Alan Stanton
Make Your Mum Proud
5 June 2012. Seen on the tube. Scroll down for a close-up of the text.
At first glance it seemed a witty way of encouraging Londoners to think tidy and act tidy, in preparation for the Olympics. And I'm very much in favour of using humour, wit, and inventive public information notices to engage people in the green and clean agendas.
But if you click the link given you'll find this is partly an ad for cleaning products made by Procter & Gamble, one of the Olympic Sponsors.
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§ "Papa, what is the moon supposed to advertise?" Carl Sandburg: The People, Yes (1936)
§ My Belgian cousin Jon pointed out this example of inventive ways to spread the recycling message.
Make Your Mum Proud
5 June 2012. Seen on the tube. Scroll down for a close-up of the text.
At first glance it seemed a witty way of encouraging Londoners to think tidy and act tidy, in preparation for the Olympics. And I'm very much in favour of using humour, wit, and inventive public information notices to engage people in the green and clean agendas.
But if you click the link given you'll find this is partly an ad for cleaning products made by Procter & Gamble, one of the Olympic Sponsors.
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§ "Papa, what is the moon supposed to advertise?" Carl Sandburg: The People, Yes (1936)
§ My Belgian cousin Jon pointed out this example of inventive ways to spread the recycling message.