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No, I don't want
a bloody pizza
Must we suffer these footballer-loaded World
Cup-themed advertisements
for products that have nothing to do with football?
June 8, 2006 01:57 PM
Guardian
WorldCup blog
Gemma Clarke
Note to advertisers: liking football does
not a gullible idiot
make. By far and away the worst part about watching the World Cup from the
sanctity of the front room is the relentless assault from advertisers with crass
attempts to pimp worthless tat using Germany 2006 as a vehicle.
The thud of boot on ball, the sound of a cheering crowd, a slow-mo shot of a
diving keeper, it can only be ... drum-roll ... a three-seater manual
double-reclining sofa from DFS. Or Land of Leather. The voiceover: "Buy now and
you can have your sofa delivered before the World Cup!"
Eh? Has everyone been sitting on the floor until now? Are people around the
country standing in empty rooms, leaning on walls and thinking: "Hey - the World
Cup's about to start, it's about time I bought some furniture!"
Then there's Mars. Or "Believe" as it's been rebranded for the duration.
Unbelievable bollocks, more like.
And if the sincere, "we can win it" tack doesn't work, there's always the smug,
conspiratorial "come on fellas, we all love football, now let's all have a
laugh" tone.
Ho, ho ... Michael Owen locked in a cupboard! It's so funny, it makes me want to
order a big, fat disk of lardy melted cheese covered in meaty footballs! Which
are actually just meatballs, but the crucial inclusion of that word 'foot'
really helps sell a pizza at World Cup time. God be with the days when England
footballers waited until after their ignominious tournament exit to hawk pizzas.
No, I don't want a bloody
pizza, G,
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/worldcup06/2006/06/08/no_i_dont_want_a_bloody_pizza.html
Thanks Hewson. It's because of people like
that
I had to sit through utterly pointless cutscnenes in Super Monkey Ball 2.
I don't want
a story, I want
a game.
Posted by Iain on September 23, 2005 05:10 PM.
Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment.
Don't
believe the hype, G, 23.9.2005,
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2005/09/23/dont_believe_the_hype.html
Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail,
Maritime and Transport union,
said the election result should give a "sharp
warning" to the government
that it was time to listen to the concerns of working
people.
"Britain has clearly shown that it doesn't want
a Tory government,
but the huge dent in Labour's majority, and the
huge number of voters staying at home,
show that Britain doesn't want a Labour
government pursuing Tory policies either."
Firefighters' leader loses job to deputy, G, 6.5.2005,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/firefighters/story/0,,1478382,00.html
Comment
Did he write it? You haven't a
ghost of a chance of knowing
Sunday June 25, 2006
The Observer
Peter Preston
It's another Times exclusive. 'All those dreams were shattered within a minute -
but I know that worse things happen to people every day: when I told my little
girl that daddy had hurt his knee, she just asked me to put on Postman Pat.'
Yes, Michael Owen is telling us all about the 'crunch', sending his 'best wishes
to the rest of the lads' and dreaming of more big tournaments to come.
Did he write it?
You haven't a ghost of a chance of knowing, O, 25.6.2006,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1805281,00.html
Comment
I'm sorry, I haven't a
clue
However cracked they may be, our fascination for codes remains
Saturday November 27, 2004
The Guardian
Mark Lawson
The discovery of a code at Shugborough Hall, in Staffordshire -
"O.U.O.S.V.A.V.V" -
that may disclose the location of the holy grail has been
widely compared to Dan Brown's super-selling novel The Da Vinci Code.
I'm sorry, I
haven't a clue, G, 27.11.2004,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1360808,00.html
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