7up ads outside pubs

gidotcom

not sure if i'm posting this in the right area but does anyone else find it a bit weird that 7up - a soft drink aimed at kids - is advertising their mascot Fido Dido (aimed at kids) on those cigarette ashtray things outside of pubs?
Next they'll be launching their own brand of cigarettes for kids

RobertFoster

what? adults don't drink 7-up also?

Stark

Many people drink soft drinks when they go out (even if just as a mixer).

gidotcom

I know adults drink softdrinks - but advertise it on beermats or postcards inside pubs but not on grotty ashtrays - it gives a bad message to kids outside the pub - no?

munkeehaven

sure , you could say that about any advertising these days, it's all about getting attention. like that persil ad that showed a guy's bare ass, everyone was omg !...it's usual to see a woman like that but a man is different....that brings me onto something else..why is it that when there is a nekkid woman on the telly girls dont mind looking but with guys the minute they see a nudey man, it's all like ''phucking 'ell man turn it off!'' . i have noticed this phenomenon among my male friends.

segadreamcast

How come we can show topless men on ads but not topless women?

Oops. Works both ways. Equality, wonderful thing isn't it?

munkeehaven

personally i find that the chest of a man is the part i look at least anyway

Big Ears

Originally posted by NoelRock
How come we can show topless men on ads but not topless women? .

there was that ad about chooseing/Voteing that had a Woman Breastfeeding .

Hobbes

Your going to hate the 7up colostomy bag then.

Jim

Originally posted by Big Ears
there was that ad about chooseing/Voteing that had a Woman Breastfeeding .

Yea, saw this. It was very open with a full breast and nipple. Surprised it didn't case more of a stir. Then again I only saw it once, so perhaps it was pulled quickly after air.

Stephen

yeah, I thought that ad was banned here (due to the infinite wisdom of our government)

Stark

but with guys the minute they see a nudey man, it's all like ''phucking 'ell man turn it off!'' . i have noticed this phenomenon among my male friends.

I wonder how they manage in the showers after soccer etc.

munster rucker

supposedly the soft drinks marketing people also want to target "designated drivers", so that could very well be the reason.

AdMMM

Either ways its to make money

btw, did sprite or 7up come up wiht a mascot first? I can remember when neither had any mascot.

RobertFoster

Originally posted by |.Murderer.|
btw, did sprite or 7up come up wiht a mascot first? I can remember when neither had any mascot.

Sprite have a mascot?

Fido (the 7-up guy) was around years and years ago and then he went away...he's only recently come back. Anyone remember getting a bottle of 7-up at Christmas time and he'd be on it saying "Have a Cool Yule"?

Stark

I see Sprite Zero ads all around the place. No doubt they're trying to claw back market lost by people on the Atkins Diet and other low carb diets.