Adverts that irritate and entertain

[nidave]

Of all the things you can say "well this is an unexpected twist" to, being shot at when you're in army can't really be considered one of them. You can hardly blame them for advertising the benefits you'd get if you don't die.

I seem to recall someone complaining (in the UK or US cant remember witch) saying they were mislead by the adverts as they don't mention you could get killed. They wanted a waning added to all adverts for the armed services.

[cdd]

I mean ..... seriously!?!

Pure milk is racist milk.
The ad in question.

The thing that never ceases to amaze people who complain about these ads being racist is that they assume, for whatever paranoid cynical reason, that a profit making company would want to alienate a market. Just not gonna happen.

[marksi]

Of all the things you can say "well this is an unexpected twist" to, being shot at when you're in army can't really be considered one of them. You can hardly blame them for advertising the benefits you'd get if you don't die.

I seem to recall someone complaining (in the UK or US cant remember witch) saying they were mislead by the adverts as they don't mention you could get killed. They wanted a waning added to all adverts for the armed services.

Not quite on the same level but The Now Show was taking the piss out of people who'd complained to Thomas Cook. One woman wrote "The brochure didn't say there were fish in the sea - the children were startled."

[nidave]

We have sent this to Sainsbury's about their latest Advert for new potatoes:

I am confused. According to your current advertising campaign,you have new potatoes available for, "a few short weeks". This causes me come concern as I believe that the length of any given week is the same as all the others. In what way are you able to shorten these weeks? Can you please explain exactly which part of the week is being sacrificed? I hope the shrinkage is happening during the standard working week. I'm sure people would be most disgruntled if they found out that some of their weekend had been removed.

Of course, you may be implying Einstein's theory of relativity here, however that would imply that humankind is due to leave the Earth and travel faster than light speed, and indeed, upon our return to Earth it would appear that less time had passed for us than for the earth-bound Sainsbury's stores. However I suspect that the costs of achieving this would probably outweigh the savings on the odd bag of potatoes.

Please can we have our old week-length back? I'm rather fond of it.

[Nick Harvey]

We have sent this to Sainsbury's about their latest Advert for new potatoes

That's wonderful.

May I refer to it in the next Comment?

[nidave]

We have sent this to Sainsbury's about their latest Advert for new potatoes

That's wonderful.

May I refer to it in the next Comment?

No problem - could you credit it to my other half known as OberonUK (10 points if you get the reference)

edit:
Just found out he has written to the advertising agency for Sainsbury's with an expanded letter:

I write in reference to a Sainsbury’s TV ad campaign which is currently running in the North West UK region, and for which I believe you may be responsible.
I am confused. According to this current advertising campaign, Sainsbury’s have new potatoes available at their best for, "a few short weeks". This causes me some concern as I have always believed that the length of any given week is the same as all the others. In what way are you able to shorten these weeks? Can you please explain exactly which part of the week is being sacrificed? I hope the shrinkage is happening during the standard working week. I'm sure people would be most disgruntled if they found out that some of their weekend had been removed.
My initial thought was that maybe Sainsbury’s was in conspiracy with the Government; by reducing the length of a week one could naturally assume that this would also represent savings in many areas, such as fuel used for heating and lighting, hours worked by government bodies, the Police, and other Service agencies, however upon further reflection I feel that this would have an economically detrimental impact, with people having less time to spend money in the shops and consequently boost our country’s fortunes within world financial arenas.
My next concern was that maybe this was in some way linked with the current MP expenses debacle. Has Hazel Blears been stealing minutes from the usual 24/7 pattern, as well as fixing her expenses?

Of course, you may be suggesting Einstein's theory of relativity here, however that would imply that humankind is due to leave the Earth and travel faster than light speed, and indeed, upon our return to Earth it would appear that less time had passed for us than for the earth-bound Sainsbury's stores. However I suspect that the costs of achieving this would probably outweigh the savings on the odd bag of potatoes.
I am gratified to hear that this anomaly is only expect to last for a few of these shortened weeks, but please will you let me know if this is in fact planned to be an annual event, such as daylight saving times, and indeed whether Sainsbury’s plans to return the missing temporal quotient, perhaps during a few LONG weeks in the Winter?

Please can we have our old week-length back? I'm rather fond of it.

[Lorns]

That is brilliant.
If your other half gets a reply, would you post it on here please.

[cdd]

Try this loathesome git out for size:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ExogURaeI

I must say he looks like he has easily $30,000 lying around for music.

[Ronnie Rowlands]

And besides, Spotify is much better.

[nidave]

Sainsbury's Reply:

Thanks for your email which I read with interest.

I’m sorry you’re unhappy with our efforts to meddle with time and space. Please let me assure you that we’ll certainly do our best to make sure the short weeks we refer to in our advert will take place Monday to Friday. This will therefore exclude weekends to benefit our customers. We expect these time shifts to take place up to and including the end June 2009. After which, normal weeks will be resumed.

We certainly don’t expect our customers to go through the hassle of fourth dimensional travel to avoid any inconvenience. I’ve passed your comments to our marketing department. I’m sure they’ll take them into consideration when planning future alterations to the annual calendar.

Thanks for getting in touch. Your feedback is most welcome.
Kind regards
Elizabeth Bruce
Customer Manager

Fantastic reply from Sainsbury's - more than I was expecting.

[lukey]

Fantastic! Much better than the form answer I got back from Warburtons after questioning why their Toastie loaf had an odd number of slices...