Happy Face 29 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Ban on rerun of eggs TV advert Reruns of a TV commercial from the 1950s which urged viewers to "go to work on an egg" have been banned. An advertising watchdog said the slogan went against the principle of eating a varied diet. The Egg Information Service had wanted to screen the advert, which featured comedian Tony Hancock, to celebrate its 50th birthday. Author Fay Weldon, who headed the team which came up with the slogan, has described the decision as absurd. The Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre (BACC) defended its decision, insisting that the adverts did not suggest a varied diet. BACC spokesman Kristoffer Hammer said: "Dietary considerations have been at the centre of the new rules for advertising and in consideration of this we felt that these adverts did not suggest a varied diet. Shock "The concept of eating eggs every day for breakfast goes against what is now the generally accepted advice of a varied diet and we therefore could not approve the ads for broadcast." British Egg Information Service spokesperson Amanda Cryer said: "We have been shocked by this ruling as eggs are a healthy, natural food which are recommended by nutritionists." "What's more, there are no restrictions on the number of eggs people can eat, which was recently confirmed by the Food Standards Agency, and between five and seven eggs a week would be totally acceptable for most people." Ms Cryer added: "In addition, many other advertisers clearly promote their products to be eaten every day such as breakfast cereals so we are very surprised that eggs have been singled out in this way." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6220684.stm It does seem odd that Kellogs can say... In addition to eating a serving of Kellogg's® cereal every day, check out these Eating Tips to help you manage your weight during the 12-week challenge. http://www2.kelloggs.com/General.aspx?ID=467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14132 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Take that decision to its logical conclusion and you shouldn't be allowed to advertise any kind of food. Or at least not without a 30-second "Other Foodstuffs May Be Available" list scrolling up the screen at the end of each ad. To paraphrase 93.8% of the posts on the BBC's "Have Your Say" pages after Bernard Manning kicked the bucket, "teh pc brigade will be happy tooday". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I think people can probably suss out for themselves that eating an egg every day isn't what you would call a varied diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvellous Marvin Magler 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I once saw a drawing of a semen cell on a bog door with the words 'go to work on an egg' written underneath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I once saw a drawing of a semen cell on a bog door with the words 'go to work on an egg' written underneath Quality. You don't get graffitti like you used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I think people can probably suss out for themselves that eating an egg every day isn't what you would call a varied diet. Depends what else you eat that day though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I think people can probably suss out for themselves that eating an egg every day isn't what you would call a varied diet. Depends what else you eat that day though. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvellous Marvin Magler 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I once saw a drawing of a semen cell on a bog door with the words 'go to work on an egg' written underneath Quality. You don't get graffitti like you used to. The same door had 'The Ayatollah is a shiite' also scribbled on You can tell I saw these many moons ago . The toilets were in a learning establishment, which goes some way to explain the reason for the high class grafitti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Alex is a walking advertisement for eggs tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Alex is a walking advertisement for eggs tbh You wanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Alex is a walking advertisement for eggs tbh You wanker Sorry, had to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17987 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Get a tattoo of a red lion on your noggin Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Get a tattoo of a red lion on your noggin Alex. Don't you start anarl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I once saw a drawing of a semen cell on a bog door with the words 'go to work on an egg' written underneath Quality. You don't get graffitti like you used to. The same door had 'The Ayatollah is a shiite' also scribbled on You can tell I saw these many moons ago . The toilets were in a learning establishment, which goes some way to explain the reason for the high class grafitti. Some of the grafitti in the health sciences library toilet in my first year was brilliant. Amongst my favourites were "FREE PALESTINE!* *with every 1kg box of Weetabix" and "Noncing is a victimless crime" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17987 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I once saw a drawing of a semen cell on a bog door with the words 'go to work on an egg' written underneath Quality. You don't get graffitti like you used to. The same door had 'The Ayatollah is a shiite' also scribbled on You can tell I saw these many moons ago . The toilets were in a learning establishment, which goes some way to explain the reason for the high class grafitti. Some of the grafitti in the health sciences library toilet in my first year was brilliant. Amongst my favourites were "FREE PALESTINE!* *with every 1kg box of Weetabix" and "Noncing is a victimless crime" I guess you had to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14132 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 One of the gents' cubicles on the 24-hour PC lab corridor at my uni had the following, rather matter-of-fact piece of graffiti: "Hi, I'm Claire. You might wonder what a girl is doing in the gents toilets. I'm being fingered by my boyfriend Dave." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 One of the gents' cubicles on the 24-hour PC lab corridor at my uni had the following, rather matter-of-fact piece of graffiti: "Hi, I'm Claire. You might wonder what a girl is doing in the gents toilets. I'm being fingered by my boyfriend Dave." She leave a number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14132 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 One of the gents' cubicles on the 24-hour PC lab corridor at my uni had the following, rather matter-of-fact piece of graffiti: "Hi, I'm Claire. You might wonder what a girl is doing in the gents toilets. I'm being fingered by my boyfriend Dave." She leave a number? Nah, just a photo of her cock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 One of the gents' cubicles on the 24-hour PC lab corridor at my uni had the following, rather matter-of-fact piece of graffiti: "Hi, I'm Claire. You might wonder what a girl is doing in the gents toilets. I'm being fingered by my boyfriend Dave." She leave a number? Nah, just a photo of her cock Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14132 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 One of the gents' cubicles on the 24-hour PC lab corridor at my uni had the following, rather matter-of-fact piece of graffiti: "Hi, I'm Claire. You might wonder what a girl is doing in the gents toilets. I'm being fingered by my boyfriend Dave." She leave a number? Nah, just a photo of her cock Any good? Seen better on my mobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 I was always unreasonably tickled by "Tiz Woz Ere!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 One of the gents' cubicles on the 24-hour PC lab corridor at my uni had the following, rather matter-of-fact piece of graffiti: "Hi, I'm Claire. You might wonder what a girl is doing in the gents toilets. I'm being fingered by my boyfriend Dave." How steady was her handwriting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9105 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 saw "Microwave Pop Tarts" outside a tanning salon, which made me laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 My school toilets had graffiti such as RAGGY BUMS EDDIE Raggy Harker and Eddie McNamee being the heads of year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9105 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 .... and who says standards are slipping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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