Hello my family, friends, and other people who might stop by. It's been a while since I've posted -- mainly because Paul and I have been out and about and travelling a bit. I've got some beautiful photos to show you over the next couple of days of our trip out to the wild-wild west of Montana, and some interesting tidbits from a side trip to "the" (said with proper emphasis) OC. We are now back in England having enjoyed a rather balmy January for these climes. Paul is back in classes and I - having my MBA degree hot off the presses -- am embarking on a new work venture that is whisking me off to The Netherlands and Germany this next week. That is -- of course -- if the UK Border Authority approves my visa this Friday and gives me back my passport. So, as you can see -- things have been a bit nutty around our house lately.
To ease us all back into the new year and into the month of February (where did January go?!?) --I'd like to share three adverts with you that are currently running on the telly over here in England. Unlike an earlier post where I gave you my favorite ads, these are....well....um...NOT my favorites. These three quite honestly have left me scratching my head in what I believe might be a divide I may never cross -- the divide between US and UK humo(u)r. I'd love to know your thoughts on these!
Advert 1 is a commercial for Cheesestrings - basically mozeralla cheese sticks. Ummmmm...what?
Advert 2 is selling toilet paper (teehee -- loo roll!) with some very creepy looking doggies.
Advert 3 -- well I'll let you figure out what it is selling and see if you can guess before the end.
p.s. The Gavle Goat survived! More on that soon.
5 comments:
good to see you back on the blog! Those commercials are crazy..... I'd love to see a Brit's view of our wacky commercials.
I love the Andrex puppies!
Here in the US there used to be an ad for toilet paper with a growup telling a child "Did you know there are places in the world where you can't buy [this brand] of toilet paper? What do you think of that?" CHild responds, "I might like to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there!" That ad really irritated me!!
The cheese strings ad is not very good. The talking toaster one I quite like.
Odd humor. perhaps the admen should join forces and make a commercial that features a cheese stick that lands in a toaster and gets eaten by the dog.
I can;t believe it, I searched for a job for eight months and got beaten by a toaster grrrr
Dad
I definitely have a post planned to highlight the shocking medicine adverts in the US. The fact that Paul had the "Smiling Bob" commercial memorized from the LAST time he came to visit over a YEAR AND A HALF before our trip - it just shows that the US has its fair share of weird ads. Almost American -- I have to admit I really like the talking toaster one, too. Dad -- but did you really want to wear lycra?
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