Enjoy The Game! (In Your Relaxing Bulletproof Vest)
08/02/10 07:25 Filed in: Fashionique
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An ad from one of the soccer sites I occasionally
peruse. Seems for a mere $USD 69.95 you can get the '#1
personal protection body armour for the world cup
2010'. Nothing says 'sit back and relax' quite like the
constant chafing presence of a bulky kevlar vest.
You'll soon forget you're wearing it! No doubt you'll
also soon forget to look behind you every 2.4 seconds
for possible kidnappers, or check everyone's hands
within 150 sq meters, or triangulating sniper
positions, or vaguely bulging bags, or those suspicious
(and admittedly damned annoying) plastic trumpets, or
half drunk cups of beer placed 'accidentally' beside
you.. just relax and enjoy the game!
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Raisin Brahms?
05/02/10 18:24 Filed in: Super English
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An American web ad promoting the arts. I'm all for
increasing exposure and arts education in the US (which
in general is woefully underfunded etc) but 'raisin
brahms'? Not going to resonate with the kinder I'm
afraid. This smacks of 'seemed like a good idea at the
time' brainstorming. Maybe the boss came up with this
'clever' pun, and no one could countermand them; then
again 'feed your kids the Arts!" isn't exactly lighting
up the sky either...
iFairy Vs. iBird
02/02/10 07:47 Filed in: Super English
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While browsing the local Toys 'R Us, I happened upon
the interestingly named iFairy ('graceful and
efficient', with 'super wide infrared control' no less
- certainly sounds impressive). Seems they're jumping
on the "i - clever product name" bandwagon a bit late.
Unfortunately doesn't really look like a fairy, and
definitely not a cyber-enchanced i-pixie. One would
expect futuristic metallic wings, or at least a USB
connector...
Also upon closer inspection, I noticed it looks suspiciously like the iBird a few boxes down. Hmmm. Now a cynic would say that the iFairy is just the iBird with 'fairy' coloring and pink packaging. A cynic mind you...
Also upon closer inspection, I noticed it looks suspiciously like the iBird a few boxes down. Hmmm. Now a cynic would say that the iFairy is just the iBird with 'fairy' coloring and pink packaging. A cynic mind you...
