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by JensAyton » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:01 pm
Disembodied wrote: Phooey. I was all set to do an advert for a soap powder with the amusing name "Woolite" when I find that the bloody stuff actually
exists .
Clearly we should be suing sheep for trademark infringement.
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by Captain Hesperus » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:03 pm
Ahruman wrote: Clearly we should be suing sheep for trademark infringement.
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by Disembodied » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:06 pm
In the end I went for the easy option:
Edit: forgot to unslant the logo!
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by ovvldc » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:35 pm
You could always just include the Woolite logo 'as is'... Just for the heck of it.
I'd be highly surprised if the company making it complains about free product placement
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by Roberto » Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:24 am
Clearly I went about this the wrong way. This is what you want, isn't it?
Look, everyone - I made a pun! Weeeeeeeeeee!
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by Disembodied » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:39 pm
Much better! Although it's not so much a pun as a theme... or thoome? Er...
@ ovvldc: I suppose I could, although the Doc's original guidelines did specify "nothing real". The chances of any objection would be, as you say, vanishingly small, but I think it would feel like cheating...
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by Roberto » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:33 am
Another ad you "oo"-obsessed nutters won't care for:
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by Disembodied » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:11 pm
Keep 'em cooming, Roobertoo! ... I'll shut up now.
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by Disembodied » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:49 pm
(with apologies to Dean Martin)
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by Arexack_Heretic » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:16 pm
I would say Steve Irwin, but that is the Stingray. (and quite the opposite punchline..)
By the shipyards that brought you the classic Moray:
More nimble, more weapon opgrades, just less Moray,
it's the Stingray!
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by Disembodied » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:25 pm
Except I've made an arse of it -- the bugger's flying the wrong way round! Tut. I'll fix it.
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by Captain Hesperus » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:05 pm
Hey, If Selezen can get it wrong with his Dream Team Moray-R, I think you can be forgiven, too.
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by Arexack_Heretic » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:39 pm
Can you imagine the restraint I imposed on my pedantic self?
(I had to convince myself the Moray was firing missiles into the water )
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by Disembodied » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:17 pm
Thank you for your forbearance! And now, without any further ado, I give you the
right-way round version: