DTMark Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I had to check it wasn't April 1st. This is brilliant. Cardiff bus adverts featuring topless models holding a placard saying ride me all day for £3 caused social media storm Somewhere, there are people lacking of a sense of humour.. The adverts, by Cardiff-based New Adventure Travel, prompted outrage in the city and on social media. The company, which runs services in Cardiff and elsewhere in Wales, including school buses, was promoting the launch of a fleet of new buses for a cross-city service in Cardiff. At 11.30am on Monday, just a few hours after the campaign first appeared, the company said the adverts would be withdrawn. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/11/bus-company-pulls-topless-ride-me-adverts-after-outcry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Sexual innuendo and attractive people (of both genders) sells. Who'd have thought it? I could understand kicking up a stink if only one gender was represented, but since both are... Still the marketing job is now done. Everybody now knows you can travel on white buses in Cardiff for 3 quid/day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 I could understand kicking up a stink if only one gender was represented, but since both are... That's what I thought. I think that they should swap the top bits around and put the man's head on the woman's body and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendy Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I'd have used 'jump on' for the bloke! Though TBF that'd probably work with the burd too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 hop on, hop off service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Nice, something that's made me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 That's what I thought. I think that they should swap the top bits around and put the man's head on the woman's body and vice versa. I remember a company round here causing a stir by asking job applicants to enclose a topless photo of themselves. I think they were looking for somebody to send them half a photo, although I'm sure they got some interesting responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I'm outraged at people being outraged. Clever campaign aimed at young. All that extra publicity. Shades of Diet Coke here too. OK to sexualise men... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 So did the mens rights activists jump on the nekked male poster like the feminists did the female one? Or have feminists suceeded in perpetuating sexism by opening their mouths and thus suggest all women are shrinking violets who need to be 'protected' from pictures and advertising slogans (amongst a zillion other things)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 From Guido apt number plate Y Jiz Ad P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errol Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 They should have one being held up by a horse. Or a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Looks like the back of a bus to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I wonder who'd notice if a welsh bus featured a sheep with the same message? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I wonder who'd notice if a welsh bus featured a sheep with the same message? wouldnt work. Welsh sheep are free. And easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I was hoping this was Kerry Katona's latest wheeze to escape bankruptcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 £3 a day seems cheap. I could probably do a 2 mile return trip here for that. Imagine in London might get even less ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Allegro Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Room for one more on top! I do wonder at some of this 'outrage' when I look at some of the goings on these days. On the tube today, two chavettes, slightly better looking versions of Vicky Pollard, were talking loudly about getting jobs in porn films. I had to laugh when one of them said 'yeah porn's good innit cos if they copy your film they as to pay you copyright every time, innit'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Room for one more on top! I do wonder at some of this 'outrage' when I look at some of the goings on these days. On the tube today, two chavettes, slightly better looking versions of Vicky Pollard, were talking loudly about getting jobs in porn films. I had to laugh when one of them said 'yeah porn's good innit cos if they copy your film they as to pay you copyright every time, innit'. Missed opportunity there mate; you should have volunteered that you know Ken Ichikawa and for the right encouragement you could introduce them to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 It was only last week that everyone was outraged about this: The advertising watchdog has launched a formal investigation into Protein World's "beach body ready" campaign and banned it from appearing again in its current form, it has announced. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it had launched an investigation to establish if the ad for Protein World breaks harm and offence rules or is socially irresponsible. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11571978/Beach-body-ready-campaign-to-be-investigated-by-watchdog.html http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/29/beach-body-ready-ad-faces-formal-inquiry-as-campaign-sparks-outrage I'm still rather puzzled by that, but I think both of these show exactly how to go about getting unlimited publicity for a small input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I was hoping this was Kerry Katona's latest wheeze to escape bankruptcy. She could only charge £2, tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 This is also doing the rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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200p Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 It was only last week that everyone was outraged about this: Sales of protein powders, which cost between £15 and £45 per tub, are rocketing in Britain. The value of the market has grown from £73 million in 2007 to a staggering £170 million in 2012. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3065675/Renee-Somerfield-controversial-Protein-World-ad-says-figure-genes-reveal-REALLY-stays-trim.html#ixzz3ZtJYnt8e On the bright side, at least this is an alternative to the property market. Far from shying away from the controversy Chief Executive Arjun Seth told Channel 4 News on Monday the ads were "aspirational" and he would only take notice if the petition were to reach a million signatures. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11571978/Beach-body-ready-campaign-to-be-investigated-by-watchdog.html If your business wants to do well, be aspirational. If you want to be elected, be aspirational. Do business with me, I am successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Sales of protein powders, which cost between £15 and £45 per tub, are rocketing in Britain. The value of the market has grown from £73 million in 2007 to a staggering £170 million in 2012. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3065675/Renee-Somerfield-controversial-Protein-World-ad-says-figure-genes-reveal-REALLY-stays-trim.html#ixzz3ZtJYnt8e On the bright side, at least this is an alternative to the property market. Far from shying away from the controversy Chief Executive Arjun Seth told Channel 4 News on Monday the ads were "aspirational" and he would only take notice if the petition were to reach a million signatures. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11571978/Beach-body-ready-campaign-to-be-investigated-by-watchdog.html If your business wants to do well, be aspirational. If you want to be elected, be aspirational. Do business with me, I am successful. Yes, I find this whole protein powder obsession utterly bizarre. See also the vegetable "greens" one too. Taken together they are an extremely expensive and boring way of eating. It's like people are rushing voluntarily into a Solyent Green like future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 in the beach ready campaign, that reflected what women the world over actually do...they diet before they holiday on the beach, they fret over the slightest lumps and bumps revealed by bikini A, full body B, 30 day diets abound, lose 7 pounds in a week etc etc. The bus ones were clearly Benny Hill Esq in nature. We all loved Benny Hill, we loved double entendres, but the social thought Police hate the idea that we are all sexual objects...its what we are made for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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