A Gallant Idea

Put your names in your books right now…

agallantidea — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:21:06 +0000

…before they get mixed up and you won’t know whose is whose. ‘Cause someday, believe it or not, you’ll go 15 rounds over who’s gonna get this coffee table. This stupid, wagon wheel, Roy Rogers, garage sale COFFEE TABLE.

I love a clever business card. For the record, the hubby and I do not own a Roy Rogers coffee table.

VOTE!

agallantidea — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:00:51 +0000

Having spent a good chunk of my career in politics, I can tell you this ad is very true and very funny. I’m a firm believer in “If you don’t vote, you lose the right to complain.” I voted today. How about you?

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agallantidea — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:47:49 +0000

A thirty-second TV spot is like a knock-knock joke. There’s no time for a duck, a rabbi, and a priest to walk into a bar.

-Mel Gallant, during a rousing dinner discussion with the hubby

Statue of Liberty, Paris, 1886

agallantidea — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:05:40 +0000

I want a crummy tin of Vaseline.

agallantidea — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:13:11 +0000

I don’t use Vaseline for anything. I’ve always hated the way it feels as any sort of lip balm. I don’t even own a jar of Vaseline. But every time I see this little tin of Vaseline Pink Bubbly, I totally want one!! Why? Because it’s pink and black and pretty and cute and girly. If you’re looking for a tin of your own, they’re only available at Selfridges in the UK. Well played, Vaseline. Well played.

True love

agallantidea — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:11:16 +0000

Posh advertising

agallantidea — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:00:07 +0000

Proof that high end products and clever advertising are not mutually exclusive.

All I want for Christmas is a Marmife?

agallantidea — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:52:27 +0000

I’m on Team Hate, but I love the fact that Marmite has embraced the whole “Love it. Hate it.” aspect of their product. The Marmife is intended to help you scrape the last gooey, black, nasty bits of Marmite out of the jar. Check out the article in the Daily Mail here.*

*Yeah, I know. It’s the Daily Mail. Don’t judge me. I read everything.

Famous last words

agallantidea — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:00:51 +0000

There are some things in this world I will never understand.

People who wait until at the turnstile to look for their SmartTrip card

(Extra points if you put your bag on the turnstile during your search!)

Why anyone feels the need to remake The Wizard of Oz

The Three Stooges

Other minor things like cricket, meatloaf, and time zones*

But the number one thing I will never understand is people who think they can text and drive. In recent years we’ve seen several campaigns trying to warn people of the dangers of texting and driving, each with varying approaches. There was the emotional, heartfelt appeal by Oprah. There was a super-graphic PSA in the UK. And a pretty amusing body bag commercial in Minnesota.

Even automakers are getting the word out about texting and driving. Last month Fiat in Brazil launched a series of print ads based on the last words of famous artists, politicians, scientists, and humanitarians. They’re blunt. They’re to the point. And that’s why I like them.

DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE.

*Cricket is like a really long baseball game, and I hate baseball. Meatloaf is gross, especially with that nasty baked on crust of ketchup. Blech! Time zones mess with my head. Shannon spent the majority of our flight to Hawaii trying to explain the International Date Line to me. Trust me, I would make a lousy Time Lord.

Adopt a shelter pet, no Sarah McLachlan required.

agallantidea — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:00:23 +0000

Nothing against Sarah, but I can’t even listen to Angel after those ASPCA commercials. And don’t get me started on the Pedigree Adoption Drive commercial, that one puts me right over the edge. It seems that the only way to get us humans to consider adopting a shelter pet is via a box of Kleenex after a tearjerker of a commercial — or is it?

I came across these ads for TheShelterPetProject.org and laughed out loud. Yeah, that’s right, I laughed. I always love seeing a totally different take on something and these ads do just that. My pick for best of the bunch is definitely Sand Castles. Check them out for yourself.