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Posted by Major ChrisB on 10/26/05 12:07
"Nimrod" <nimrod@MYCOLONsoutheast1.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Major ChrisB" <cgbrannigan-remove-@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:YWf7f.11073$5H.3030@fe12.usenetserver.com...
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>> "Major ChrisB" <cgbrannigan-remove-@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:DVf7f.11004$5H.1716@fe12.usenetserver.com...
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>>> "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:3rvgm7Flg6stU1@individual.net...
>>>> Jerry Brown wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:32:41 +0100, "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just looked up my (pocket) dictionary to do something I always
>>>>>> meant to do, but had never bothered. To my surprise I found that
>>>>>> Cleanliness is next to Clay-Pigeon in the dictionary! And "go-cart"
>>>>>> is next to godliness!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So now you know what to say to smug idiots who rely on pat phrases to
>>>>>> communicate some notion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Send that into Viz Top Tips before someone else does!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Jerry. Just done. I've never seen that before. Is there a
>>>> 'reward'? Probably not. Anyway, if it turns up in the mag/comic someone
>>>> pelase let me know.
>>>> (Well, I'm not sure if that's just for the website or what. From what I
>>>> heard, they're not immune to getting material from usenet anyway to
>>>> fill their pages).
>>>
>>> I can't remember who it was (maybe McDonalds) but someone did some Money
>>> Saving Tips adverts and three of the four turned out to have been in Viz
>>> Top Tips over the course of a few years before the adverts were made and
>>> Viz sued them and i think ended up getting a fair amount of money.
>>>
>>> it was something like save money on binoculars by standing closer to the
>>> object you want to view and save money on laundry bills by giving your
>>> shirts to Oxfam, they'll wash and iron them then you can buy them back
>>> for 50p
>>>
>>> and there were a few others...I think it must be about 10 years ago
>>> now...
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>> oh i think the other was something to do with tying two pieces of carpet
>> to your feet so it feels like you have expensive flooring throughout your
>> house or in tescos or something
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> I seem to recall they'd nicked all those from Viz....
I believe that was the entire point I was making, in reply to a post
suggesting Gunther sent an e-mail with a Top Tip to Viz and him saying he'd
never heard of it...
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