Advertisers Why?

So that’s the Olympics over then. Well for nearly a fortnight now. It also means the end of Olympic themed adverts. During the European Championship it seemed that every product had developed some tenuous connection with football, then a month or so later there was an Olympic theme to the nation’s buying instructions. "Make your whites Gold Medal whites...The last thing you need when the starting pistol goes is for your period to start..."

Whatever seems to be interesting the public advertisers think that we’re more likely to buy their products if they’re linked to it?

What’s the next trick? If a close member of your family has been taken hostage, you’ll want to stay in touch with the authorities and what better way to do it than with a Nokia phone? If you spot the Devon serial killer make sure you do it through lenses supplied from Vision Express.

Here's Bill Hicks

By the way, if anyone here is in marketing or advertising...kill yourself. Thank you. Just planting seeds, planting seeds is all I'm doing. No joke here, really. Seriously, kill yourself, you have no rationalisation for what you do, you are Satan's little helpers. Kill yourself, kill yourself, kill yourself now. Now, back to the show. Seriously, I know the marketing people: 'There's gonna be a joke comin' up.' There's no fuckin' joke. Suck a tail pipe, hang yourself...borrow a pistol from an NRA buddy, do something...rid the world of your evil fuckin' presence.