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[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 ?

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[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... that's great!

That's special!

[paste.livejournal.com]

i do quite often.
bonus piece of useless information: it's the same jingle in nz but it's continental cup-a-soup!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

"Bachelors Cuppasoup - a very good idea."
"And a very good soup, too!"

That's how I think of it, but that must be from the late 70s or so.

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

Souper !

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Bran flakes.

(And no, I don't buy them. Because they're really not.)

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Lovingly adapted by Beechwood School marketing group:

Trebor mints are a minty bit stronger
Stick 'em up your bum and they last a bit longer

To this day I see people eating Trebor anything and have to say absolutely nothing at all in case I sing that instead.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

*giggles*
I think I'd go for the more recent "You only get a hug from a Batchelors mug", but I take your point.

I can't buy Covonia cough mixture without wanting to sing out "Covo-o-o-nia!" like on the ad.

[snathe.livejournal.com]

Although the advert was originally used for Birds Eye Steakhouse Grills, I can't help but launch into the "Will it be chips or jacket spuds..." jingle whenever I see anywhere selling Onion Rings, be they fried or not.

[stegzy.livejournal.com]

Whenever I go downstairs for a drink in the middle of the night I find myself singing this.




Thing is it's usually just water that I go downstairs for.

[secondhand-rick.livejournal.com]

Wonderloaf.

But I doubt anyone here remembers the "Wonderloaf, this wonderloaf, this wonderloaf is wonderful. Full of health, full of go, full of vigour, this wonderloaf is wonderful." song.

[waistcoatmark.livejournal.com]

It takes a conscious effort of will not to prefix the phrase "Sabatier knife" with "razor sharp".

And I have no conscious memory of seeing an advert for Sabatier at all, much less particularly razor sharp ones.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

I can remember Shake and Vac, although the product is probably long gone. (OK, that's not quite what you asked).

Waffley versatile

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

They go with cheese, chilli, chicken, burgers, fish, fingers. Ah: fish fingers.