Clear blue sunny skies. Not exactly an omen of impending doom, right?
Well apparently here in Ballarat that's exactly what they mean. Well, if all of the sirens I have been hearing all day around town mean anything.
Why else would there be so many sirens going off today?
The world is ending for Ballarat!
The sudden clear skies and warmth has proven too much and the place is tearing itself apart from the inside.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Disney Stars
The Disney singing stars are only that in name. Their songs are so auto tuned, that these so called stars are really only lip synching dancers in their music videos. Disney may as well just come clean and admit that what sings the songs is nothing more than a very smart computer, and that they get a star from whatever Disney show is popular at the time to pretend to sing.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Pizza Hut Sticky Fingers Ads
So Pizza Hut has brought out a new product; their sticky fingers stuff.
I always thought that ads were supposes to make the products advertised look appealing to as many people as possible. That's how they generate sales. But this ad doesn't do that. It doesn't even succeed in making the food look good to eat!
Sticky fingers looks like the kind of food that drunk or high annoying wannabees who are so cool (or so they believe) would buy. So that's a limited percentage of the population who's being targeted ... actually, considering the ad, I guess it's just about every hot blooded sports fan. So maybe not quite so limited number of people being targeted, after all.
But how the food looks on the ad has got to turn off a lot of those hot blooded sports fan wannabees. It does not look at all appealing. And everyone knows that the food in ads looks a thousand times better than reality. So the sticky fingers range has got to be very foul looking.
It looks like this sticky fingers ad campaign is a complete fail all around ... at least it would be if so many people didn't go to Pizza Hut while intoxicated and any kind of food, especially a new untried kind, looks good and must be eaten.
I always thought that ads were supposes to make the products advertised look appealing to as many people as possible. That's how they generate sales. But this ad doesn't do that. It doesn't even succeed in making the food look good to eat!
Sticky fingers looks like the kind of food that drunk or high annoying wannabees who are so cool (or so they believe) would buy. So that's a limited percentage of the population who's being targeted ... actually, considering the ad, I guess it's just about every hot blooded sports fan. So maybe not quite so limited number of people being targeted, after all.
But how the food looks on the ad has got to turn off a lot of those hot blooded sports fan wannabees. It does not look at all appealing. And everyone knows that the food in ads looks a thousand times better than reality. So the sticky fingers range has got to be very foul looking.
It looks like this sticky fingers ad campaign is a complete fail all around ... at least it would be if so many people didn't go to Pizza Hut while intoxicated and any kind of food, especially a new untried kind, looks good and must be eaten.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Insurance Ads
I remember when insurance ads were just the domain of late night TV. Now, unless it's prime time or a children's channel, you can't have an ad break without some kind of insurance ad coming up at least once.
But what's worse is that when these ads were just late night ads, you could forgive the extremely bad acting in them, because, well, it was late night TV. There's nothing good on, so why should the ads be an better?
So you'd think that with the rise in the number of insurance ads, the people behind them would want to make sure that the acting is much better. But no. Apparently they don't care about this. They're just happy to let the acting in them get worse and worse until you're left wondering who would actually believe that the insurance is any good, since there's no effort in actually trying to sell it.
Although I am curious as to why insurance ads have suddenly surged onto our TVs all of a sudden.
It's almost as though the insurance companies are trying to cash in on people's fear of the world ending next year. Doesn't surprise me. After all, big companies are completely heartless and only focus on the bottom dollar.
What does surprise me is that there's probably is a huge number of people who are thinking about the end of the world next year and have decided that they should probably cover themselves and their families just in case something happens to them. Then, at least their families don't have to worry financially after the end of the world.
That's really the only reason I can think of why there are suddenly so many insurance ads on TV.
But what's worse is that when these ads were just late night ads, you could forgive the extremely bad acting in them, because, well, it was late night TV. There's nothing good on, so why should the ads be an better?
So you'd think that with the rise in the number of insurance ads, the people behind them would want to make sure that the acting is much better. But no. Apparently they don't care about this. They're just happy to let the acting in them get worse and worse until you're left wondering who would actually believe that the insurance is any good, since there's no effort in actually trying to sell it.
Although I am curious as to why insurance ads have suddenly surged onto our TVs all of a sudden.
It's almost as though the insurance companies are trying to cash in on people's fear of the world ending next year. Doesn't surprise me. After all, big companies are completely heartless and only focus on the bottom dollar.
What does surprise me is that there's probably is a huge number of people who are thinking about the end of the world next year and have decided that they should probably cover themselves and their families just in case something happens to them. Then, at least their families don't have to worry financially after the end of the world.
That's really the only reason I can think of why there are suddenly so many insurance ads on TV.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Bendigo's Tourism Campaign
I think I have figured out Bendigo's tourism campaign! And it's a very sly one.
Let's face it, there isn't much in Bendigo except for some nice old buildings (but since most towns and cities have these, it's nothing really). So I was baffled when driving through Bendigo and all of the hotels were booked out.
There was nothing happening except a ride on the old talking trams ... actually, I'd pay for an experience on a talking tram if the tram really did talk.
But then it hit me; everyone drives through Bendigo to get to their destinations. They may stop in Bendigo for lunch. But rarely is Bendigo the destination. So what better way to attract potential tourists?
By pretending that Bendigo is the hot spot where everyone is going by displaying "no vacancy" signs.
Then, that way people driving through will think "This must be a nice place to visit. We should stay for a weekend!" And immediately call a hotel and beg for a room.
People are being tricked into thinking that Bendigo is the popular place to go away to ... I guess if this campaign is successful, Bendigo will be the popular place to go away to by default.
A very deviuos tourism campaign, indeeed.
Let's face it, there isn't much in Bendigo except for some nice old buildings (but since most towns and cities have these, it's nothing really). So I was baffled when driving through Bendigo and all of the hotels were booked out.
There was nothing happening except a ride on the old talking trams ... actually, I'd pay for an experience on a talking tram if the tram really did talk.
But then it hit me; everyone drives through Bendigo to get to their destinations. They may stop in Bendigo for lunch. But rarely is Bendigo the destination. So what better way to attract potential tourists?
By pretending that Bendigo is the hot spot where everyone is going by displaying "no vacancy" signs.
Then, that way people driving through will think "This must be a nice place to visit. We should stay for a weekend!" And immediately call a hotel and beg for a room.
People are being tricked into thinking that Bendigo is the popular place to go away to ... I guess if this campaign is successful, Bendigo will be the popular place to go away to by default.
A very deviuos tourism campaign, indeeed.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Yogurt
Our entire house has been on a yogurt kick lately. I don't know if it's due to the change in the weather, and the sunshine and (relative) warmth has put us all in the mood for yogurt.
Or maybe this yogurt kick is our bodies way of telling us that we need more dairy in our diets.
But I really don't need to focus on that. All I need to focus on is that yogurt tastes delicious and is healthy, so I don't need to feel guilty about it!
Or maybe this yogurt kick is our bodies way of telling us that we need more dairy in our diets.
But I really don't need to focus on that. All I need to focus on is that yogurt tastes delicious and is healthy, so I don't need to feel guilty about it!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
New Trick?
For the last couple of nights I have been hearing a disembodied meowing coming from under the house. Even though I thought it might have all been in my head, I was still running around looking for the damn thing.
Well, actually, just making sure that all of the cats were still inside last night. It was too cold to actually go outside and get under the house. Plus there's the whole spiders under the house factor, which I really have no desire to face. Especially in the middle of the night!
And since all of the cats were inside the house, I had to content myself with the fact that I was either imagining the meowing, or that it was one of the cats being all sneaky and throwing his/her voice.
Except this evening I got confirmation that it was neither of those!
My housemate and I were watching TV and we both heard the meowing. So did one of the cats, and I don't think she's quite that good at throwing her voice.
So there must be a cat under the house!
A cat that only meows when no one else is around.
And only at night.
Maybe it's not a cat under there, after all. Maybe it's Horry and/or Charlotte having another go at haunting the house.
By pretending to be a cat stuck under the house at night.
Although, it did have me running around looking for it last night, and I was half convinced that it was all in my head. So maybe the ghost in question is onto something with this latest haunting scheme.
Very sneaky if it is Horry and/or Charlotte.
Well, actually, just making sure that all of the cats were still inside last night. It was too cold to actually go outside and get under the house. Plus there's the whole spiders under the house factor, which I really have no desire to face. Especially in the middle of the night!
And since all of the cats were inside the house, I had to content myself with the fact that I was either imagining the meowing, or that it was one of the cats being all sneaky and throwing his/her voice.
Except this evening I got confirmation that it was neither of those!
My housemate and I were watching TV and we both heard the meowing. So did one of the cats, and I don't think she's quite that good at throwing her voice.
So there must be a cat under the house!
A cat that only meows when no one else is around.
And only at night.
Maybe it's not a cat under there, after all. Maybe it's Horry and/or Charlotte having another go at haunting the house.
By pretending to be a cat stuck under the house at night.
Although, it did have me running around looking for it last night, and I was half convinced that it was all in my head. So maybe the ghost in question is onto something with this latest haunting scheme.
Very sneaky if it is Horry and/or Charlotte.
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