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Since acquiring a hard-disk recorder, I haven't seen any adverts for ages - until quite recently - during a spell of convalescence on the sofa when even using the remote control proved too great a burden.


I was disturbed to see, during the same commercial break: an ad for a loan shark company called 'Wonga'; one for a slimming program where the bald one out of Bucks Fizz demonstrates how much weight she lost by grappling with a "sack o' tatties"; and a company selling clothes for the grossly overweight. (In my opinion, if you take a 66" shirt I would be looking for a change of lifestyle, not a fashionable bomber jacket.)


God help us all.

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Did a similar thing (ill on sofa) and watched one slimming advert three times before I realised that the 'after' photo wasn't actually the 'before' picture (I don't think I recognised the actual 'before' picture as humanoid - too gross). I guess one shouldn't read too much into it though; it doesn't mean the world as we know it has changed, just that the demographic of those who still sit through the adverts has.

*Bob* Wrote:

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> If it helps - I was watching Ice Station Zebra.


A classic of submarine movies - the best scene being when the Captain instructs the engineer to "take it (the reactor) into the red, Kowalski". Second best scene - where in passing the reactor compartment the reactor is seen to throb gently with a red light.


Oh how we laughed when at sea in nuclear boats.

Marmora Man Wrote:

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> *Bob* Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > If it helps - I was watching Ice Station Zebra.

>

>

> A classic of submarine movies - the best scene

> being when the Captain instructs the engineer to

> "take it (the reactor) into the red, Kowalski".

> Second best scene - where in passing the reactor

> compartment the reactor is seen to throb gently

> with a red light.

>

> Oh how we laughed when at sea in nuclear boats.



Kowalski was in "Street Car Named Desire" too


Boy, he had some screen time back in the day


* knees buckle as I think of throbbing red submarine *


Nette:)

Marmora Man Wrote:

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>

> A classic of submarine movies - the best scene

> being when the Captain instructs the engineer to

> "take it (the reactor) into the red, Kowalski".

> Second best scene - where in passing the reactor

> compartment the reactor is seen to throb gently

> with a red light.

>

> Oh how we laughed when at sea in nuclear boats.


Kowalski also in Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (only seaman Kowski in film but got his full name for the tv series), the one about the big throbbing nuclear submarine (Seaview) with the bulbous tip.


...and he nearly always wore red!

Go compare, go compare...... Why? How long did they deliberate over that jingle and how many people did they audition until they found the most revolting, off- putting toad to be the face of the campaign. If only they had used Naomi, it would have been a different song...


Peckhamrose, naughty naughty no killazemeercats

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