Working in the marketing world gives us ready access to utterly ridiculous phrases and words. Often I find myself imaging what a nob I and my colleagues would sound if we uttered such phrases in the real world. We would be shunned. So I always enjoy receiving variations on bullshit bingo. Ramada Encore have beenContinueContinue reading “buffling = business waffling”
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when did a fire engine become appliance?
I was watching the news a couple of weeks back when that plane crashed near Biggin Hill and all I could think of was why were they calling a fire engine an appliance? Has the world gone mad? It was, and always will be, a fire engine. I found these examples too to show howContinueContinue reading “when did a fire engine become appliance?”
subtle replies part 3
A while since the last ones but found this coaster in a delightfully mad shop in The Lanes, Brighton called Pussy.
la mia vacanza in Toscana*
*My holiday in Tuscany [update 21.08: thanks to Martina for the correct translation. Damn those Google language tools] In July, we had a frankly fantastic holiday in Tuscany and for the first time ever, Jude & I seriously contemplated how we could live out there. Here’s my snaps. Here’s some highlights: On the Friday beforeContinueContinue reading “la mia vacanza in Toscana*”
stuff and things 03.08.07
Not content with the fabulous Golf night driving, VW have extended the use of the Touareg stunts from the new Matt Damon film, the Bourne Ultimatum with a 3D stunt simulator: create your own stunts, load ’em, see if the people out there rate your stunt as cunning or not (deliberate Kenny Everett -ism thereContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 03.08.07”
sehr geehrter herr gill
I got this in my mail yesterday. Cracking targeting and localisation example from Spiegel. I assume my subscription to Media & Marketing Europe has spawned this letter but clearly my address is in Gross Britannien. So why send it to me in German? Tut tut. Needless to say this will be gehen sie hier geradeContinueContinue reading “sehr geehrter herr gill”
business gobbledygook
I found this hidden away in a corner of some folders I tidied a few weeks back on my laptop. I have no idea where it came from but it made me chuckle and also lament the fading light of “turnkey” and the desire to re-ignite the fire of “interoperable”. Reminds me of the meetingContinueContinue reading “business gobbledygook”
a splendid riposte
“Your explanation is, to me, a pompous word salad bereft of meaning.” Surely English is the only language to create such gems (no lettuce pun intended)? This was in reponse to the Guardian changing their homepage to look like, well, most other newspaper homepages these days. It’s a very long way down to the bottom.ContinueContinue reading “a splendid riposte”
type tastes good
Source: scary ideas
grass: grarse or grass?
What’s happened to the Queen’s English of late, old boy? First I see a television advert for the Bath Store with the proud voice-over saying Bath [baff] rather than Bath [bahth] and now Lloyds TSB are asking us to visit their branch [branch] rather than their branch [brahnch]. See the video below to see whatContinueContinue reading “grass: grarse or grass?”
