OFF: Shepherd Neame Spitfire (was Re: Canterbury festival)

[Brian Halligan]

These ads can be downloaded as wallpaper at:
http://www.shepherd-neame.co.uk/news/index.html?116

I write for an advertising agency, and I think most of the ads on their site
are excellent.

Brian


> On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Richard Lockwood wrote:
>> And producers of some of the finest xenophobic and homophobic ads ever.
>>
>> "Shepherd Neame Spitfire - Downed all over Kent.  Just Like The Luftwaffe"
>> "Shepherd Neame Spitfire - only tail-gunners drink lager"

Jon Jarrett replied:
> My favourite one was just a bottle of Spitfire (which is a top
> pint as you say though the best ever is still Young's Ramrod) with the
> legend "Der der-der der der-der-der-der, der der-der der der-der-der-der",
> which I thought was absolutely great. Offensive yes, but how many people
> who would have been offended by it would have worked it out? Ah, the fun
> of ignoring political correctness, yours,