My Aussie pal Malcolm Auld received this just now: Where are your customers coming from It’s like shooting fish in a barrel Hi Sir or Madam, You have the right bait, but are you fishing in the right places What …
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A Child’s Guide to Modern Britain – reprinted verbatim from that glorious creation The Daily Mash
RUB a dub dub, three men in a tub – Which is a perfectly normal domestic arrangement and exactly the same as a mummy and daddy who are married. Now here’s a cartoon that will educate your five year-old about …
Read MoreA little taste of heaven for corporate coprophiles. Or are your turds granular, baby?
Lester Wunderman is the man who coined the phrase Direct Marketing – a very wise man and a pretty good writer. I imagine he would throw up if he saw the following ripe sample of corporate horseshit which emerged from …
Read MoreHappy Mondays
How are you? I’m in a good mood for two reasons. First, an old colleague sent me some posters that were good fun – but the idiot machine that lets you upload things said they were “dangerous” so I can’t …
Read MoreA fact which seems to have escaped Mr. Cameron – related to the purpose of marketing
A phrase sprang to mind this morning, and I checked to see if I had got it right. I had. It was said, or so his son alleged, by Winston Churchill’s father, Lord Randolph: “It is the duty of an …
Read MoreLaura Craik, Ian’s Dog Moose – and who should really run the countrynext PM
Well, a bit of a pot-pourri for you today. First of all, Laura Craik who I thought must be either suffering from extreme PMT or be completely bananas – or both – and who writes a column in The Evening …
Read MoreWell, who do you think is more likely to sort out the economy? Mr. Can’t Count McToad – or my candidates?
Today I read with incredulity that Loopy Brown thinks he is the man to sort out the economy. This is like putting forward Jack the Ripper to run a Home for Fallen Women. I guess Cameron thinks he could do …
Read MoreSomething from Winston – and why the recovery is a chimera
“Democracy is the worst possible form of government – except for all the others,” said Churchill. To gain and retain power in a democracy politicians tell people what they want to hear, not the truth, and give them what they …
Read MoreEver been “dying to go” – but couldn’t find anywhere?
The most exciting thing that ever happened to me in a public toilet was in Singapore in 1976. I had flown out for an interview with Leo Burnett there – they wanted to hire me as a creative director. When …
Read MoreAt last! The world’s problems solved! Look no further!
Well, the two things I have learned in the last few days are that if you mention anything about masturbation or David Cameron it gets an immediate reaction; and second, that there is a clear link between the two in …
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