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RSSOh, the Delicious Irony… #1 – Swine Flu Ad Guy
Sep 23
Advertising, Famous People, Media, The Delicious Irony Series 2 Comments
Hey folks. From here on, look out for a new series of posts called “Oh, the Delicious Irony…”, in which I will be covering news topics that are just so unbelievably ironic, you may as well think i’m making these stories up.
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During the summer, we had a big swine flu outbreak, as we all know. Even I, suffered from the virus. During this period, the UK government and the NHS made a few broadcasting and print based adverts for swine flu. Here, take a look:
Well, at the beginning of August, the Daily Mail published an article that confirmed the actor in the blu jacket, David McCusker, had caught, and then suffered from swine flu, himself.
Now, I know you are all saying that he, like everyone, is just as susceptible to the virus as anyone else… but, come on… If he was IN THE ADVERT, as a PAID ACTOR, SURELY he would know how not to catch the virus…. SURELY!?
Stay tuned for more…
Sep 23, 2009 @ 17:53:35
What you fail to notice however is that the Guy in the advert may have ‘caught it, binned it and killed it’ and therefore prevented others from getting swine flu. However, other people may not have payed attention to this advice and as a result the actor got Swine flu!!
The point of the advert was to make it look as if the government were doing something constructive with their time and budget – and therefore reducing a panic.
Thanks for writing your blog posts, some are really entertaining!!!
Sep 23, 2009 @ 22:12:37
Cheers for the response man, it’s always great seeing a response in the sea of spam that get’s filtered out.. lol!
Yep, you are absolutely right. He could indeed have been “catching, binning and killing it”, but could have got it off from someone else who was doing not so! I still find it incredibly ironic though that it was him that caught it… madness!
Once again, thanks for the response, and many more posts are coming up soon for your (and others) entertainment!