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Only Old Fish
Despite the fact that I don’t work in an agency, Victor has given me special dispensation to join his ‘Ad Farts: Old Gits in Ad Agencies’ group on Facebook. My FB profile pic (same as on the left) is a couple of years old now. Am thinking of using one which is more reflective of…
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I’m now on a well deserved break for a couple of weeks. ODF will be back (and bitchin’) in a fortnight. Keep on fishin’…
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Green Matters
So what do people really think about the environment? We’ve just done a pretty big piece of research (we’re calling it Green Matters – mostly because it does) into UK consumers’ (sample size of 3000 men and women) reactions to, and engagement with, the big environmental issues. Unsurprisingly, 88% of respondents claim to be concerned…
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Beersphere II – The Aftermath
A few pints and some great chat at last night’s Beersphere 2. Lovely to meet some of you in the flesh…Will, Sarah, Anna, James…amongst others. Thanks to the man with the plan Faris. Happy Easter everyone…
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Wonder pets! Wonder pets! We’re on our way!
If you’re reading this post in 2027 and no-one has used this yet – take note. Wonder Pets are the cultural reference of the future. They will be what The Clangers, Roobard & Custard and Rentaghost are for my generation. My two daughters are totally transfixed as each episode, Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck…
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Thought for the day
A thought on the new age of connectivity from American stand-up Mitch Hedberg: "I don’t own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time. If someone wants to get a hold of me, they just say ‘Mitch,’ and I say ‘what?’ and turn my head slightly" Thanks…
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Service will resume…
Unfortunately I have had a rather major IT glitch (ironically caused by the IT department) which has prevented me from posting for the last couple of days but I’m happy to report that I’m now up and running again so normal service will be resumed anytime now…
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One less car
I saw a bike rider wearing a flourescent jacket with this written on the back this morning. And I rather liked its simple but effective communication, even though my mountain bike is currently collecting cobwebs in the garden shed. The medium really was the message. It occurred to me that if I had been in…
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Riverdance like you’ve never seen it before
You will no doubt see this a lot over the coming days but here is the very funny Comic Relief viral video for Red Nose Day . It’s promoting the RND T-Shirts which are only onsale at TK Maxx . Nice piece of cause related marketing…for a very good cause.
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Only Dead Fish
One of our goldfish has been looking a bit dodgy of late. You know, hanging round the surface, gulping a lot, that sort of thing. Yesterday we thought its hours were numbered when it turned upside down and sure enough it didn’t last the afternoon. Last night it rode the big porcelain express to the…