The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

You’re well and truly back aren’t you 🙂
I must say I don’t know who is the more guilty, the agency who had the nerve to “sell it” or the client who “bought it”. Whatever the answer, this is very lazy advertising and I think both agency and client need to go back to marketing school to be reminded that awareness doesn’t guarantee sales, especially when that awareness is gained because your communication is horrible.
Great catching up last week, hope it’s not so long till next time.

This post means you’re in a good mood doesn’t it?

i wonder if heidi needed water, silicone or youth to achieve that pert shot?

yes rob, thats all i give a shit about in this post, though i do applaud your anger, its nice to see you fired up rather than that wimpy “nice to the people” bollocks from last week 🙂

like being insulted by a one-legged 5 year old with a bowl haircut and buddy holly glasses.
in other words, fucking pathetic 🙂

Given this ad is so tennuous, I’d of prefered it if they did use Stormtroopers in the spot – or maybe Mr Vadar himself.

Think about it, the line could be …

“SO POWERFUL IT CAN EVEN GET THROUGH TO DARTH VADARS SINUSES”

Seems to me they’re implying some connection with 9/11 too.

yeah mr m, you’re right. i’m sure something like fishermans friend or vicks have done it before – i couldn’t possibly be that brilliant – ha!

And just for the record – even though it seems to have been done before – my “concept” [hahaha!] was the same as Lauren’s except I insinuated that the reason Darth Vadar sounded like Mr Dodd’s on a telephone line was because he had sinus problems and STORM would sort it out so he would end up sounding like Kenneth Williams or something.

Why I felt the need to clarify that is beyond me – I’m just sad I guess.

[Actually I know I am, you should see the posts on Thursday!]

And may I just take this opportunity to say that for the first time I ever I spoke to Lauren and the first words she said to me – THE FIRST WORDS EVER TO LEAVE HER GOB AND ENTER MY EARS – were …

“You sound just like Charles Frith”

… and while I love Charley-boy, I don’t know if that’s a good thing though I sort-of like the fact that after living in every country other than the UK over the last god-knows how long [that might be a slight exaggeration but bare with me] I still sound like I’m English even though to my ears, our beloved Charlie has a tad of the Laaaandaaan about him.

Why am I writing this?

Why do I care?

Why do I think you care?

Why do I still write it when I know no one cares?

Including me?

Oh that’s right, I’m passing the time while I wait for the Washing Machine repair man to turn up and my cat decides to emit a weapon of mass [nasal] destruction.

That’s it – I’m leaving you alone – though given technically this is still my blog, I don’t see why I should. Oh for gods sake, I’m going off on a tangent again. Sorry – I really am sorry.

Your regional tones sound nothing like the urbane campery of Frith and your choice of adjectives is all together more street!

And yes they did start it – they invaded Poland. Tish boom!

Never going to happen! She’d kick my ass.

As Professor Chong would say – I was wrong about this name-dropper.

rob!! while i dearly hoped that you wouldn’t blog about that, on some level i knew you would. i just thought you might wait until tomorrow, or something!!!

how fucking embarrassing! it was one of those oh-god-did-i-just-say-that moments and i’m sorry if i offended. i’m all class…

and for the record, don’t forget that frith has also spent the better part of the last decade outside of the UK. although, having said that, perhaps i really should just shut the fuck up.

and you know i would kick doddsy’s arse in a street fight, if it came to that. but i don’t hit old people, so he needn’t worry 🙂

To be fair Lauren, you’ve never met me which is why you probably thought you’d be safe – at least for the day – but now you know for next time that I’m categorically a sad and semi-vindictive little shit!

Luckily for you, your last comment [“I don’t hit old people”] ensures I love you so Jack In The Boxes and Etch A Sketches are still on the cards – even if I will be investigated by the FBI and CIA on your behalf.

Yes they do Andy, but that Hoff soap image kind of ruined it!

as long as the hoff didnt distract you in a sexual way, thats a good point mortimer.

and as for laurens lughole choice, shell just have to make do with ear piercing sized earrings if i am required to separate campbell from his family jewels.

enough of this shit, i have to bollock the uk government for fucking up northern rock for us.

£90 billion debt on the nation’s balance sheet in exchange for 6000 geordie jobs – I think you’ll find that the distance between handling it pretty well and how they handled it is actually staggeringly enormous.

Personally I would have let it go to the wall – it should never have been allowed to be run as it as was. The underlying assets behind the mortgages would have remained and been safe and the deposits were already guaranteed.

The thing is that at the start there was no real risk to existing lenders or mortgages; they just couldnt finance new customers.

It’s difficult to estimate though John, the effect that letting it go would have done; not only to the jobs and customers, but to the reputation in UK finance, and the damage to investment in the UK (esp shares).

That wasn’t meant to be as harsh as it sounded, just fed up of people criticizing nationalisation without looking at the facts!

Lauren doesn’t get out much!

what the fuck is going on. campbell? sweet? only in so much as ted bundy was a nice guy to his victims before he struck.

and for nr, i dont think theres any solution that wont attract major criticism because this is what happens when a bank is allowed to go on a major spending spree. its not about jobs, its about confidence in uk investments but ironically enough, this is what got nr into the mess in the first fucking place. and to make it worse, it puts back our fucking uk plans by a few months now, but i never wanted to open in newcastle anyway.

im not winding you up but its not just because of nr, its our own fault but its for the right reasons as you well fucking know you stirring shit.

Apart from the fact you open your gob when sometimes it should be kept firmly shut – I like your comment – and look forward to reading what Mr Dodd’s and Mr M think given they were the ones who took this issue on thanks to your slip-of-the-tongue.

Close.

When you talk, others can’t hear themselves! 🙂

PS: Wonderful creeping there Lauren. I’ve changed my mind on you being a planner – you seem made for Account Service now, haha!

I know what you’re saying John, but lets remember the financial market operates in a mixture of chaos theory and rumour – so as much as the damage was done way-back-when – there’s always room for deprovement [if that is a word, haha!]

In theory what you say is bang on – however the financial market is such a fragile and sensitive beast [plus Brown is still a relative newbie PM] that I can see why they took this stance.

Saying that, I still think it would of made sense to pass it over to another organisation [Virgin for example] because not only would they then of been able to rub their metaphorical hands from the nightmare [or at least a major part of it] but the British public would [probably] be less incensed when the jobcuts and increased fees come-in, in a desperate attempt to get things back on track.

As for why NR ended up this way – well like countless other companies before it – it’s more to do with the industry and shareholders demands for ever-increasing returns than anything overtly criminal … that is if you don’t think gambling with people’s money in an attempt to quench the continual thirst of every hungry shareholder/institutional investor isn’t morally ambigious.

I am glad you noticed that Baz – but given Jill has been on this blog today and she HATES my obsession with ENRON more than she hates people referring to themselves as brands, I thought it best if I keep my mouth shut – however hard that may be, ha!

Over to you Mr Dodds …

[Mr M and Andy are in agreement. That’s mental]

You can tell you’re leaving us soon – you would never say that normally being a coward midgit and all that, ha!