I'm looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

[venta]

It being a little chilly in our office at present, I've taken to having a mug of instant soup with my lunchtime sarnies. I get the packet out of the box in the drawer, and trot down the kitchen to the hot-water dispenser. As I go, I sing to myself... Nobody makes... soup in a cup... like Bachelors' Cup-a-Soup. Every bloody day.

That hasn't been their advertising slogan for a number of years. And it's not even Bachelors' anyway, it's some cheap knock-off called Soup in a Mug. Yet still I can't so much as look at the things without bursting into song.

Anyone else find themselves cartwheeling into advertland each time they see a particular product ?

Comments

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Never got the point of that. Need to hoover the carpet? Why not put some more dirt on it first?

OK, it made your carpet smell 'fresh', or at least of nasty artificial fragrances (and remember, when your carpet smells fresh, your room does too!) but really, who goes around sniffing carpets?

I used it once and turned out to be violently allergic to it, though, so I may be biased. Clearly a piece of marketing genius, though - invent a product that nobody needs, and create a jingle that reminds you to use it 'every time you vacuum'.