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Might I be wrong here .........?
I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an elderly nudist couple in their
Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a fish as they drive past.
They appear to be most satisfied with the result and no one gets injured ... but this is only an ad
and not real life. Right?
I have been 'whacked' by a hand / newspaper from a passing car while out cycling. It is not a
pleasant experience and potentially life threatening. Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se but it
annoyed me greatly.
Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year olds
thinking this would be great sport no matter what car they drive. They are unlikely to appreciate
the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing object could inflict on a person.
I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them my
tuppence on the matter.
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"David K" <david.kelso@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Might I be wrong here .........?
>
> I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an
elderly
> nudist couple in their Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a
fish
> as they drive past.
>
> They appear to be most satisfied with the result and no one gets injured
...
> but this is only an ad and not real life. Right?
>
> I have been 'whacked' by a hand / newspaper from a passing car while out cycling. It is not a
> pleasant experience and potentially life threatening. Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se but
> it annoyed me greatly.
>
> Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year
> olds thinking this would be great sport no matter
what
> car they drive. They are unlikely to appreciate the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing
> object could inflict on a person.
>
> I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be
contacting
> Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter.
>
And so you should, if some retard tries it in real life someone could very easily be killed. I got
bottled by someone in a passing car and only just stayed upright thanks mainly to the helmet! (ha ha
bareheads)
David K wrote:
> I have been 'whacked' by a hand [...] Luckily I escaped with only a sore
a*se
Perhaps she just found you irrestisible. Cyclists have amazing tushes, after all.
"David K" <david.kelso@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Might I be wrong here .........?
>
> I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an
elderly
> nudist couple in their Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a
fish
> as they drive past.
>
> They appear to be most satisfied with the result and no one gets injured
...
> but this is only an ad and not real life. Right?
>
> I have been 'whacked' by a hand / newspaper from a passing car while out cycling. It is not a
> pleasant experience and potentially life threatening. Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se but
> it annoyed me greatly.
>
> Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year
> olds thinking this would be great sport no matter
what
> car they drive. They are unlikely to appreciate the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing
> object could inflict on a person.
>
> I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be
contacting
> Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter.
Sadly, I'm one of those liberal types and don't see a problem with the advert - but then, in my
hippy ideal world, kids would know that it's wrong to whack people for wrongness' sake, no other.
Tom.
<snipped>
>> Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year
>> olds thinking this would be great sport no matter what car they drive. They are unlikely to
>> appreciate the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing object could inflict on a person.
>>
>> I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them
>> my tuppence on the matter.
>
> Sadly, I'm one of those liberal types and don't see a problem with the advert
I feel I'm pretty broad minded myself and hope I have not entered boring old fart mode just yet!
>but then, in my hippy ideal world, kids would know that it's wrong to whack people for wrongness'
>sake, no other.
I would love to believe that but I'm not going to hold my breath ........
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Simonb wrote:
> David K wrote:
>
>> I have been 'whacked' by a hand [...] Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se
>
> Perhaps she just found you irrestisible.
I live in hope that was the case - assuming it was a 'she'!
> Cyclists have amazing
> tushes, after all.
Before anyone else says it - maybe it was just too big a target to resist.
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Sadly, I'm one of those liberal types and don't see a problem with the advert - but then, in my
hippy ideal world, kids would know that it's wrong to whack people for wrongness' sake, no other.
Tom. [/B][/QUOTE]
Sadly your hippy world is not where wee neds live. Remember the Tango advert was withdrawn after kids started turning up at A&E with damaged ear drums from being hit on both sides of the head at teh same time by "pranksters"? Watch out for fish yeilding, burberry clad, hot hatch driving neds this summer, especially if the price of Scottish farm salmon continues to plummet.
R
Originally posted by robbiew
Sadly, I'm one of those liberal types and don't see a problem with the advert - but then, in my
hippy ideal world, kids would know that it's wrong to whack people for wrongness' sake, no other.
Tom.
Sadly your hippy world is not where wee neds live. Remember the Tango advert was withdrawn after kids started turning up at A&E with damaged ear drums from being hit on both sides of the head at teh same time by "pranksters"? Watch out for fish yeilding, burberry clad, hot hatch driving neds this summer, especially if the price of Scottish farm salmon continues to plummet.
R [/B][/QUOTE]
I agree with all of the above that it could set a bad example and would definitely be very dangerous.
"robbiew" <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote in message
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> Remember the Tango advert was withdrawn after kids started turning up at A&E with damaged ear
> drums from being hit on both sides of the head at teh same time by "pranksters"?
One kid, anyway.
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In article <sUYOb.7188$YV1.4886@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net>,
"David K" <david.kelso@NOSPAMntlworld.com> writes:
> I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an elderly nudist couple in their
> Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a fish as they drive past.
Not amusing when you happen to know someone who was permanently invalided in his thirties when
thwapped on the head (by a wing mirror) from a moving vehicle - while walking on the pavement.
> I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them my
> tuppence on the matter.
Wouldn't that be the ASA?
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"David K" <david.kelso@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:sUYOb.7188$YV1.4886@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net...
> Might I be wrong here .........?
>
> I have just seen the new (to me anyway) Mini advertisement where an
elderly
> nudist couple in their Mini 'whack' a pedestrian over they head with a
fish
> as they drive past.
Just watched it on the mini.co.uk site
>
> They appear to be most satisfied with the result and no one gets injured
...
> but this is only an ad and not real life. Right?
>
> I have been 'whacked' by a hand / newspaper from a passing car while out cycling. It is not a
> pleasant experience and potentially life threatening. Luckily I escaped with only a sore a*se but
> it annoyed me greatly.
>
> Personally I think the advertisement sets a very poor example. I can just visualise 17-18 year
> olds thinking this would be great sport no matter
what
> car they drive. They are unlikely to appreciate the damage a 25mph (conservative I know) passing
> object could inflict on a person.
>
> I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be
contacting
> Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter.
>
Write to your MP and the local supermarket warning them of the dangers of selling fish.
"Nick Kew" <nick@hugin.webthing.com> wrote in message
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> In article <sUYOb.7188$YV1.4886@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net>,
> > I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be
contacting
> > Ofcom to give them my tuppence on the matter.
> Wouldn't that be the ASA?
ASA is print ads, Ofcom is broadcast.
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Guy
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> Not amusing when you happen to know someone who was permanently invalided in his thirties when
> thwapped on the head (by a wing mirror) from a moving vehicle - while walking on the pavement.
How short is that guy?
"Mark Thompson" <pleasegivegenerously@warmmail.com (change warm for
hot)> wrote:
| > Not amusing when you happen to know someone who was permanently invalided in his thirties when
| > thwapped on the head (by a wing mirror) from a moving vehicle - while walking on the pavement.
|
| How short is that guy?
Bus or coach?
This is one situation where I've been tempted to get a h*lm*t - a "minor" incident that would easily
lead to severe deadness.
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In article <bujjad$rlr$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>,
"Mark Thompson" <pleasegivegenerously@warmmail.com (change warm for hot)> writes:
>> Not amusing when you happen to know someone who was permanently invalided in his thirties when
>> thwapped on the head (by a wing mirror) from a moving vehicle - while walking on the pavement.
>
> How short is that guy?
It was a lorry that thwapped him. Next question?
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Nick Kew
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:29:19 -0000,
David K <david.kelso@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote:
> I might be over reacting here but for what it is worth I shall be contacting Ofcom to give them my
> tuppence on the matter.
I've been out of action for a bit (small hospitalisation incident, nothing to do with cycling), but
I've just emailed BMW about this. Anyone who feels like doing so may like to browse www.bmwgroup.com
for such quotes as:
"We assume responsibility." This is the philosophy behind the BMW Group's involvement in society and
social programmes, which have such goals as:
- Increased road safety,
- promoting understanding among peoples and opposing violence,
Racism and violence are problems which endanger social peace in almost all societies. As a company
with significant international presence, the BMW Group regards itself as a global citizen whose task
is countering this threat
As an international company, we here at the BMW Group feel socially, politically and ecologically
responsible for everything we do, everywhere in the world.
I asked them if any of this was true, or whether they really are a complete bunch of lying
hypocrites. OK, I was very slightly more polite than that, but the words lies and hypocrites
did feature.
regards, Ian SMith
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