Posted by Nimrod on 10/25/05 12:42

"Major ChrisB" <cgbrannigan-remove-@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:YWf7f.11073$5H.3030@fe12.usenetserver.com...
>
> "Major ChrisB" <cgbrannigan-remove-@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:DVf7f.11004$5H.1716@fe12.usenetserver.com...
>>
>> "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...
>
> 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
>
I seem to recall they'd nicked all those from Viz....

[Back to original message]