When you watch TV, you watch programmes. Well, if you are watching the BBC. If you are watching other channels, you see adverts. And a few programmes.
I sound like I'm moaning. I love some adverts. They might make me laugh, make me cry - their intended purpose to evoke emotion is fulfilled. Funny adverts really make me want to buy the product. As a stubborn character, if I hate the advert, I will never ever buy/visit website of said product.
'Good call'
I like beer. I like Fosters because it is a relatively cheap beer. I also hope that drinking it will make me as funny as 'Dan and Brad'. They answer calls from English guys struggling with something. Dan and Brad then impart their wisdom, and all is well in the world. 'Bonjourno Deano'
Come and play.
I like this advert too. This one is from Comet, and over the last couple of months they have manipulated their stock to make it seem super cool - as seen in the picture they created shit loads of smoothies. Over Christmas they hung various electronic items around a christmas tree and turned the lights off - and the iPods and phones and mp3 players lit up the tree a treat! The adverts didn't make me want to go to Comet however, just wanted to make smoothies and find a cat who could surf.
Go compare.
I hate this fat man. I mute the channel when he comes on. He may have made GoCompare a more frequently visited site due to it being more in the public eye, but personally if I saw this guy on the street, I would kick him in the face. That is all.
'Simples'
Another comparison website, but with a much cuter, less overweight character. Aleksandr Orlov made the nation fall in love with his outrage of comparethemarket.com, and his catchphrase 'Simples'. Many have said he has expanded too far into visiting his home town of 'Merkovo' and visiting the child-meerkats (whatever they are) at school. I still find it hilarious however, and am happy for him to carry on being on my screen, basically talking crap about a fictional town of meerkats.
Lynx parody.
Specsavers delivered this beauty (literally) I think last year some time. The girls run towards him in bikinis, he puts glasses on, they walk away due to the hideousness of glasses. It was a hilarious advert, but I wasn't such a fan when it was full screen in the cinema, and my boyfriend was watching intently.
You also get those adverts that have catchy slogans.
'Washing machines live longer with CAL-GON' - I would say after all these years I'm note perfect singing that now. (Caps at the end are for my emphasis when singing)
'Once you pop, you can't stop' - I agree Pringles, they are too addictive.
'I'm lovin' it' - Ba da ba ba baaaaa, even Justin Timberlake got in on this one.
'Subway, eat fresh' - HEY BREAD GUY!
(you know, off the top of your head, adverts are hard to remember!)
Well anyway, you get this jist. Comment if you have any more that I have crucially missed out! Just going to leave you with a cool advert, was on years ago and some animal rights activists weren't too impressed, but I thought it was a truly great ad.
Considering my blog is titled 'A little insight into the mind of a ginger girl', you as the reader probably should have seen a blog about being ginger somewhere. Actually no, none of them have. I shall probably be prosecuted for false advertising.
So I will start. Almost a year late, but better late than never!
1. Ginger twat. Oh.... sorry Vicky. You could be anywhere, out drinking in town, walking down the street, drinking in the park. A ginger knobhead comes out of no where and offends you in some way. 'Fucking ginger twat.' Then comes the abashed look and 'Sorry Vicky'. Infact, I can cope with the word ginger being used around me as a derogatory term. I'm not four years old. After the years having it used against me, I'm quite immune. Curse all you like at ugly ginger people, I honestly do it all of the time.
2. Oh don't say that, those gingers have fiery tempers. I don't think this is scientifically proven. I shall now check on Google just to back myself up.
Oh lord. I would recommend typing 'do ginger people get angry easier' into Google, and looking at some of the internet pages. Couple of things that made me laugh...
Apparently "gingers" are really funny people!
IF a brunette or blonde gets angry it's okay, but if a redhead gets angry then it's because of their 'redhead temper'...baloney!...
(It was just the baloney part)
I am half ginger (DENIAL! There is no halfway house - you are either ginger or not)
Thought I would include this because he looks like a knob.
I couldn't find any evidence that was conclusive. Although one person thought it was because gingers are picked on from such an early age, they act differently as they are singled out as different.
From my experience at primary school, I don't recall being ginger ever being an issue - it was my last name that caused me the most problems (Payne)! I genuinely used to cry at being called a 'pain' by the other kids, what a loser!!
3. Get out of the sun Vicky, your ginger skin will burn! They're right. I will burn, BUT ONLY IF I forget to use sun lotion (very often). Otherwise, I do tan. I won't be mistaken as a local if I go to an African country, but I tan enough for it to be noticeable. And that will do me.
4. Are you Scottish/Irish? No! No I am not!
Some Ginger-tastic facts.
Approximately 1% to 2% of the human population has red hair.
Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads; 13 per cent of the population has red hair and approximately 40 per cent carries the recessive redhead gene.
Red hair is the rarest natural hair color in humans.
Researchers have found that people with red hair require greater amounts of anesthetic.
Red hair was thought to be a mark of a beastly sexual desire and moral degeneration.
A UK woman recently won an award from a tribunal after being sexually harassed and receiving abuse because of her red hair.
A family in Newcastle upon Tyne was forced to move twice after being targeted for abuse and hate crime on the account of their red hair.
British singer Mick Hucknall, who believes he has repeatedly faced prejudice or been described as ugly on account of his hair colour, argues Gingerism should be described as some form of racism.
In December 2009 British supermarket chain Tesco was forced to withdraw a Christmas card which had the image of a child with red hair sitting on the lap of Santa Claus, and the words: "Santa loves all kids. Even the ginger ones" after customers complained the card was too offensive.
To be honest, I would have bought that Christmas card for everyone for laughs. People need to lighten up these days.
While surfing BBC News, my second favourite news website (HeatWorld in 1st), I came across a truly brilliant story.
"A worried member of the public has forced Leicester City Council to admit it is unprepared for a zombie invasion."
This story is the most popular shared story of the moment. It is probably because of ignorant people posting this in emails and suchlike laughing to their friends about this clear nutbag. I, however, totally agree with this guy! I've watched pretty much every zombie movie around (28 days later, 28 weeks later, Zombieland to name a few) , I'm not going to lie I have often wondered where I will bunk up to avoid the zombies. (In the drawers under my bed with my cats to keep me company) My biggest fear of dying is through some sort of apocolyptic nightmare, whether it be zombies or aliens or just simply an earthquake or tsunami (last one is unlikely in Northampton). Just basically something you cannot run away from. So I think really this guy has a valid point. Anyway, the story was rounded up by the creator of zombie website Terror4Fun Ed Thurlow, who said,
"I think perhaps [the "Concerned Citizen"] has watched films like 28 Days Later a few too many times."
Is this guy serious? He spends his time running a zombie website. What an absolute knob.
