Another chance to see… Day Seven

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It’s this blog’s birthday this week and in celebration I’m taking a trawl through the archives and republishing some of my favourite posts.

I’m including this because it took me bloody ages to write and so I feel it deserves some extra milage.

And that’s the end of the week of reruns. Make sure you come back tomorrow for that important post. And make sure you bring your credit cards. Bwa-ha-ha-ha.

That’s a load of rich creamery butter

Originally posted September 6th, 2007

We recently re-subscribed to satellite TV after an absence of around a year. There are many reasons for us returning to the fold: the genius of Sky+, endless repeats of Ironside, and a wider variety of “nothing on the telly” than we had before. But one of the main reasons we got it is for the kids channels. Cbeebies on freeview is all very well and good, but it’s worthiness and dare I say banality gets a little wearing after a while.

One side effect of all these different channels is that Amy is being exposed to advertising like never before. She sits glued to the TV during the breaks and after each commercial turns to us and asks “Can I have one of those?”.

Of course her mind is young and easily manipulated. You wouldn’t catch a mature and culturally literate man such as myself become prey to the sub conscious influence of the advertiser’s slogans. Whether I’m looking for a breakfast of champions or some milk chocolate that melts in my mouth not in my hand, I make sure I am choosing the real thing. I want quality products at reasonable prices and the best a man can get, not whatever some suit in an office thinks I should be using my flexible friend on. Advertising executives are grrreat at asking where do you want to go today and making you think that their products will put you in the happiest place on earth. But you need to block out their messages.

Take a leaf from my book and don’t fall for their tricks, have it your own way. You need to challenge everything, think different, and just do it. Choose freedom and don’t listen to the advertiser’s propaganda, no matter how finger lickin’ good they make it sound. They would like you to think that only smarties have the answer, but they underestimate the public – we know when we’ve been tangoed, we can tell if its live or if it’s memorex.

I have a feeling that there is something special in the air. Maybe its frustration with being lied to, maybe its the impact of consumerism on the planet, or maybe it’s maybelline; but there is an explosion of disgruntlement coming, and once we pop we can’t stop. Life is short, play hard and live your life. Because life is complicated enough without branding. For successful living you have to lift and separate the truth from the lies or you will end up with the 501 blues. You need to look sharp, feel sharp and make sure you are making the right choices. Because, after all, you’re worth it.

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