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OT - Mini advertisement but it could have been a cyclist
Might I be wrong here .........?
I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an elderly nudist couple in their Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a fish as they drive past. They appear to be most satisfied with the result and no one gets injured ... but this is only an ad and not real life. Right? I have been 'whacked' by a hand / newspaper from a passing car while out cycling. It is not a pleasant experience and potentially life threatening. Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se but it annoyed me greatly. Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year olds thinking this would be great sport no matter what car they drive. They are unlikely to appreciate the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing object could inflict on a person. I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter. -- David K remove NO SPAM from e-mail address to reply |
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"David K" wrote in message
... Might I be wrong here .........? I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an elderly nudist couple in their Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a fish as they drive past. They appear to be most satisfied with the result and no one gets injured .... but this is only an ad and not real life. Right? I have been 'whacked' by a hand / newspaper from a passing car while out cycling. It is not a pleasant experience and potentially life threatening. Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se but it annoyed me greatly. Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year olds thinking this would be great sport no matter what car they drive. They are unlikely to appreciate the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing object could inflict on a person. I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter. And so you should, if some retard tries it in real life someone could very easily be killed. I got bottled by someone in a passing car and only just stayed upright thanks mainly to the helmet! (ha ha bareheads) |
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David K wrote:
I have been 'whacked' by a hand [...] Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se Perhaps she just found you irrestisible. Cyclists have amazing tushes, after all. |
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OT - Mini advertisement but it could have been a cyclist
"David K" wrote in message ... Might I be wrong here .........? I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an elderly nudist couple in their Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a fish as they drive past. They appear to be most satisfied with the result and no one gets injured .... but this is only an ad and not real life. Right? I have been 'whacked' by a hand / newspaper from a passing car while out cycling. It is not a pleasant experience and potentially life threatening. Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se but it annoyed me greatly. Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year olds thinking this would be great sport no matter what car they drive. They are unlikely to appreciate the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing object could inflict on a person. I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter. Sadly, I'm one of those liberal types and don't see a problem with the advert - but then, in my hippy ideal world, kids would know that it's wrong to whack people for wrongness' sake, no other. Tom. |
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Simonb wrote:
David K wrote: I have been 'whacked' by a hand [...] Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se Perhaps she just found you irrestisible. I live in hope that was the case - assuming it was a 'she'! Cyclists have amazing tushes, after all. Before anyone else says it - maybe it was just too big a target to resist. -- David K remove spam trap from address to reply |
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Sadly, I'm one of those liberal types and don't see a problem with th
advert - but then, in my hippy ideal world, kids would know that it' wrong to whack people for wrongness' sake, no other Tom Sadly your hippy world is not where wee neds live. Remember the Tang advert was withdrawn after kids started turning up at A&E with damage ear drums from being hit on both sides of the head at teh same time b "pranksters"? Watch out for fish yeilding, burberry clad, hot hatc driving neds this summer, especially if the price of Scottish far salmon continues to plummet - |
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"robbiew" wrote in message
... Remember the Tango advert was withdrawn after kids started turning up at A&E with damaged ear drums from being hit on both sides of the head at teh same time by "pranksters"? One kid, anyway. -- Guy === WARNING: may contain traces of irony. Contents may settle after posting. http://chapmancentral.demon.co.uk |
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"David K" writes: I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an elderly nudist couple in their Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a fish as they drive past. Not amusing when you happen to know someone who was permanently invalided in his thirties when thwapped on the head (by a wing mirror) from a moving vehicle - while walking on the pavement. I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter. Wouldn't that be the ASA? -- Nick Kew ApacheCon 2003: presentation on November 18th ( http://apache.webthing.com/ ) Other business likely to be slow until the next week. |
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robbiew wrote:
Sadly, I'm one of those liberal types and don't see a problem with the advert - but then, in my hippy ideal world, kids would know that it's wrong to whack people for wrongness' sake, no other. Tom. Sadly your hippy world is not where wee neds live. Remember the Tango advert was withdrawn after kids started turning up at A&E with damaged ear drums from being hit on both sides of the head at teh same time by "pranksters"? Watch out for fish yeilding, burberry clad, hot hatch driving neds this summer, especially if the price of Scottish farm salmon continues to plummet. R I agree with all of the above that it could set a bad example and woul definitely be very dangerous - |
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OT - Mini advertisement but it could have been a cyclist
"David K" wrote in message ... Might I be wrong here .........? I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an elderly nudist couple in their Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a fish as they drive past. Just watched it on the mini.co.uk site They appear to be most satisfied with the result and no one gets injured .... but this is only an ad and not real life. Right? I have been 'whacked' by a hand / newspaper from a passing car while out cycling. It is not a pleasant experience and potentially life threatening. Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se but it annoyed me greatly. Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year olds thinking this would be great sport no matter what car they drive. They are unlikely to appreciate the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing object could inflict on a person. I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter. Write to your MP and the local supermarket warning them of the dangers of selling fish. |
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