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ddvmor


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It's nice to see that we're continuing to consistently pander to the PC crowd.





Barclays bee sting advert banned


A Barclays bank advert showing a man suffering a bad reaction to a bee sting has been withdrawn for causing offence and distress to people with allergies.


More than 290 viewers complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), saying the TV commercial made light of a potentially fatal condition.


It showed a man's face swelling up after being stung by a bee in his drink can.

He ran to a lake to cool down, fell in the water and emerged covered in weeds and howling in pain. As he ran to a restaurant, scaring diners with his appearance, police shot him with a tranquiliser dart before arresting him.

A voice-over then said: "Statistically you're more likely to be arrested than change your bank account."



Personally, I think the ad sounded pretty funny and will be e-mailing Barclays with my support!


I was particularly amused by this bit of the article:





Seven viewers said their children were scared by the commercial, while 12 described the advert as "horrific" and unsuitable for television without further restrictions.

The ASA did not uphold these complaints, or those of seven more viewers who said the commercial reminded them of either "happy slapping" or alleged soldier activity in the Iraq war.





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"Happy Slapping"???



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Happy slapping on public tv?

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Yeah.  Happy Slapping.


Apparently it's a new trend where groups of chavs go round hitting people and videoing it on their camera phones.


Very mature stuff.



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ddvmor wrote:

Yeah.  Happy Slapping. Apparently it's a new trend where groups of chavs go round hitting people and videoing it on their camera phones. Very mature stuff.
Kind of like MTV's Jackass.  Only less extravagent.  And less interesting.  And generally stupid.

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Seconded...


Jack ass was great - videoing yourself committing assault is dumb... dumb as a stump in fact or as dumb as 89% of the UK population - which is pretty dumb!



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Unfortunately up here its turned into Happy Slashing, especially towards bus drivers!


Although the daft wee twits doing it seem to overlook the fact that they are giving cops all the evidence they could ever need by actually filming the events! n*b-ends.



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The yobs ain't clever in your neck of the woods, eh Damo?

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Not really, although they do have a clever trick for 'borrowing' 24 cans of their fave beer out of Asda!

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