Ill-chosen promotional phrases

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If you like. Today outside the library an ad was posted for these gremlins and their band, regarding their CD release party. Fair enough, but the tag line for the band was:

"Concerte, internal aggression -- downright anal pain"

Hm.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

New "Honey, where's the aural Preparation H?" answers.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not a promotional phrase unless all acronyms count as such, but I wonder who thought it would be a good idea to christen a UK airline pilots' union 'IMPACT'

― dave q, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not quite in the same league, but about four years ago Marks and Spencer had, in their underwear department, picctures of women draaped about in their underwear with the slogan 'Christmas is for giving'.

It was interpreted lewdly.

― Anna, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There was an advert on TV the other day for diarrhoea relief tablets which used the slogan "the FRUITY way to beat diarrhoea"

― jamesmichaelward, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dunedin: it's alright here.

― isadora, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Komputer does for Kraftwerk what Oasis did for the Beatles."

I will never let that one die.

― Dare, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hamilton : More Than You Expected
(heh random guy when asked for new Hamilton slogan on national news - "Hamilton - Auckland ain't that flash" in whingy drawl)

― Ess Kay, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A while back Coca-Cola had some marketing campaign in some Asian country, Japan or China, who knows. They thought it would be a good idea to get the symbols of that country's language to spell Co-ca-co- la phonetically. How cute and multicultural. Funny thing is, when you say Co-ca-co-la in that language it means "bite the wax tadpole". That's excellent.

― Lindsey B, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Lindsey B, that was China, in the 1920's. But then they changed it to characters that mean "good mouth, good pleasure" or "happiness in the mouth".

― rainy, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There's happiness in my mouth... and everyone's invited!!!

― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh wow, i'f finally found a practical use for my Creative Strategies textbook!

"When Pepsi's old campaign, 'Come Alive. You're the Pepsi Generation', was translated into Chinese, it announced that 'Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the grave"

Wow, how about that? I looked something up! Yeknow, these books behind me don't just make the office look good, they're packed with useful tidbits!

Hamilton : More Than You Expected

How about Hamilton: Well At Least It's Not New Plymouth

― petra jane, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hee. Hamilton is a comic goldmine! The whole "Hamiltron : City Of The Future" thing still induces giggling.

― Ess Kay, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

when I went to hamilton, the first thing I saw was a big, huge, giant guy standing outside a supermarket wearing a t-shirt that said RUGBY IS LIFE.

― rainy, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hamilton : More Than You Expected

i am expecting Emma to be either outraged or quite pleased about this.

― katie, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think I choose pleased as it is too hot to be annoyed.

― Emma, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hamilton: At Least She's Not From Plymouth.

― Tim, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

But I have been there.

― Emma, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't go there.

― Tim, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

TOO LATE!

But I have never been to Cornwall other than that.

― Emma, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What I wouldn't give to hear...

"Rock over London, Rock on Chicago, Project1 - downright anal pain!"

― Mark, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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