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Submitted by claymore on Thu, 05/09/2002 - 14:33.
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"Read more" for the UK's top 10 ad complaints...

Some of these were already adlanded, but the rest were new to me (either that, or my short term memory loss is kicking in again).

I love the descriptions... "Complainants argued that this poster ad was blasphemous but the ASA decided that an investigation was not justified and that the ad was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence." "Complainants expressed concern that the posters denigrated travelling showmen..."

Plenty of other goodies to read, along with pix of the ads that were under the gun. Good times. Fun. (found via fark)

Q: "Naff" is a swear word!? Does this mean that the WB's Pinky and the Brain was obscene?


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Submitted by Dabitch on Sat, 05/11/2002 - 00:45.

naff that!

There is a hastings in the .uk you know. And they have lots of little old ladies that don't like ads. In fact, that's where they clone them.

I have myself reacted badly to ads.

When Politiken sent me a "fake bill" in order to trick me into getting a newspaper subscribtion from them, I replied by cutting out an advert I found in said paper and mailing it back with the bill.

The ad was showing three men's legs in profile (flaunting their chino's), and a lacy-g-string clad ladies legs in between them, with porn-star/stripper style platform heels. The ad was for a mens slacks shop, and I was actually offended. Not seriously, just enough to not want to read a paper that accepts such a lame ad.

*note, they sell no funky platforms (i wear those things) nor lacy g-strings in that shop (i wear those too!). I just objected to the bad taste of using a woman as an obvious sexual attention getter when in fact they do not sell any of the items she was wearing (false advertising guys). Lame lame laaaaameeeee. Would have been illegal in .se too.

Submitted by Dabitch on Thu, 05/16/2002 - 11:19.

This place is fantastic Clay - don't use dwarfs in your ads - it seems the little people found the ads quite humerous and depicting a real dilemma, as countless tall people took offence.