Comments on: Do this now

By: N.I.B.

N.I.B. — Tue, 31 May 2005 08:42:00 +0000

The frog is an awful thing, but its getting to Number 1 in the hit parade ahead of Coldplay does show that the Great British Public would rather listen to a wibbling frog than another dismal whine from Coldplay. You can hardly blame them, can you?

By: MadDog

MadDog — Sun, 29 May 2005 15:21:00 +0000

I’ve just come here having posted similar sentiments on my own blog. That ringtone makes a good case for bringing back capital punishment (or at least ths issuance of a few million ASBOs). Aarrgh!

By: Chris Bertram

Chris Bertram — Sat, 28 May 2005 08:24:00 +0000

ding ding ding ding ding ding! ding ding ding ding ding ding!

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 28 May 2005 06:32:00 +0000

I saw the ad for the first time ever on last night's Have I Got News For You, but that's probably because my telly is permanently switched to CBeebies during the day and after that I tend to prefer improving books.

(That's in the sense of "reading books that might improve my mind", not "repairing damaged ones" or "writing pithy criticism in the margins")

Talking of HIGNFY, William Hague did a fine job of torpedoing any rumours that he might be thinking of running for Tory leader again, didn't he? And unlike most people who badly misjudge the effect of racist gags on national telly, I get the distinct impression that he knew exactly what he was doing!

By: Lorna

Lorna — Sat, 28 May 2005 04:54:00 +0000

Steve – It could be argued that getting stuff banned on aesthetic/it’s-fucking-annoying grounds, rather than moral/OMFG-people-will-see-this-and-do-Bad-Things!!!1111 grounds, is a giant leap forward for humankind…

But then I’m a bad-tempered "get rid of it, now, before I go postal" type.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 27 May 2005 19:34:00 +0000

How about not complaining at all?

The ASA already leaps out of its skin to ban adverts whenever and wherever it can, often on the most pointless of pretexts, as with the Land Rover/starting pistol case.

Just trust me, if you grit you teeth, they will go away in time . . . .

By: N.I.B.

N.I.B. — Fri, 27 May 2005 18:43:00 +0000

Do I get a cut if I say ‘crazy frog’?

By: Harry Hutton

Harry Hutton — Fri, 27 May 2005 17:27:00 +0000

How much does the man pay you for those Google ads? I don’t get out of bed for less than two grand.

By: Andrew Bartlett

Andrew Bartlett — Fri, 27 May 2005 15:07:00 +0000

That'll teach you the terrible power of interpretation-free machine 'analysis' of text content. We're just a few steps away from Skynet.

He says there's a storm coming.

By: Jez

Jez — Fri, 27 May 2005 14:18:00 +0000

AND it’s back in your Google Ads at the top your page…