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Seven Seas Radio Ad - Michael O' Muircheartaigh

  • 08-11-2011 2:55pm
    #1
    I Heart Internet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭


    There's a radio ad on at the moment (certainly heard it on Newstalk anyway) with Michael O' Muircheartaigh promoting Seven Seas (active 55 I think).

    A young woman tells us (more or less - I may have the precise ages wrong) during the ad that:

    "the joint age of the average 55 year old old is that of a 64 year old"

    Now, corect me if I'm wrong but, if the average 55 year old has the joint age of a 64 year old then doesn't that mean that this is just the average joint age of a 55 year old?

    It sounds like bollox. It's a random, loose, potentially misleading claim. But the main thing is, it makes no sense.

    Anyone else figure it out?


Comments

  • #2
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    marketing.... you've been marketed


  • #3
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,383 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Ride a dog, walk your bike.

    Hold on, strike that, reverse it!


  • #4
    I Heart Internet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭I Heart Internet


    Saila wrote: »
    marketing.... you've been marketed

    Yeah, but I'm more angry at Seven Seas than anything else....:(


  • #5
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I Heart Internet wrote: »
    "the joint age of the average 55 year old old is that of a 64 year old"

    Now, corect me if I'm wrong but, if the average 55 year old has the joint age of a 64 year old then doesn't that mean that this is just the average joint age of a 55 year old?

    Yes, its been bugging me since I first heard it, the Radio forum has an adverts thread, I expect its been mentioned.


  • #6
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    "If only everything moved so well......" oh Michael you and your sly constipation jokes! ;)


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  • #7
    Completionist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭Completionist


    Birneybau wrote: »
    Ride a dog, walk your bike.

    Hold on, strike that, reverse it!

    Walk your bike and ride your dog? How does than change anything:confused:


  • #8
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    "If only everything moved so well......" oh Michael you and your sly constipation jokes! ;)

    tbh I thought it was more suited to Viagra than cod liver oil.


  • #9
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,201 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    "Turn off the TV..." from a man who made his living from it.

    My 14-year old daughter pointed out that the joint age of an average 55-year old is 55, by definition. If it's 64, then there must be no aging of the joints between 55 and 64, which makes no sense.


  • #10
    Dotrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Dotrel


    Great to know AH has become the "brand awareness" forum.


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