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Saturday, November 17, 2007
What do the Belgians really think of the British?
To promote the new Brussels - London Eurostar service some advertisements have gone up all around Brussels which have caused a stir - the dream of every advertising agency.
The one that has most tongues wagging is one of a football thug relieving himself in a cup of tea.
London now just around the corner
Other advertisements include an Alfred Hitchcock and a John Cleese impersonator. While the football thug might not be in the best taste, the ads show how universal these British characters are. There is no parralel ad campaign in London for Brussels. After all that old saying Name a Famous Belgian still rings true.
I thought this ad though sums it up positively for Britain. Apart from the USA, how many other countries could have their last three leaders so easily impersonated and recognised?
Eurostar - British Prime Ministers
The one that has most tongues wagging is one of a football thug relieving himself in a cup of tea.
London now just around the corner
Other advertisements include an Alfred Hitchcock and a John Cleese impersonator. While the football thug might not be in the best taste, the ads show how universal these British characters are. There is no parralel ad campaign in London for Brussels. After all that old saying Name a Famous Belgian still rings true.
I thought this ad though sums it up positively for Britain. Apart from the USA, how many other countries could have their last three leaders so easily impersonated and recognised?
Eurostar - British Prime Ministers
Labels: advertisement, belgians, belgium, british, brussels, eurostar, london
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Have you smiled at anyone today?
Doing the rounds on the Tube in London at the moment is a Nokia advertisement asking this question.
This reminded me of an interesting article I read recently about the decline in manners.
Have you smiled at anyone today?
Too many people these days grunt and ignore their way through life.
We used to be a nation that would happily talk for lengthy periods to perfect strangers about the weather.
We used to know our butchers, bakers, though probably not any candlestick makers, but we did know the old woman at the post office. When did we slip out of the habit?
However it isn't too late for us.
We could, with a little effort, be a lot nicer to each other.
So: betwen the hours of 12am and noon say "good morning" or "morning", noon to 5pm a simple "helllo" will do and 5pm to 12am "evening".
Good luck.
This reminded me of an interesting article I read recently about the decline in manners.
Have you smiled at anyone today?
Too many people these days grunt and ignore their way through life.
We used to be a nation that would happily talk for lengthy periods to perfect strangers about the weather.
We used to know our butchers, bakers, though probably not any candlestick makers, but we did know the old woman at the post office. When did we slip out of the habit?
However it isn't too late for us.
We could, with a little effort, be a lot nicer to each other.
So: betwen the hours of 12am and noon say "good morning" or "morning", noon to 5pm a simple "helllo" will do and 5pm to 12am "evening".
Good luck.
Labels: advertisement, england, london, tube
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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