bit of money on kids who could actually sing *in* tune,
>> wouldn't you? But no... they have to fill our commercial breaks
>> with brats who sound like the mutant progeny of Morrissey and Billy
>> Mackenzie.
>>
>> Why don't they tell these kids "You can't sing. Get out of my studio!
>> And die!" ? That would be worth seeing. Instead, they put 'em in an
>> advert on telly and give 'em ideas above their station. I betcha we
>> see all these kids on the next series of The X-Factor. Simon
>> Cowell's gonna have some fun! <eg>
>>
>> Asda! Tossers!
>
> Psssst! Mute button! Ads about women's products, lawyers touting for
> tax evading clients, life insurance for over 50s, anything with Don
> Cherry..
>
> There are some good ones, though, like the new Volkswagen Rabbit ad.
Seen that! I thought it was good.
I like the Citroen C5 adverts where the cars do a transformer thingy and
turn into robots. The first one had the car dancing. The latest one has it
skating.
Another one that I liked was the one for Fairy Active Foam, with the little
girl going to a fancy dress party as a stick of broccoli. Her comic timing
was impeccable. See, if you *must* have kids in adverts, at least make sure
they can do what they're supposed to do...
MartinS
But they're owned by the rapacious giant Wal-Mart!
--
Martin S.
Enzo Matrix
It's not company policy, more a major mistake by a store manager. The Tesco
in St Helens is apparently going through a bit of controversy. Like most
supermarkets, they enforce a two hour limit in their car parks. Sadly, that
wasn't enough for one woman. She is registered disabled and she has a child
with Down Syndrome. She parked in a disabled parking space, displaying the
correct badges and everything. However, she needed more than two hours to
get her shopping done. Tesco wouldn't provide her with a member of staff to
help and when she got back to the car, she found it had been clamped. The
store manager also queried her need for a disabled badge with DVLA.
She naturally let the local papers know about the matter and Tesco got a bit
of bad publicity. She has now been told that she is no longer welcome at
Tesco. Tesco aren't doing all that well in St Helens!
Morrisons got in on the act... Now, whenever this lady wants to go
shopping, she simply rings up Morrisons and they send a car round for her.
And not just for her... register with Morrisons as disabled and/or
housebound and they will do it for anyone. Now *there's* a supermarket that
cares about its customers!
There was also the incident where I believe that I was the victim of racial
discrimination in Tesco. I just don't bother shopping there any more.
GordonD
Well...er...I'd have made sure that naughty Carol didn't press it!
Ophelia
Bloody, bloody, bloody St Helen's Tesco!!!! I have never seen anything like
that here. When I was wheelchair bound I had no problems and they offer
motorised chairs for disabled people who visit the store. We have no time
limits in our store car parks.
Racial discriminations! You!!! Blimey... what happened??? I mean I know
you are purple but...............
carol clough
> Ophelia wrote:
>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:kYKdnaEaS_vY4F7Z...@bt.com...
>>> Aunty Gill wrote:
>>>> Enzo Matrix wrote:
>>>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>>>
>>>> <Gill shows Enzo where his mute button is>
>>>
>>> Enzo has a mute button? Wish we'd known about that during the York
>>> ping!
>>
>> .. and if you had?
>>
>> <O stands wiv hands on hips>
>
> Well...er...I'd have made sure that naughty Carol didn't press it!
> --
> Gordon Davie
I only press buttons when i'm told not to
Enzo Matrix
It was in Blackburn. The lady at the checkout didn't even look at me, she
just talked to her friend on the next till, who was likewise ignoring *her*
customer. In the end I asked her whether she was serving me or talking, but
she just smirked and carried on ignoring me. She rang up the final cost and
then snatched the fiver out of my hand. Then she threw - yes *threw* - the
change down on the counter and made a dismissive gesture with the back of
her hand that I happen to know is very offensive in her culture.
I went and had a word with the manager. He told be that I "probably didn't
understand her body language". I explained that as a customer, I shouldn't
expect to have to interpret body language and that I expected a certain
level of polite service, which I certainly hadn't received from his store.
He looked uncomfortable and said "I don't know what you expect me to say."
The lady on the checkout was a member of an "ethnic minority" that seems to
have an inordinate amount of power these days. I feel as though she abused
that power and racially discriminated against me. I felt quite sorry for the
manager as there was clearly nothing he could do and I, as a white man,
didn't have a catinell's chance of winning a complaint of racial
discrimination against an asian woman. Nevertheless, I was offended by her
behaviour.
Enzo Matrix
LOL
Aunty Gill
carol clough wrote:
> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:spWdnUZm4Nb...@bt.com...
> > Ophelia wrote:
> >> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> >> news:kYKdnaEaS_vY4F7Z...@bt.com...
> >>> Aunty Gill wrote:
> >>>> Enzo Matrix wrote:
> >>>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
> >>>>
> >>>> <Gill shows Enzo where his mute button is>
> >>>
> >>> Enzo has a mute button? Wish we'd known about that during the York
> >>> ping!
> >>
> >> .. and if you had?
> >>
> >> <O stands wiv hands on hips>
> >
> > Well...er...I'd have made sure that naughty Carol didn't press it!
> > --
> > Gordon Davie
>
> I only press buttons when i'm told not to
RCarol, don't press REnzo's mute button.... there's a good girl...
Gill
Enzo Matrix
Oi! That's not f...........................................
Ophelia
Ophelia
> Ophelia wrote:
>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:kYKdnaEaS_vY4F7Z...@bt.com...
>>> Aunty Gill wrote:
>>>> Enzo Matrix wrote:
>>>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>>>
>>>> <Gill shows Enzo where his mute button is>
>>>
>>> Enzo has a mute button? Wish we'd known about that during the York
>>> ping!
>>
>> .. and if you had?
>>
>> <O stands wiv hands on hips>
>
> Well...er...I'd have made sure that naughty Carol didn't press it!
Oh well that's ok then innit!!! <G>
Aunty Gill
fair? funny? Turn it back on RCarol, we need to know what it isn't when
it's on....
Mudge
On 07/23/2006 11:19:38 "Ophelia" wrote:
> Racial discriminations! You!!! Blimey... what happened??? I mean I
> know you are purple but...............
It's because he looks like a bald Arab with a bomb under 'ih shirt, innit !
--
The Canadian Curmudgeon (in, sunnyish, 29C, Calgary)
Politician #1: "Gentlemen, I wish to tax your memory."
Politician #2: "Why didn't I think of that?"
Enzo Matrix
...lippin' right!
Aunty Gill
Snigger
<Gill grabs Enzo's remote and runsssssssssssssssss orf wiv it>
Enzo Matrix
--
Aunty Gill
Oooh look REnzo is miming.... Wot's he trying to say?
Enzo Matrix
<Enzo mimes "Help! I'm stuck in this transparent box!">
Enzo Matrix
<Now Enzo mimes "Flippin' 'eck, the wind is getting up!">
Aunty Gill
It suits you........
and the peace and quiet out here is wonderful!
But if I put the remote down *here* while I have me brekkie, RCarol
might just come along and press the button, as she is wont to
do..............
Gill
Enzo Matrix
> On 07/23/2006 11:19:38 "Ophelia" wrote:
>
>> Racial discriminations! You!!! Blimey... what happened??? I mean
>> I know you are purple but...............
>
>
> It's because he looks like a bald Arab with a bomb under 'ih shirt,
> innit !
totally politically incorrect joke. If you feel you may be offended, look
away now.
Two arab women go into Debenhams and start trying on backpacks. One admires
herself in the mirror, turns to her friend and says "Does my bomb look big
in this?"
Ophelia
growl!!!!! Understood!!!
It is changing up here though!!!! In the old days we never had a chance
because the 'other' minorities had all the power, but it is changing Bruv!!
Ophelia
"Aunty Gill" <Gill...@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1153684664.5...@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
Oi!!!!! Dat is my Bruv you are talkin'
about.............................................
Aunty Gill
Okay, I'll let him out so you can thwappppppppppp 'im!
<Gill presses the mute button>
Ophelia
Oh I always thwap 'im but I might just thwap you if you keep shutting 'im
up! I need to hear his excuses yannow!!!!
Enzo Matrix
LEAVE DAT BUTTON ALONE!!!!
Oops... sorry....
<Enzo reduces the volume>
Aunty Gill
Enzo Matrix wrote:
> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
Well I don't know about your annoying telly ads, but there IS the mute
button. I find the ads on commercial radio MUCH more annoying.
Gill
Enzo Matrix
not that they'll do me any good....
Enzo Matrix
My current pet hate is the one that advertisies one of these cut-price
furniture warehouses. It has a complete and total non-entity pretending to
be Bob Dylan in the video to "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
I *hate* it!
Aunty Gill
*Mumble* It's all dat Carol's fault. I *told* her not to push dat
button....
Aunty Gill
THAT'S BETTER!
carol clough
carol clough
tonight :( Can i have a press if my server is better tomorrow ?
Enzo Matrix
LOL
Enzo Matrix
If you think it would help!
Aunty Gill
Ooooh yes you can RCarol. Then we can shut REnzo up all over again!
AlfaMS
..There are these adds who constantly claim that you could save *up to*
60% *and more*. Now where is the sense in that?!
--
Josef
MartinS
> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote...
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote...
>>>>> Enzo Matrix wrote:
>>>>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Enzo has a mute button? Wish we'd known about that during the York
>>>> ping!
>>>
>>> .. and if you had?
>>>
>>> <O stands wiv hands on hips>
>>
>> Well...er...I'd have made sure that naughty Carol didn't press it!
>
You wanna push my buttons?
--
Martin S.
MartinS
Yeah, and if you mute them you can't tell when they're over.
--
Martin S.
MartinS
You mean he shows cue cards and mumbles?
--
Martin S.
Ophelia
That is neither here nor there!
Ophelia
LOL
Ophelia
> On 07/23/2006 11:19:38 "Ophelia" wrote:
>
>> I know you are purple but...............
>
>
> innit !
does not!
Enzo Matrix
He just shows cue cards and grins vacuously at the camera.
Alex Cunningham
> "Aunty Gill" <Gill...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
>>
>>Oooh look REnzo is miming.... Wot's he trying to say?
>Kent Wills" <comp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you really need it explained when he shows you only one
> finger?
Possibly, Kent as the salutation in Britain is usually made with two
fingers.
--
Cheers.
Alex C.
There are 12,000,000 sheep in Ontario.
Problem is 9,000,000 of them think they are people.
Enzo Matrix
> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
Butterflies!
Why on *earth* do the advertising people think that I'll buy something if
they put butterflies on the advert? They're on all sorts of adverts, from
air fresheners, to fabric softeners to the new CD of "The Best of Bill
Withers". [1]
Come on, people... I'm phobic about butterflies, so putting them on an
advert? - not gonna make me buy your product!
And what is it with butterflies anyway? They're insects, for goodness sake.
Nasty creepy crawly things - except that these buggers flap around a lot as
well. Butterflies are just hang-gliding cockroaches! Would you buy an air
freshener that used imagery of roaches in its advert? Would you thump! So
why do these idiots think that we'll fall for butterflies?
"HI, I'M BARRY SCOTT AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT NEW CILLIT BANG BATHROOM
CLEANER. ONE SQUIRT - BANG! - AND YOUR BATH IS FULL OF EARWIGS!"
Tossers!
[1] How many of these things can they churn out? By my reckoning, that's the
third time since 1998 that this album has been released - each time with
slightly different packaging and slightly different running order. And given
that Bill Withers only ever really did four memorable songs (Lovely Day,
Just the Two of Us, Ain't No Sunshine and Lean On Me) the rest of this album
is gonna be pure dross!
carol clough
"MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote in message
news:44c43e20$0$233$892e...@auth.newsreader.octanews.com...
If I go around pressing everyone's buttons I will get my self a bad name
carol clough
Calm down dear it's only a commercial
Enzo Matrix
:-p
Alex Cunningham
Pop a valium before you pop a blood vessel, Lad. It's just a bloody TV
commercial aimed at the not too swift.
Aunty Gill
carol clough wrote:
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote in message
> >> I only press buttons when i'm told not to
> > You wanna push my buttons?
> If I go around pressing everyone's buttons I will get my self a bad name
Only if you're told not to.........;-)
Gill
Enzo Matrix
> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
Anchor Spreadable!
Now, Anchor is my preferred brand of butter - and I hope that Peter
Mandelson gets rogered by a rabid buffalo for banning imports of New Zealand
butter, even if it was only for a couple of days.
But honestly... the Anchor Spreadable ad is just disturbing.
There are two computer generated cows. We know that they are cows 'cos they
have udders dangling all over the shop. One cow is sat in a tree. All well
and good, until... they start talking with male voices.
Which idiot thought that one up? I'm sure that Stephen Fry and Tony Robinson
were quite happy to take the money and run, but honestly! Why didn't they
use Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French? Or, if they didn't want to spend
quite that much money, why not use the two girls who are sat fishing by the
canal?
You know the one... one girl reckons that the biscuits she's advertising
are made in a magic box. The other one says "It's called an oven!"
"Oats, Michelle! That's why they're so flapjacky and satisfyin'. Oats! Not
magic!"
There you go... there's a funny and entertaining advert. Shame that I can't
remember the name of the product though... ;-)
Gill
Enzo Matrix wrote:
> REnzo Matrix sniggered evilly behind my back:
> > Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>
> Butterflies!
<Gill hands REnzo a wet cloth for his fevered brow>
Erm, thing is many people find butterflies delightful, REnzo, so
complaining about them is akin to banging the head against the brick
wall.
What about dragonflies? Do you affect you similarlarlarlarlyly?
We have a delightful ad from Vodafone at the moment involving the life
cycle of two dragonflies who fall in love (a nice change from Vodafone
who more often than not cater for teens, with appropriately dire ads).
Gill
Gill
Enzo Matrix wrote:
> REnzo Matrix sniggered evilly behind my back:
> > Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>
> Anchor Spreadable!
>
> Now, Anchor is my preferred brand of butter - and I hope that Peter
> Mandelson gets rogered by a rabid buffalo for banning imports of New Zealand
> butter, even if it was only for a couple of days.
Perk? What? I know there's been trubble with the EU recently (but
there's always trubble with the EU :-(
> But honestly... the Anchor Spreadable ad is just disturbing.
> There are two computer generated cows. We know that they are cows 'cos they
> have udders dangling all over the shop. One cow is sat in a tree. All well
> and good, until... they start talking with male voices.
> Which idiot thought that one up?
<Gill hands disturbed Enzo some nice Anchor cheese>
Cows do talk in rather deep voices yannow.............. :-D
Gill
Enzo Matrix
> Enzo Matrix wrote:
>> REnzo Matrix sniggered evilly behind my back:
>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>
>> Butterflies!
>
> <Gill hands REnzo a wet cloth for his fevered brow>
>
> Erm, thing is many people find butterflies delightful, REnzo, so
> complaining about them is akin to banging the head against the brick
> wall.
> What about dragonflies? Do you affect you similarlarlarlarlyly?
I'm not too keen on anything that has more legs than me.
AlfaMS
/me wonders why this one is not buggering others, or is it?
--
Josef
Gill
Enzo Matrix wrote:
> I'm not too keen on anything that has more legs than me.
Wot? <Gill feels faint>
Shirley you mean 'limbs'?
Otherwise dog, cats, etc, ad nauseum, are all a problem.............?
Gill
Enzo Matrix
> Enzo Matrix wrote:
>> REnzo Matrix sniggered evilly behind my back:
>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>
>> Anchor Spreadable!
>>
>> Now, Anchor is my preferred brand of butter - and I hope that Peter
>> Mandelson gets rogered by a rabid buffalo for banning imports of New
>> Zealand butter, even if it was only for a couple of days.
>
> Perk? What? I know there's been trubble with the EU recently (but
> there's always trubble with the EU :-(
Peter Mandelson, on behalf of the EU, banned all imports of butter from New
Zealand for a period of about two or three days. It was something to do with
the holding company that owns Anchor changing its name. The name change,
which was perfectly legal, would have reduced the import duties that the
company pays. I think the ban was crafted to stop a certain consignment
clearing customs within a required time limit and so it became liable to
thousands of pounds more duty. It was all a tit-for-tat thing and, in my
opinion, very petty and childish on Mandelson's part. But then, that's
Mandelson for you.
> <Gill hands disturbed Enzo some nice Anchor cheese>
Oooh! Ta! :-D
Enzo Matrix
Oh, believe me, it *does* bug me... The chances are that the vast majority
of people will get nowhere near 60% discount and the only people entitled to
more than 60% will be one legged transexual eskimos provided that they apply
between 9:10am and 9:12am on the first Tuesday of a month with a "g" in the
name.
Another thing that bugs me is these car insurance companies who claim that
you could save incredible amounts by transferring your policy to them. For
instance, Norwich Union claim that I "could save up to £106". I suppose I
*could*, but it's unlikely. I'd have to forego such things as legal
protection, personal belongings insurance and a courtesy car and even then
I'd only save 8 quid. In fact, to get the same benefits as I have with my
current insurer, I would have to pay Norwich Union nearly £65 a year more
than I'm paying now!
Enzo Matrix
Well... maybe things with four legs are OK... but that doesn't mean moths
that have suffered an unfortunate accident are welcome at Matrix Mansions.
AlfaMS
..All good, and fair, Enzo. But: *up to* to me means an upper limit. Now
how can there be anything beyond? Hm?
--
Josef
Enzo Matrix
Eggzackerly!
There is a petrol service station near me that advertises "hyper low
prices". That really bugs me. "Hyper" means over or above. Combining it with
"low" cancels out the meaning of both. If they mean "extremely low prices"
shouldn't they say " *hypo* low prices"?
GordonD
There was a razor blade which was advertised as being twice as thin as its
nearest rival.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"
GordonD
And yet you yourself have more than the average number of legs for a human
being.
GordonD
> REnzo Matrix sniggered evilly behind my back:
>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>
> Anchor Spreadable!
>
> Now, Anchor is my preferred brand of butter
Oh bloody hell, yet another way in which we're alike!
MartinS
Then he's not impersonating Dylan. Dylan mumbled. Don Ferguson on Air
Farce used to do good impressions - some cue cards said "Mumble Mumble".
--
Martin S.
MartinS
> "MartinS" <m...@my.place> wrote...
>> "carol clough" <carolann.c...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote...
>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> "GordonD" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote...
>>>>>> Aunty Gill wrote:
>>>>>>> Enzo Matrix wrote:
>>>>>>>> Good *grief* there are some annoying adverts on the telly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <Gill shows Enzo where his mute button is>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Enzo has a mute button? Wish we'd known about that during the
>>>>>> York ping!
>>>>>
>>>>> .. and if you had?
>>>>>
>>>>> <O stands wiv hands on hips>
>>>>
>>>> Well...er...I'd have made sure that naughty Carol didn't press it!
>>>
>>> I only press buttons when i'm told not to
>>
>> You wanna push my buttons?
>
> name
Like Yortlebluzzgubbly Q. Halibutmangler?
That would never do!
--
Martin S.
MartinS
>
>> "Aunty Gill" <Gill...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>>Oooh look REnzo is miming.... Wot's he trying to say?
>
>>Kent Wills" <comp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do you really need it explained when he shows you only one finger?
>
> Possibly, Kent as the salutation in Britain is usually made with two
> fingers.
I think the Brits recognise the one-finger salute as meaning "Spin on this".
--
Martin S.
MartinS
Norwich Union is one of the worst. Over here they used to flog useless
life insurance to over-50s and funeral expense insurance. They've been
taken over by AIG (American International Group), who still push the
seniors' life insurance crap.
--
Martin S.
MartinS
It's an oxymoron.
--
Martin S.
MartinS
Is 30C twice as hot as 15C?
--
Martin S.