I was listening to a music channel while driving the other day. Well, I say ‘music channel’ but between the phone-ins, the news, the weather and the competitions, there was actually precious little music on offer, but that’s maybe for another time.
Oh, and let’s not forget the bastard adverts. In this case, I’m going for one in particular, one where a gushing, incredibly enthusiastic female was trying to convince the audience that a mobile phone deal was fantastic value ‘from just £something 99 pee per month!’. Even better, the superdelux deal was ‘from as little as £something 99 pee per month! That’s right; only £something 99pee per month!’ (Limited offer, terms and conditions apply rapid blah babble).
It will come as no surprise to cunters to learn that I was so impressed that I raced home and immediately signed myself and the wife up*.
Why, I ask myself, are advertisers so lacking in imagination that they still believe that anybody anywhere is influenced by this hackneyed, worn out technique? ‘From just… for as little as… only…’ ; and they always sound so amazed, you’d almost think they actually believed it themselves.
Fucking boring twats.
*Actually, I didn’t really…
Nominated by : Ron Knee