Comments on: If it can’t be fixed with duct tape… http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: I love duct tape! « DunCAN’s Blog http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10928 I love duct tape! « DunCAN’s Blog Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:16:24 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10928 [...] I love duct tape! 20Feb08 A recent soft drink add caught my eye, excuse my personal slackness in not taking my own photo but its on another blog [...] [...] I love duct tape! 20Feb08 A recent soft drink add caught my eye, excuse my personal slackness in not taking my own photo but its on another blog [...]

]]> By: Sweet Sister Morphine http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10438 Sweet Sister Morphine Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:56:06 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10438 As a friend of mine is fond of saying: <i>Duct tape fixes everything, even relationships.</i> As a friend of mine is fond of saying:

Duct tape fixes everything, even relationships.

]]> By: Quatrefoil http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10412 Quatrefoil Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:38:04 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10412 Ah! There's a lot I've missed out on by being either TV free or ABC/BBC only for most of my life. I still think it's a good ad for duct tape though. Ah! There’s a lot I’ve missed out on by being either TV free or ABC/BBC only for most of my life. I still think it’s a good ad for duct tape though.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10399 Stilgherrian Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:52:02 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10399 <strong>@Quatrefoil:</strong> Solo has always been marketed as the soft drink for Real Men. "You've gotto work it hard to be a Solo man," says <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aHNKziN-fE">this truly wonderful 1988 TVC</a> -- sorry" television commercial" for you media non-junkies. Love the synth line, love the moustache! Magnificent! "Light on the fizz so you can slam 'em down fast," they tell us again in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMPpBlcgZl4">the 1990s Solo Lemon Lime ad</a>. I think the realisation that "that kind of man" doesn't drink much soft drink was precisely the marketing plan: hit a new market segment with a soft drink tailored just for them. If I cared sufficiently I'd see if I could find some soft drink sales figures for the period. But I don't. <strong>@jay:</strong> Tell me more about what they can do with gaffer tape! ;) @Quatrefoil: Solo has always been marketed as the soft drink for Real Men.

“You’ve gotto work it hard to be a Solo man,” says this truly wonderful 1988 TVC — sorry” television commercial” for you media non-junkies. Love the synth line, love the moustache! Magnificent!

“Light on the fizz so you can slam ‘em down fast,” they tell us again in the 1990s Solo Lemon Lime ad.

I think the realisation that “that kind of man” doesn’t drink much soft drink was precisely the marketing plan: hit a new market segment with a soft drink tailored just for them.

If I cared sufficiently I’d see if I could find some soft drink sales figures for the period. But I don’t.

@jay: Tell me more about what they can do with gaffer tape! ;)

]]> By: jay http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10395 jay Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:14:33 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10395 Where I live they drink xxxx gold. Mid strength beer that I, a Melbourne and Adelaide expat, would call a soft drink. Know their way around a roll of gaffer tape though! Where I live they drink xxxx gold. Mid strength beer that I, a Melbourne and Adelaide expat, would call a soft drink. Know their way around a roll of gaffer tape though!

]]> By: Quatrefoil http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10392 Quatrefoil Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:02:23 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/enmore/duct_tape/#comment-10392 Snigger. It's a great ad for duct tape. It's a lousy ad for Solo, though. I'm presuming it rests on the theory that Solo is a drink for real he-men of the neanderthal type. I hate to tell them, but I don't think that kind of man drinks much soft drink of any variety. Snigger. It’s a great ad for duct tape. It’s a lousy ad for Solo, though. I’m presuming it rests on the theory that Solo is a drink for real he-men of the neanderthal type. I hate to tell them, but I don’t think that kind of man drinks much soft drink of any variety.

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