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Curmudgeons' Corner 3. I blame it on the scapegoat🐐

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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    and anyway 'up to 100%' - 1% is 'up to 100%' so it's a completely meaningless statement
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    and anyway 'up to 100%' - 1% is 'up to 100%' so it's a completely meaningless statement
    "Up to" in TV adverts has always made me smile for that reason.  It means absolutely nothing - which is true of the way many ads are very carefully worded.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Then there's :
    " .... may help with...."

    Then there's the ones with the bold list of things a product doesn't contain whereas you need a magnifying glass to see what's actually in it.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    what about cosmetic ads " 80% of women agree "  and in very small print at the bottom " sample size 100 people" so basically  80 women agree. 
    And, In a very non sexist way, women clearly fall for this crap and go buy it.
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    All the dentists we paid to give an opinion agree that.........
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • pr1mr0sepr1mr0se Posts: 1,193
    "new" and "improved" - so tell us what was wrong with the original product!  And tell us precisely what is so new etc.  Gimmickry to prolong the brand.

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    "New and improved". Less weight to make shipping more environmentally responsible and only for a slight cost increase! Same size box though because our consumers love the current packaging.
     
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Different tablets for joint pain, back pain, headache and they all contain exactly the same quantity of the same active ingredient.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    New product, a few baked beans left out of the tin improved profits

    '......for added succulence ' and weight we've injected water and we don't even need to mention it on the label!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The squirrels have legged it with every single hazelnut. No shells so I assume they've stashed them somewhere. It must have taken them a while unless they formed a chain.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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