As Dr. Evil says in Goldmember, “I don’t speak freaky, deaky Dutch.” But I think I may have to as I’m quite regularly there on business and have to stop myself going into schoolboy hysterics with some words. Take these 2 examples: On a menu, you can get a slagroom for half a Euro! Wow,ContinueContinue reading “a slagroom for 50 euro cents?”
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subtle replies part 2
I found this postcard in The Hague, Netherlands. Cut out & keep and use when required.
“taste worth dying for”, burger with nurse included
Bypass burgers, flatliner fries, cigarettes and beer and waitresses dressed up as sexy nurses. The Heart Attack Grill in Arizona doing their bit to help with the obesity problem in the States.
i still hate BA
I don’t enjoy travelling with BA ever since I went to Italy on holiday and had to sit in the most filthy cabin I’ve ever experienced. What’s more, the cabin crew were the most surly bunch of gets I had ever come across. Since then I’ve tried to avoid them wherever possible. And I wasContinueContinue reading “i still hate BA”
“you’re a big, daft cock” and other subtle replies
When questioned by a couple of subject matter experts, perhaps you should follow the example given by Martin Durkin, the executive producer of The Great Global Warming Swindle shown on Channel 4 recently. Rather than a pithy comeback, dismissive twaddle or polite response, Mr Durkin went for the jugular and the vernacular at the sameContinueContinue reading ““you’re a big, daft cock” and other subtle replies”
smash my brand up
The Times arecurrently running an MBA series of articles & podcasts in association with IBM. The one that caught my eye last week was by Martin Lindstrom about sensory branding and what he calls, , “Smash Your Brand”. The strategy is from 1915 and the briefing for the Coca-Cola bottle. The brief was to developContinueContinue reading “smash my brand up”
2007 digital outlook from avenue a | razorfish
Digital gospel according to Razorfish released 14 March 2007. Register for yours here or be so now and get the podcast.
wedding 2.0
Digital goes into bridal: hot wedding trends for 2007: Daily bridal blogs (imagine how many “I guess I’ll do it myself then” statements there will be), personal URLs on invites, online RSVP, live webcasts, digital music, streaming video (I sincerely hope this doesn’t extend to honeymoons?) Sources: TheKnot.com, Iconowatch
thought of the day
Source: profero.com
