No… well I don’t anyway. You all know me by now… I don’t beleive anything I see on the commercial channels on the gogglebox; but this one really takes to cocking biscuit.
Vanish Colour Magnets.
I mean… please. Who believes this shit? According to the advert, when you use these things with your regular detergent, it traps colours the colours that are washing out of your clothes and keeps them locked tight in this… thing.
Bullshit. I’m sure there’s going to be something roughly scientific in the making, but I seriously doubt it. Don’t buy it. In fact, don’t buy anything you see on the TV. It’s all lies I tell you. LIES!
End.
I’ve always been told that the best thing to do with a brand-new item which may have loose dyes in it, is to soak it in cold water with a honking huge whack of salt. Let sit for a while. Rinse thoroughly (no idea how one tests for that; stick a corner in your mouth and see how salty it tastes?), then wash with coloured items which are very alike in case of trace amounts.
Other than that, wash darks with other darks, and hope for the best. Eventually all darks will either bend into one tone eventually, or simply wash denim and other strong coloured clothing inside-out so as to ensure colour is re-laid into the same item it left.
Is there a problem with a little tiny bit of colour disappearing and landing somewhere? Are there deaths caused as a result? Is the work economy at stake?
This seems like someone creating a market for their product, frankly.
Gits.
They ought to be beaten with sticks, then sent to bed without supper, they should!
By: Ian Alexander Martin on 2 March, 2009
at 10:36 pm
And that painful advert with the kid who doesn’t want to take a crap in his own home because his parents are too cheap to buy air freshner! What is that all about. Tugging at the parental heartstrings by showing the heartache of a seven year old who can’t cope with the smell of his own shit???
Slap him and tell him to get over himself. We’re all the same. No point in letting the little fucker develop unneccesary airs and graces. next he’ll be demanding a heated bog seat and a personal arsewiper.
Little prick.
By: The Bird on 6 March, 2009
at 12:28 pm
There are times one feels it is unfortunate that one doesn’t keep up with pop-culture, as one notes the disparaging gap betwixt those who are au courant, and those who are not, wishing to be part of the group ‘in the know’.
This is not one of them.
By: Ian Alexander Martin on 7 March, 2009
at 10:47 pm
I’m suprised that all your feelings on this subject are so strong.
They are only adverts after all.
By: Cotts on 11 March, 2009
at 2:06 pm
But when you see the same ones every morning they get under your skin.
That, or perhaps I don’t have more important things to worry about? You should hear me rant about the blow by blow account of Jade Goody’s cancer… gah!!
By: The Bird on 13 March, 2009
at 12:03 pm
It’s not that it pisses me off that much… no, not at all! It’s the fact that there are people out there that will be buying this left right and centre becuase they believe the stupid things they see on the goggle box. Turning our minds into mush, making life more simple by spending cash on shit you don’t need…
Like have you seen the one recently for Lynx Bullet?
Pocket Pulling Power.
Oh dear lord.
What have we done…
And don’t even get me started on Jade -Cash Cow Cancer- Goody.
By: picturesnap on 14 March, 2009
at 5:23 pm
In fairness, the Jade Goody thing did irritate me a little bit at the begining with all the media coverage, but in fairness, it has massively raised the awareness of that particular disease and has forced the government to re-think their screening criteria. All good stuff.
I recon that if I was in her position, I would probably be doing the same thing. You can always excuse the coverage as her wanting to raise awareness further, but in all honnesty, if I had terminal cancer at 27 and had two young kids, I would be more than happy for the media to pay me whatever they felt appropriate so I would secure a better future for them. It is the general public who are fuling the whole thing really. If they keep watching and reading about it, it will continue to be reported.
Whilst that might sound like I’m defending her, I’m really not and the story itself basically passes me by. Simply ignor it Phil and if you can’t, just reming yourself that there is a finite shelf life on the story. Soon you will be free of it.
By: Cotts on 18 March, 2009
at 12:10 pm