UK ban on Aussie ad

[Bear of Doom]

Has anyone seen the advertisement of the Australian Tourism authority that has recently been banned by the British gov't?

(If you haven't heard about this, read this article (http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-03-09T111325Z_01_SYD41511_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-LEISURE-AUSTRALIA-ADS.XML))

I just saw the advert ... and have to say I see nothing wrong with the commercial! Agree? Disagree? It's a perfectly good ad ... just the slogan is a wee strange, but ok ... why not

Here's a link to go see the advert by the way: http://www.wherethebloodyhellareyou.com/

(Once you're on the site just click the 'view the tv ad' button, but of course, you could've figured that out ...)

[joekc6nlx]

I'll just bet Queen Victoria is spinning in her grave.

"We are not amused...."

In this day of being so sensitive to others' feelings, we forget to be human and laugh at ourselves.

Long live those who speak their minds, regardless of the issue, because without them, we're all sheep.

"Man is the only animal that blushes...or needs to. - Mark Twain"

I'm heading for the beach, I want to meet that young lady and tell her where the bloody hell I've been.

[IamNastey]

... well, I was suprised that it had been banned in the UK, I know it has also been modified for China, but can understand the interpretation of a Bloody Hell might be different there.

Anyway, I thought the ad was very lame, nice vision but puts Australians back about 20 years.

Bloody hell is a common expression which basically means "WOW!" but is not very often used in the sense in the ad normally more like - blooodee hellll ! as in "far out"

At least its better than "put another shrimp on the barbie:wink:

Cheers ya bloody bastards

["Rojindo"]

Erm...

... I thought it was, at least, a little different.

[Bear of Doom]

Bloody hell is a common expression which basically means "WOW!" but is not very often used in the sense in the ad normally more like - blooodee hellll ! as in "far out"


Yea .. I know of the expression, just wondering how it'd make a good tourism slogan?? Well I guess it's working in a way, because I now remember it :nervous:

[KhawMengLee]

I was expecting some kind of controversy but what was wrong with that ad?

[IamNastey]

Yea .. I know of the expression, just wondering how it'd make a good tourism slogan?? Well I guess it's working in a way, because I now remember it :nervous:

I can only say that the Ad agency, PR company and Tourism will be rubbing their hands together at how much exposure this has had. There is nothing bad about it, In my opinion from an industry point of view it is a bit lame, but the vision is fantastic.

Cheers

PS. A very successful campaign that ran over here was "bugger" for Toyoto. Bugger in slang here means damn or "ya old bugger" - friend. Caused quite a debate, but won thru - obviously domestic market only.

Bugger literally - To tail gun!

[Maro]

We used to see the Toyota Ads on the late night "Rude Ads" shows in the UK.

If find it strange, nobody swears like the English. I guess it's an old holdover from the days of decorum at the BBC etc

[rottunpunk]

its obvious.
it'll make everyone want to go there instead of blackpool in the summer-duh :D
:p

[Maro]

It is why I came here! :wink:

[Bear of Doom]

A solution everyone! They lifted the bloody ban ... (as expected, I mean it's a ridiculous ban)

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-03-18T085940Z_01_SYD151577_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-LEISURE-AUSTRALIA-ADS.XML

I love a happy ending ... :D kinda like the ad, makes me want to go to Oz! ... some fishing and diving with loads of Foster's ... it'll do, it'll do quite nicely

Thanks for all the inputs everyone, good read

[Newbie]

Hey, don't forget New Zealand banned Toyota's immensley popular "Bugger" add for swearing. Though I know NZers who loved it and were disappointed when it was taken off air. We'll PC ourselves into a state of ultra conservatism and bad suits one day soon.

[ScottUK]

If find it strange, nobody swears like the English.True, but the Scots and the Irish give us a run for our money... :)

[Commander]

True, but the Scots and the Irish give us a run for our money... :)

Couldn't agree more hahaha.

I find nothing wrong with that ad, if anything its amusing :)

[Ignatz]

True, but the Scots and the Irish give us a run for our money... :)
Ah but only the Irish can make you want to thank them for cussing you out.

[Kendoka]

We used to see the Toyota Ads on the late night "Rude Ads" shows in the UK.

If find it strange, nobody swears like the English. I guess it's an old holdover from the days of decorum at the BBC etc

Really! I would say that no other nation on earth swears as much as Australians!

[Newbie]

Really! I would say that no other nation on earth swears as much as Australians!

F#@& off! We do bloody not! You're so full of BS you bloody wanker.

Thats Bollocks if you ask me.

[satsumaruma]

WHOOAA,

stop right there.

The english are not as one when we come to swearing. The shandy drinking southerners cannot swear at all ( although I like the way they say W*nker - it is very funny).

The best swearers are - and I take no pride in this - Yorkshiremen. This is because it is guttural and to the point. Please listen..


Shandy drinker..."shat your facking maaaaarth you facking Norvern poooofter".
Yorkshireman....."F*k off twat"

Succinct, direct and completely offensive.

Please read Roger Melly's profanosaurus for full details of how to swear properly.

Lee

[satsumaruma]

Oh and Aussie's being able to swear?


hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahah ahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha hah


Oh christ, I haven't done that in me pants sincewere a nipper

[Newbie]

Oh, you're asking for it, Lee. The next PM you get will turn your hair white.

[ScottUK]

Hair? HAIR???? :D

[Maro]

Really! I would say that no other nation on earth swears as much as Australians!

Actually the Northerners and you Aussies have similar claims - you both like Northern Egg Chucking as well.

Everyone knows Cockneys swear the most/best.

[Newbie]

Hair? HAIR????

Oh yeah, I forgot. Well, maybe it'll just turn white where noone can see it? I know, Scott, you can check for me.

[ScottUK]

Thanks, but I'll pass. Ask the local livestock that he is buddies with... :)

[ScottUK]

Everyone knows Cockneys swear the most/best.Yeah, but it's a different language... :)

[samurai999]

I feel like going to Australia now thanks to GB.

Tim

[doberman]

nothing wrong with that ad. i am in love with ozzies and kiwis all the time. and believe me, i am bloody off ways from them guys.. now, where the hell are they?!

BTW, i've senn rally bad language ads from the netherlands. words that were explicitely sexual. and english too! the ad was for some language school to learn it. kids and parents in car, radio playing this song while the parents were swinging with it and the kids looking amused at each other knowing exactlay that their parents would not understand a word of what was sung.. very funny indeed! hey, and no one swears like the swiss. at least me!

OT: hi everyone, newbie here, lurking for a while, my first post! ^^ :rolleyes:

[Maro]

I moved here mostly after seeing the "Let's Nibble Nobby's Nuts" add on Clive James' show :wink:

But seriously, I've been here 4 years and have 6 months to go before my Permanent Residency comes through. I don't plan on leaving either :)

[LarsCW]

The Dutch language counts over 150.000 cursing words so yeah it would be rather hard to leave them out of commercials:P

If I'm not mistaken Dutch has the most cursing words of all languages in the world.

[Bear of Doom]

O wow and I thought the troubles has ended for good ... people never seized to surprise me ... first the Brits, now the Canadians out of all people! are censoring the ad ... lol

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-03-22T053715Z_01_SYD225255_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-LEISURE-AUSTRALIA-ADS.XML

These guys got to seriously grow up, I mean c'mon! Haven't they got better stuff to do??

You lots got to see a Thai swear ... it can go on for minutes, but of course it's all in Thai. But the best is Hong Kongkers man ... their normal language sounds like they're swearing the whole time, Cantonese is not a very pleasant language, no offence to any Hong Kongkers of course. I have a friend from Hong Kong, and he was saying a bunch of stuff on the phone, and it looked like he was about to kill the person on the other end of the line ... when he hung up, I asked and found it he was sweet talking to his girlfriend :scared: ... go figure

[Alison2805]

hehehe, I crack up at the ads we have in west oz at the moment on the radio, at all times of the day and night:
"cant get an erection or keep it up long enough? You need NASAL SPRAY TECHNOLOGY!"
Makes me laugh everytime!! Especially when my 5 yr old nephew knows the ad by heart!!! LMFAO!!!!!

[Nukitsuke]

I thought the ad was pretty funny. I doubt there would be much of any comment in the US were it aired.