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Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

So, as of 1st March, the Advertising Standards Agency's remit is being expanded to include online advertising.

http://www.asa.org.uk/Media-Centre/2011 ... iness.aspx

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From 1 March, marketing communications on companies’ own websites and in other third party space under their control, such as Facebook and Twitter, will have to adhere to the non-broadcast advertising rules as set out in the CAP Code.

I initially thought 'meh', but as I considered it I realised that this is potentially pretty big. Pretty much every company, from single man outfits selling stuff out of their shed to big multinationals have an online presence, and that's a much bigger sphere of influence than just the existing print/tv/radio media. The internet is packed with marketting material that's bordering on outright lies, and I think this is going to cause quite the shake up.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

One word: jurisdiction.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Sure, it only applies to stuff based in the UK. I'd be interested to know if it covers companies in the UK hosting websites outside the UK mind.

Plissken · **Posted:** Sat Jan 29, 2011 16:05

Will it put a stop to those "shock new report about X"? I mean, I like looking at that French newsreader but...

The one were it shows you a colour blindness test and claims it is for IQ is another favourite.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

I frankly don't think they go far enough, since pretty much all advertising is nothing but lies anyway. But I am concerned - does this mean they're going to shut down Andy Kadir-Buxton?

Edit: I've just checked, and his newest thing is a counter reading "DAYS TO CHRISTMAS!!!". It's currently on 727. Oh, Andy :hug:

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

sinister agent wrote:

I frankly don't think they go far enough, since pretty much all advertising is nothing but lies anyway. But I am concerned - does this mean they're going to shut down Andy Kadir-Buxton?

Edit: I've just checked, and his newest thing is a counter reading "DAYS TO CHRISTMAS!!!". It's currently on 727. Oh, Andy :hug:

I hope it doesn't, he's superb.

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The procedure for unblocking fallopian tubes is to first feel them for hardness, the hardest parts are those which are more blocked.

All blockages that I have found have been dead bacteria, or sometimes lemonade which is a result of a country wide practice of lesbians at Universities.

Don't ever stop being mental, Andy.

kalmar · **Posted:** Sat Jan 29, 2011 18:52

Omfg what a loon. That's properly cracking me up, thanks.

He invented economy 7 electricity too.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Andy Kadir-Buxton wrote:

I point out that if the patient gets three more patients to try out the British Space Administration Drinking Game and show to their local Clergy and their personal Doctor that they are cured then they will be registered as a Saint in the Christian Church, even though this game is probably not how Jesus cured the mentally ill. A genuine halo is the reward.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

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Orgasm from masturbation has been found to relieve the painful symptoms of menstrual cramps. Whilst it is not always convenient to masturbate for the necessary five minutes until the pain subsides, hands free masturbation is still possible. In order to do this one simply has to clench and then relax the vagina repeatedly for five minutes. With this method no one need know of the discomfort being suffered, and the pain soon goes.

Do not try this whilst driving or operating heavy machinery.

Mirror, signal, clench....

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

There's advertising on the internet? Never noticed.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Advertising isn't just inserted ads. It's what a website tells you about a product it's trying to sell you.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12340

So all this will stop is the "british mum's secret to whiter teeth" or "get ripped in 6 weeks" type adverts that everyone blocks anyway?

kalmar · **Posted:** Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:27

Where can I report this then? http://www.economy-radiators.com/index. ... tAod6C-vuw

I'm seeing it everywhere today - google, twitpic, you name it.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

kalmar wrote:

Where can I report this then? http://www.economy-radiators.com/index. ... tAod6C-vuw

I'm seeing it everywhere today - google, twitpic, you name it.

Have you been Googling radiators, perchance?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

kalmar wrote:

Where can I report this then? http://www.economy-radiators.com/index. ... tAod6C-vuw

I'm seeing it everywhere today - google, twitpic, you name it.

If it's lies, then here:

http://www.asa.org.uk/Complaints/How-to-complain.aspx

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11899

Quote:

Produced to the highest standards this product offers
"state of the art central heating without pipes."

Using the thermodynamic principal of the European radiator market to provide the "Best Value for Money" product on the market in the UK.

I am not sure which statement is better!

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11899

That website is awesome! They have a disclaimer stating that the facts on the website can be made up, and if they are, tough shit! Brilliant.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

Ah, that explains it.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16641

I wish he'd have said it works by using "sodomised electrons".

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 09, 2011 14:12

DavPaz wrote:

Ah, that explains it.

It's like someone's taken Craster's grasp on physics and turned it into a product.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Craster wrote:

Quote:

The procedure for unblocking fallopian tubes is to first feel them for hardness, the hardest parts are those which are more blocked.

All blockages that I have found have been dead bacteria, or sometimes lemonade which is a result of a country wide practice of lesbians at Universities.

Don't ever stop being mental, Andy.

http://www.kadir-buxton.com/

That absolutely cannot be real.

Hilarious, yes. Real, no.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 09, 2011 19:57

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

http://www.kadir-buxton.com/

That absolutely cannot be real.

Hilarious, yes. Real, no.

It's just like damnyouautocorrect.com, I agree.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

myp it wrote:

It's just like damnyouautocorrect.com, I agree.

Except less real! :DD

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

The ASA are a bunch of twats. I've had plenty of dealings with them via one of my earlier employers.

Anyway - the whole "own website" thing really doesn't work. It's a self-regulatory system. The only real way they got to enforce their powers over advertising is because if you don't play ball Clearwater or whoever will be required not to put up your ads. When it comes to some schmucks running a website about homeopathy, or a local company handing out flyers, they can just ignore it. Granted, there is an ultimate sanction of them going to the OFT, but they haven't done that to my knowledge, even for some of the proper pisstakers like Ryanair. So the ASA remains a pompous bunch of humourless cunts.

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