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Creative advertising

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I like creative advertising. I have an entire album full of photos of creative, funny and/or weird ads.

However, some advertisers can be a little too smart for my likings. Like, when Garnier says in their ad for Fructis hairshampoo: "Fructis. That has been proved" - then it makes me wonder what it is exactly that has been proved...

And the other day in the supermarket, there was a shower cream from Sanex, that made me stop and look one more time. Take a look:


Dermo
re-vital
Omega 6 & AHA



Dermo is something with skin
Re-vital - well, I understand re-vitalizing
Omega 6 is some kind of sebacic acid
And AHA is... umm... yeah, WTF is that???

Is it "Now with AHA"? Or, "AHA, we've got it now!" :idea:

They might as well have written: "Not containing AHA!", and everybody would have thought that it was a good thing is wasn't there...


A good offer??

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We often have morning meetings at work. And when we invite people to come to meetings in the mornings we always serve breakfast. We have a small kitchen with an oven and a microwave, and we have a fridge too, so all it takes is a bit of planning.

My boss had bought some buns for a morning meeting the other day. She had bought two bags of buns, because of a special offer at the baker's.

But let's take a closer look at that "special offer":



The white label tells the original price: 18.95 DKK - that's approximately 2.5 Eur, but that's irrelevant right now. The yellow label shows the "good offer": Two bags for 38 DKK. That means that if you buy two bags, you'll pay 0.10 DKK more than if you've bought two individual bags.

But hey, further down on the yellow label there's another noticeable thing. It says that the regular price is 25 DKK, and not 18.95 DKK. You know what that is? That's cheating! Selling things at regular prices, and camouflaging them and make it look like an offer - that's bad style. Shame on you, Føtex, for cheating your costumers!

Pig Flu - H1N1 - Hysteria??

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Scenario number one:

My dad goes to the hospital for a semi-annual health check. He waits in the waiting room like he is supposed to, and after half an hour the nurse calls his name. He gets up, approaches her, and sticks his hand out to say hello. The nurse takes one big step away and says: "We don't shake hands with the patients. Flu risk, you know..."
After additional 10 minutes, the doctor comes in, shakes hands with my dad, and says: "Hello, I'm your doctor!", and my dad replies: "Oh, but I thought you guys didn't shake hands with the patients?"
The doc rolls his eyes, lowers his voice, and says to my dad: "Nurses...!" :rolleyes:


Scenario number two:

I'm heading for the ladies room at work. I see another woman heading for the restrooms too, but since we have more than one, I just continue walking. Then I see her open her bag and pick up a paper towel. She wraps it around the door handle, and opens the door to the ladies room without touching the handle itself.
I stop and stare. She is going to the toilet, and she doesn't want to touch the door handle on her way in. I would perhaps have understood it better if it had been on her way out - I mean, after all you never know if other people wash their hands after having been out there...

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So what I experience here is that some people get hysterical about this influenza A. And sure, it's not nice to be ill. I'd rather not be either, but common sense will help a lot.

Our national board of health says that the population here in general has no need to be worried. Most people who become infected with Influenza H1N1 will only experience mild symptoms that will be over in a few days. So why is it that some people suffer from hysteria? It's a flu, not the plague!

And it's easy to minimize the risk of catching the flu:

  • wash your hands frequently with soap and water

  • Cough or sneeze in your sleeve instead of in your hand

  • Stay at home if you are ill!



Now go and have yourself a good weekend! :heart:

Paedophile suspect

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The Nationalist Socialist Movement of Denmark (DNSB) has excluded one of its prominent members after suspicions of an "inappropriate relationship" with a 12-year-old girl.

The singer of Danish Nazi band Daneskjold is alleged to have had the relationship with the daughter of a friend, who visited the 32-year-old numerous times at his Copenhagen apartment, including staying overnight.
In a message on the DNSB website, chairman Jonni Hansen, said that the singer would not stay away from the girl, despite repeated requests from DNSB and her parents.

The case has now been reported to the police, but Jonni Hansen said that even if the relationship was found to be not sexual, then the "intensive contact with the minor is in itself totally unacceptable".

The band's website has been replaced with a large photo of the excluded singer, as well as comments from Jonni Hansen and a fellow band member. The three remaining band members have decided to disband, "rather than see their good name dragged through the dirt".

Hansen told a Danish newspaper that he has asked the accused to commit suicide, because "It would be the only real way out of this".


Please don't get me wrong, I have no sympathies for paedophiles. People who molest children should be punished very hard, no doubt about that!! But there is some things in this story I do not like. First of all, it is very unclear what it is, that has been going on. A 12-year old girl is visiting a 32 year old man, and it sounds as if she'd rather be at his place than at home. Why is that? I mean, she could be treated terribly at home, and sees his place as a place where she can be left alone, for all we know. :confused:

Another thing is that we live in a country where you're innocent until something else is proved. The DNSB decided to write the guy's full name, along with posting his picture on a website, that is very easy to find - just google Daneskjold and it's one of the first hits.

Imagine if the guy hasn't done anything. His life is ruined now.

So - if he really did something, the judge shall decide his punishment, and it better be hard - if he didn't do anything - then shame on you, Jonni Hansen!





Hands off my bike!

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Bicycle thieves have been more active than usual this year, according to figures from Statistics Denmark.

During the first six months of 2009, police received 35,849 reports of bicycle theft, meaning eight bikes were stolen every hour. The half-year figure is the highest in nine years, and only five out of 1000 thefts are ever solved by police.

If your bike gets stolen, you are lucky if you ever see it again, and the chance that the police will actually catch the perpetrator is extremely small. The reason why there are so many bikes that are never found again is that they are taken out of the country, most likely to east European countries.

I remember a case from where I lived before. One very early morning I was looking out of my window, and a big truck drove slowly through my street. Two men took every bicycle that wasn't secured to a tree or a street sign and threw them onto the truck, and it went very fast. I called the police, but by the time they got there, the men were long gone, and so were all the bicycles. I couldn't even note the licence plate, because they'd covered it with mud or something that looked like mud. Luckily I had my bike in my apartment. I couldn't afford to have it stolen.

I hate people who steal! :mad: *growls*


Cutting

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Injuring yourself on purpose by making scratches or cuts on your body with a sharp object — enough to break the skin and make it bleed — is called cutting. Cutting is a type of self-injury, or SI for short. Most people who cut themselves are girls, but guys self-injure, too. People who cut usually start cutting in their young teens. A few continue to cut into adulthood.

People may cut themselves on their wrists, arms, legs, or bellies. Some people self-injure by burning their skin with the end of a cigarette or lighted match.

It can be hard to understand why people cut themselves on purpose. Cutting is a way some people try to cope with the pain of strong emotions, intense pressure, or upsetting relationship problems. They may be dealing with feelings that seem too difficult to bear, or bad situations they think can't change.

Some people cut because they feel desperate for relief from bad feelings. People who cut may not know better ways to get relief from emotional pain or pressure. Some people cut to express strong feelings of rage, sorrow, rejection, desperation, longing, or emptiness.

The cutters don't cut themselves to get attention. People who injure themselves usually hide the cuts and marks and sometimes no one else knows.

I think the most important way in which others can help self-harmers is by listening and not judging them. Talking without prejudice may be a good start to helping a person who hurts herself. You can remove the shame and secrecy associated with self injury. And, you encourage communication between you and the SI'er. You help create change just by talking.

Something that might stop you is that you might not know what to say. Even though you might not know what to discuss, just be acknowledging that you want to talk opens up communication channels.



Things that aren't helpful is:

* Ordering them to stop it.
* Watching them.
* Taking away their privacy.
* Taking away their razors and all sharp objects.
* Making them feel even more abnormal by saying things like, "You need help. You are sick. That is not normal."
* Rejecting that part of them. Not accepting their behaviour.
* Threatening them - such as with being sent to the hospital.


I know this is a controversial subject - so please - no disrespectful comments.

Shoes - again

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I like shoes, and especially neat or cool looking, good quality shoes.

And when I look around, I see a lot of people wearing the ugliest shoes on earth. The Crocs. And I don't care how comfortable they are. I don't care how many colours they come in, or how much the manufacturers are trying to shine them up. They are ugly, that's what they are!



Then they made something even more ugly. The UGGs. They are still very popular, and I guess they're comfortable too, but come on!!
Can't you see how fugly they are?
Totally shapeless, and probably not even waterresistant!
Lots of girls are wearing these, probably as a result of seeing celebrities in them. But hey - lots of celebrities aren't exactly good role models! :rolleyes:



And just when you think "Now it possibly can't get any uglier", they make a knitted boot! :faint:

For fucks sake!

What happened to cool looking, neat quality shoes?

Not this week dear, I have a headache...

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If you've got a headache it's a common advice to have a Panodil (or Panadol, or whatever they call the paracetamol tablets in your country). They also work for minor muscle pain, pain in teeth, menstruation pain and other types of pain.

Then the medical firm invented Panodil Zapp - with the same contents as the regular Panodil, but the Zapp version works much faster, and helps you over your headache sooner. :up:


Now I wonder - why are they still selling the regular Panodil tablets? I mean, are there really people who says: "Damn, I've got a headache, but I only want to get rid of it slowly? :confused:

And it gets even worse. I just discovered that they come in an even slower version: The Panodil Retard:

WTF???

Are people masochists, or what?

Kids and mobile phones

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It's common now that children have mobile phones so the parents can always get in touch with them. Kids down to 1st or 2nd grade have them, but there have been some cases recently that ought to make parents consider some things before they equip their youngsters with phones.

One of the cases I think of is about 13 year old Sandra, who recently managed to spend 6,000DKK (800Eur) in 3 months. Not on ringtones and wallpapers for the phone, but on virtual things for a virtual horse she kept online. :rolleyes:
The family discovered it after the first month, but it took their phone provider 2 extra months to close down the service. And during that time, Sandra just kept on spending money.

Another case is about 10 year old Astrid, who spent 1,500DKK (200Eur) in 3 weeks, also on virtual gear for a virtual horse. In this case the company has a rule that says that you can only spend 150DKK (20Eur) a week if you're under 16 years old, 250DKK (35Eur) if you're between 16 and 18 years old, and there's no limits if you're over 18.

When the 10-year old made her profile, she wrote her real age. First time she bumped into the 150DKK-limit, she went in and changed her age to 19, and the limit was gone with a click of the mouse.

The parents have to pay the company in both these cases. I went to the website, which is Danish, but owned by a Swedish company. They have a sub-site for the parents, but honestly - it doesn't say much, and is not clear enough, and besides - the info box is cut off in the middle of a sentence. So perhaps it's all the interesting stuff that's missing, who knows.


Don't the companies who sell things that aren't really there, virtual things, have some kind of responsibility? I mean - I know it's business, but still, they're selling some stuff that doesn't really exists to minors!

I think the problem could be solved by refusing to let these companies charge for their services over the phone. I don't think many parents would just let their kids use their credit cards. Please let me hear what you think about this. :smile:

Personal license plates

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When talking about cars in my country, it's not just the purchase price that makes buyers cringe.
Denmark also has the highest vehicle licence plate registration fees in all of Europe at 1,180 kroner (158 EUR). That’s 1,000 kroner (134 EUR) more than it should be, according to consumer groups.

Both the Association of Danish Car Owners (FDM) and the Danish Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises are criticising the fee as a not-so-honest way for the state to make vast sums of money off the nation's car owners.

According to the government's budget for 2009, fees associated with licence plates, vehicle registration and change of ownership are expected to bring in 780 million kroner (104 million EUR) to the state's pockets. In all, consumers will pay around 29 billion kroner to the state this year for the luxury of owning a vehicle.

The Tax Department itself indicates that service costs pertaining to plate registration amount to 160 kroner (21.5 EUR), with the plates themselves costing 22 kroner (3 EUR) each.

Overall car owner fees have dropped in the past two years, according to Tax Ministry figures, which show state incomes of around 36 billion kroner (4.8 billion EUR) in 2007 compared to the current 29 billion kroner (3.9 billion EUR) this year. But while licence plate fees are expected to drop next year, overall costs for vehicle owners are expected to rise again to give the state around 33 billion kroner (4.4 billion EUR).

I've always thought that the idea of licence plates with your own text on it was kind of stupid. I mean - it's only for show off, or...? But - if you had a car or another vehicle with a plate on it - and you didn't have to pay for getting your own text on it - What would your text be?