One of my oldest, best friends is an eminent lawyer. He warned me. “1. Solicitors do not understand marketing. 2. They believe they understand. 3. It is difficult to convince them of anything to the contrary.” Naturally, they HATE the …
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A few more jokes
I bet that fooled you. You thought I was going to talk about the Demented Toad’s idea of filling workhouses with teenage mothers — but no, not yet. I got this old faithful which still makes me laugh from my …
Read MoreWhat’s all this “we” shit about, SuperToad?
I have two good jokes for you today, gentle readers. It is now 12 years since the Bliar promised to be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime. Today, like a dog returning to its vomit Gordon …
Read More“Madonna to wed Jesus”. Er, isn’t that incest?
70 years ago the sub-editors on The Times used to have a competition to see who could write the most boring headline. The only one I can remember was “Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead.” At the other extreme, …
Read MoreFondly dedicated to every designer and copywriter around
Graphic designer versus clienthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfprIxNfCjk That was sent to me by Ian Dewar who besides being a connoisseur of jokes also has a keen eye for the ludicrous. So he was kind enough to draw to my attention that the idiots …
Read MoreMeanwhile, back in the real world, O Mighty Toad
Fresh from his Bono-Hugs at the Let’s Reward Failure Oscars SuperToad claims that “international action”- one of those specious, vague phrases he loves – has saved 7 million jobs world wide. Even viewed through the distorted lens of official statistics …
Read MoreWell, if Bono and Kissinger think he’s good, that’s alright, eh?
Ben Saffer sent me a message yesterday that read: “Have you f****ing seen this? WHAT????? He referred me to Gordon Brown being named World Statesman of the Year by some mad selection committee in America for his “vision and dedication …
Read MoreFondly dedicated to the relief of hairy marketers
We have a certain fondness for Ricky Gervais here, as his producer operates above us in darkest Newman Street, W. 1. So have you noticed that ever since he made The Office wearing a ludicrous goatee lots of people, instead …
Read MoreAnother total Ballsup from laughing Ed
I just whizzed off to Capri for the wedding of two Italian friends – about which more later on, as I’m a bit of an expert on the matrimonial front – then I looked at the news this morning and …
Read MoreA confederacy of dunces … at our expense
Yesterday some experts from a large publicly-owned organisation a few of whose workers spend a lot of time in the pub down the road, sometimes discussing their next withdrawal of labour, visited our basement to tell us how to improve …
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