That was bizarre. Staples have made an advert with a stationery related song that sounds very much like "Who do you think you are" by the Spice Girls. I think that's what the song's called. It's not like I'm an expert on the Spice Girls. :-)

There were those weird Halifax adverts - they're the people who started this song advert thing. With the guy who sings a version of "Livin' the Vida Loca". And other lovely songs now too. Someone thought he was great, obviously...! He's even on the front page of their website! Aaargh!

But there are adverts that annoy me more. One's for Honda. There's this factory that makes OK's. It is, apparently, the world's favourite word. There's a guy who has to type "OK" to make the OK's before they travel down the conveyor belt. You'd have thought they could have automated that. So, the typing guy sneezes (and somehow his gas mask disappears - all the employees have to wear those, for some reason). The dust on his keyboard blows away and he discovers other letters! So he makes the word "Whatif". The reason, Honda, that that could never be the world's favourite word, is that it's not a word. Grrrr.

And my biggest advert I hate, the one that makes me hurriedly turn over, is for something... I don't know. Their advertising clearly hasn't worked. Oooh, I remember what it's for. It's for Smirnoff! You know in the olden days there were guys who told bad jokes and played the piano. I'm not explaining this well, but hey. Anyway, it's like that, but it's a dog. And everyone's laughing, but it's not funny. I'm definitely never buying their vodka! (Those of you who know me know that's an empty threat, but still.) A piano playing comedian dog. It's freaky.

Why do you have to be of legal drinking age to enter Smirnoff's website? That's sillier than not being able to buy things with cigarette advertising on them before you're 18. I broke this law at the British Grand Prix when I was 17. It's all Jordan's fault. *sigh*

It didn't make me start smoking. :-p

posted by Fiery Fred @ 10:26 PM