Hops
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Post by Hops on Dec 15, 2010 14:39:06 GMT
This ad is so very James, mildly annoying and endearing at the same time...  |
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Post by dit on Dec 15, 2010 17:37:12 GMT
I burst out laughing in the first split second. Very dry.   Edit: 11pm Wednesday - Phyrefile is down so pics have vanished - hope they'll be back soon! |
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Post by lindenchase on Dec 15, 2010 18:31:56 GMT
Party Time!!!! ;D  |
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 16, 2010 18:37:42 GMT
Guess what arrived in the post today?? James!! ;D ;D ;D Well, sort of... I signed up for the Fuller's Fine Ale Club on their website so I could see the magazine First Draught because it was featuring James. Of course, they didn't have it up on the website yet. Oh well. But then the magazine and a Fuller's Fine Ale Club membership card arrived today! ;D I didn't expect this at all! ;D   |
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Post by jacqui on Dec 16, 2010 19:14:28 GMT
What a wonderful thing to get in the post DMC ;D
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Post by From Afar on Dec 16, 2010 19:17:21 GMT
YAY DMC ;D
*is jealous*
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 16, 2010 19:24:09 GMT
When I saw the Par Avion sticker on the envelope, I assumed it was from Current Archaeology asking me to renew my subscription. It comes in the same kind of envelope. Glad I didn't throw it away!  ;D ;D |
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Post by lindenchase on Dec 21, 2010 12:42:01 GMT
New column is up on Facebook!  What actually makes a great pub? December 2010 IT'S EASY TO pick on trivia. The beer is important, clearly, but not enough in itself, because I can drink good beer at home quite happily. I like a game of arrows now and then, certainly. I like a fire in the winter, and a garden in the spring; fortifying food on Sunday afternoons, an England match on the big screen (but not a soap) and the comforting burble of the sort of debate that only beer can properly fuel. And I'm not periodist about my pubs. Ancient ones offer the mystique of bar tops patinated by the passing of pints to people long gone, and modern ones sharpen the senses with their considered austerity and confirm that communal beer drinking is a living tradition that is evolving along with everything else, which gives me hope. All these things are important. But ever since I was old enough to look as if I was allowed into pubs, I've known that a great one depends entirely on its proprietor. IT'S AMAZING WHAT an enduring truism this is. Obviously, a conscientious new landlord will look after his cellar, put new flights on the pub darts, screw the wonky bits of furniture back together and so on. But even if the incoming boss appears to do absolutely nothing, the character of a pub will still be utterly transformed. I've known lovely warm and welcoming locals, where a cheer awaits in the glass and man is joined in unqualified unison with his brethren, transformed into miserable fleapits of ill humour, and vice versa, even though the only thing that seemed to change was the name over the door. But then, pubs are spiritual places that defy over-analysis, and their ministers are guardians of an important facet of the human condition. We are merely the flock. A great pub, then, is one where you feel as if you belong. Even if you've never been there before. |
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Post by dit on Dec 21, 2010 13:01:36 GMT
Thank you so much for passing this on, Lindenchase.
I loved his comment, "ever since I was old enough to look as if I was allowed into pubs", as it suggests that part of life when going into a pub - and getting away with it - is still a great adventure.
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Post by xjsarah on Dec 21, 2010 13:07:57 GMT
Cool! ;D I've been looking forward to this one in particular, and it's turned out to be a good one. |
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Post by xjsarah on Dec 22, 2010 15:50:13 GMT
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 22, 2010 15:55:42 GMT
I've been hoping for this ad to be out soon! Love James at the piano! ;D ;D
Thanks XJ!! ;D
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Post by jacqui on Dec 22, 2010 16:09:04 GMT
That's my favourite so far, with you DMC love watching James play the piano - could watch for hours/days even - if he can play for that long  No work getting done here for the rest of the afternoon  Thank you XJ |
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Post by lindenchase on Dec 22, 2010 16:11:54 GMT
Thanks XJ! Brilliant ad! Let's post the link again:
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 22, 2010 16:30:54 GMT
...and a pic! ;D  |
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Post by jacqui on Dec 22, 2010 16:34:19 GMT
Stop!!!!!!!!! Some of us have work to do ;D |
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 22, 2010 16:53:51 GMT
Work?? I'll have to look that term up in my technical dictionary. Not familiar with that one! ;D
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fallatyourfeet
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Post by fallatyourfeet on Dec 22, 2010 19:12:59 GMT
Phwoar piano porn.  Excellent. ;D ;D |
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Post by violetrose on Dec 22, 2010 21:03:10 GMT
Oh my goodness, I've been waiting for this one! Happy birthday to me! Love it. ;D
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Post by eshalda on Dec 22, 2010 21:07:15 GMT
Love the flourish with the left hand at the end.
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xsarabee
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Post by xsarabee on Dec 22, 2010 22:44:07 GMT
This must be the best ad of them all. |
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Post by dit on Dec 22, 2010 22:56:55 GMT
I love the fact that he's a proper pianist. Even from the little I've seen, I know music teachers who have less musicality and technique.
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Post by jacqui on Dec 23, 2010 6:29:28 GMT
a great one depends entirely on its proprietor. A great pub, then, is one where you feel as if you belong. Even if you've never been there before. My late Dad (pub landlord of 30 years) would totally agree with these comments, he would often say a good pub is only as good as its landlord And as for being looking old enough to be in a pub - my Dad had serverd this bloke for best part of 2 years, then one night he came in and said all drinks were on him - why.... it was his 18th birthday, all my Dad could do was laugh and serve the now legal drinker his 'regular' evening pint...on the landlord ;D |
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Post by pie on Dec 24, 2010 6:10:32 GMT
Phwoar piano porn. Excellent. ;D ;D Couldn't have said it better myself. *dies* |
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Post by xjsarah on Dec 25, 2010 21:46:04 GMT
At last, for the first time ever, I've seen one of these adverts on TV! ;D It was the piano one. How's that for a great televisual Christmas present?! |
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kt
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Post by kt on Dec 30, 2010 5:18:42 GMT
Thanks to all of you for sharing all of this! I'm also non-FB'd, and so very much appreciate the "making of" link.
Am I right, then, in supposing that the "Leave it" and water pistol ad(s) are not yet out? Figure that since I'm not seeing them here or on YouTube, they must be the "reserve" ads the gent spoke of in the "making of" vid.
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Post by nobody on Jan 7, 2011 15:40:11 GMT
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Post by jacqui on Jan 7, 2011 15:52:00 GMT
well what do they know |
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fallatyourfeet
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Post by fallatyourfeet on Jan 7, 2011 16:38:35 GMT
I can't understand why anyone would find James's ads annoying.  The Redknapp's Thomas Cook one however. Ugghh. |
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Post by From Afar on Jan 7, 2011 18:30:46 GMT
well what do they know Quite clearly nothing! |
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