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McDonalds TV ad

maxtweenie
maxtweenie Posts: 1,302 Forumite
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Has anyone seen the new McDonalds ad? The one that says "A pound, also known as a bob, a quid and a squid." Excuse me, but when the hell was a pound EVER known as a bob? A shilling, or 5 new pence to you youngsters was a bob. Does anyone know who the morons behind the ad are? :mad:
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  • hoyles10
    hoyles10 Posts: 1,283 Forumite
    haha I always get laughed at by my wife for calling 50p '10 bob'. Maybe Maccie D's should change it to 20 bob :D
    If At First You Don't Succeed, Call It Version 1.0 :D
  • The_Hallowed_Way
    The_Hallowed_Way Posts: 125 Forumite
    maxtweenie wrote: »
    Does anyone know who the morons behind the ad are? :mad:

    Some low-IQ bunch of Hoxton-finned mouth breathers, no doubt.
  • Caroline73_2
    Caroline73_2 Posts: 2,654 Forumite
    I was born post decimalisation and I knew it was 5p!
  • brettcta
    brettcta Posts: 4,693 Forumite
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    snap

    was it REEEAAAALLY worth the time & effort posting a thread about it?
    helpful tips
    it's spelt d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y
    there - 'in or at that place'
    their - 'owned by them'
    they're - 'they are'
    it's bought not brought (i just bought my chicken a suit from that new shop for £6.34)
  • maxtweenie
    maxtweenie Posts: 1,302 Forumite
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    brettcta wrote: »
    snap

    was it REEEAAAALLY worth the time & effort posting a thread about it?


    The ad agency should sack the prat who came up with it for not checking it first on Google. ;)
  • brettcta
    brettcta Posts: 4,693 Forumite
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    yea, but still, really?
    helpful tips
    it's spelt d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y
    there - 'in or at that place'
    their - 'owned by them'
    they're - 'they are'
    it's bought not brought (i just bought my chicken a suit from that new shop for £6.34)
  • trevormax
    trevormax Posts: 947 Forumite
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    Many people I know call £1 "one bob" but these are all young people who have never experienced the old types of money. Many people I know also wouldn't go posting about it on a web forum that a McD's ad has called £1 a bob.
  • biddleybong
    biddleybong Posts: 7 Forumite
    My Dad's been getting angry about this for days (:
  • raebhoop
    raebhoop Posts: 1,234 Forumite
    brettcta wrote: »
    snap

    was it REEEAAAALLY worth the time & effort posting a thread about it?

    You've gone to the time and effort to answer it. It doesn't answer the meaning of life but so what?
  • mummypig_3
    mummypig_3 Posts: 100 Forumite
    brettcta wrote: »
    snap

    was it REEEAAAALLY worth the time & effort posting a thread about it?


    was it REEEAAAALLY worth the time & effort to respond to the op? Goodness!!
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