Courtesy of The Poke comes this little gem, designed by G. Nolst Trenité to test your pronunciation of English. There are a couple of challenging moments, even for those of us who like to think of ourselves modestly as master word smiths. Good luck! If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be [...]
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The trouble with words
Posted in culture, popular culture, tagged culture, english, english pronunciation, entertainment, language, words on January 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Logs, spandex and the geo-politics of Rocky IV
Posted in arts, culture, film, international, politics, popular culture, tagged film, popular culture, rocky iv, stallone on November 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We had a delivery of logs this morning and, singledom introducing a whole new desire to shape up and get fit, I stuck my headphones on – Whitesnake, Alice Cooper and Biffy Clyro - and threw myself into the log heap. As I worked up a sweat, stacking them against the side of the house, [...]
Tea Genius
Posted in arts, culture, entertainment, popular culture, television, tagged ads, adverts, arts, entertainment, television on October 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Every now and then you see a piece of advertising genius. I know it’s not completely new, but I love the style and sentiment in this ad for Twinings Tea (I am clearly feeling soppy after a long day!):
Lego goes loco… Russian-style #lego
Posted in arts, entertainment, film, gaming, internet, popular culture, tagged animation, computers, film, gaming, lego, me, team fortress, toys on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lego was always a favourite toy. Spaceships, towns, castles… But I never got quite as creative as the Russian who has mixed Lego with the online game Team Fortress 2 and stop-motion animation to create an ultra-violent tribute to one of gaming’s most popular online shooters. As a gamer, a film enthusiast and a Lego [...]
Boyhood memories – Transformers and an obsession too far?
Posted in entertainment, popular culture, television, tagged entertainment, popular culture, television, transformers, tv on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There’ll be plenty of people of my generation (mainly men with nerdy secrets I suspect) who, notwithstanding the CGI wonders of Michael Bay’s special effects-fest, have a special fondness for the animated series of Transformers and the tinny beep of “Tranformers Robots in Disguise” over the dark thunderings of Linkin Park’s “New Divide” (I imagine [...]
More violent food stuff advertising – this time with muppets
Posted in arts, culture, entertainment, history, popular culture, television, tagged ads, adverts, entertainment, henson, history, muppets, television on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You could be forgiven for thinking that part of the appeal of “Never say ‘No’ to Panda” is the peculiar novelty of seeing pretend animals acting in unexpectedly violent ways. However, I was shocked to discover possible antecedents in the early work of Jim Henson and an era of “muppet ultraviolence” that hitherto had passed [...]
For those that missed it… “Never say ‘No’ to Panda”
Posted in arts, entertainment, popular culture, television, tagged adverts, arts, cheese, egypt, entertainment, panda, television on March 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am not in any way claiming an original discovery here, not with 6,000,000+ views on You Tube. However, there is something darkly satisfying about the humour in this ad campaign by Egyptian company Advantage Marketing and Advertising/Elephant Cairo, the first Middle Eastern company to win a Cannes Lion Award. Created on behalf of Arab [...]
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The soft drink calorie horror – check out the seriously scary doughnut value!
Posted in comment, health, popular culture, tagged diabetes, health, popular culture on May 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Men’s Health America has decided to scare the pants off us with a journey through the soft drink horror stories of the United States. Before we all scoff (ho ho), cluck and roll our eyes in knowing despair at our American cousins, we should remember that many of these brands are available here and we [...]
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