Sundae, Bloody Sundae

ILoveYourVibes · 03-11-2019 02:54AM

Raconteuse wrote: »

I'm very sympathetic to the nationalist community in Northern Ireland and don't see the issue here. It seems like it was inspired by the U2 song title. Google Bloody Sunday - it refers to loads of things, many before the 1972 atrocity. There's a film from the year before called Sunday Bloody Sunday too. Nothing to do with Northern Ireland.

Shrug. I wouldn't have an issue with it either. Its just a funny story. I wonder who objected...i can't imagine people here did.

NIMAN · 03-11-2019 02:56AM

I'm from Derry, and I wasn't offended.

Should I have been?

tawnyowl · 03-11-2019 03:21AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I thought that was a play on U2 song rather than any killing?

The song was written in reaction to the events of 1972 known as Bloody Sunday.

ILoveYourVibes · 03-11-2019 03:21AM

NIMAN wrote: »

I'm from Derry, and I wasn't offended.

Should I have been?

Dunno....is there a rule book for this sort of thing?

tawnyowl · 03-11-2019 03:23AM

wakka12 wrote: »

Well I dont think anyone should go getting fired or anything, Im sure it was a simple misunderstanding. But they were right to remove it.

You have a much more benign view of advertisers than I do.

BalcombeSt4 · 03-11-2019 03:39AM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

On st PATTY'S day :rolleyes: ...they drink something called a car bomb..

I think that's actually on Bloody Frieday. Don't worry, they'll send out a warning to their customers so they don't miss out & they can all get Jagerbombed out of it.

I'm a Bangor & Mash man myself so I don't care.

kowloon · 03-11-2019 03:50AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think "Sunday, bloody Sunday!".

- Alan Partridge

Sexy Irishmen.

JupiterKid · 03-11-2019 05:53AM

The first Bloody Sunday in Ireland was during the War of Independence, when the Black and Tans opened fire into the crowd at a match in Croke Park from an armoured car.

There was UK film titled Sunday, Bloody Sunday with Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch and Murray Head released in 1971, a year before the Derry atrocity.

ILoveYourVibes · 03-11-2019 06:02AM

kowloon wrote: »

Sexy Irishmen.

are irish men really sexy though?

kowloon · 03-11-2019 02:48PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

are irish men really sexy though?

9/10 Irish Mothers wouldn't lie to us.

Bobblehats · 03-11-2019 02:50PM

kowloon wrote: »

9/10 Irish Mothers wouldn't lie to us.

Your mother thinks you’re sexy?!

Raconteuse · 03-11-2019 02:54PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

are irish men really sexy though?

Out of millions of men, there are bound to be some sexy ones.

Montage of Feck · 03-11-2019 03:07PM

elperello wrote: »

It was crass and thoughtless of them.
Somebody didn't do the research.
They have apologised and removed the promotion material.

Bloody hell, it is as none of those things.

Bobblehats · 03-11-2019 03:13PM

Raconteuse wrote: »

Out of millions of men, there are bound to be some sexy ones.

By way of sheer numbers. There’s more sexy africans than us too, ratio is probably off but then you’ve got to crack a few eggs

Harry Palmr · 03-11-2019 03:15PM

Why would anyone name an ice cream desert after a John Schlesinger film?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Bloody_Sunday_(film)

johnmcdnl · 03-11-2019 03:29PM

Strumms wrote: »

It’s a bit of a disaster that whoever came up with the idea, their colleagues, bosses etc none of them thought... “ohh yea I remember that video, a bit political wasn’t it, look let’s look into the background of that before we go ahead”.

Somebody might be walking the plank.

Nobody walks the plank for something like this, or else your workplace will become a toxic hell hole to work in which is massively counter productive. People make mistakes and lots of people seen this advert before it was released and it slipped through the cracks. You change your process to ensure any cultural references are checked and ensure that they aren't overtly political or insensitive in the future.

On a side note, isn't the music video just literally U2 performing a live gig. It most certainly isn't political asides from the few seconds in the middle where they have a white flag. It's in no way a video I would remember as being a political music video.

kowloon · 03-11-2019 03:29PM

Bobblehats wrote: »

Your mother thinks you’re sexy?!

No, your Mother.

Bobblehats · 03-11-2019 03:31PM

That’s ok I’m perfectly fine with that.

blade1 · 03-11-2019 03:43PM

Bobblehats wrote: »

That’s ok I’m perfectly fine with that.

Have you seen the head up on him? :pac:

Bobblehats · 03-11-2019 03:48PM

blade1 wrote: »

Have you seen the head up on him? :pac:

That’s ok she’s ‘69’. I’ll set the pair of them up

YFlyer · 03-11-2019 04:02PM

You wake up in the morning with a hangover after Saturday night session. Sunday bloody Sunday.

whisky_galore · 03-11-2019 04:05PM

Ad campaign probably dreamt up by some Portuguese young one in marketing who thought SBS was a good tune that they could have a bit of wordplay with but without understanding what it meant.
Apologise, learn and move on.

SnazzyPig · 03-11-2019 04:27PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Ad campaign probably dreamt up by some Portuguese young one in marketing who thought SBS was a good tune that they could have a bit of wordplay with but without understanding what it meant.
Apologise, learn and move on.

The 'Portuguese young one' of your imagination has nothing to apologise for, and the only thing to be learnt for her is that some people just love to strut the offense they have taken.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 03-11-2019 04:30PM

elperello wrote: »

It's not so much the people taking offence they need to be concerned about but rather the actual customers.
Hardly the image you want in your mind when you take the kiddies for a treat. Families just like your own being massacred.

It's Halloween. It's supposed to based on blood. And the average family taking thier kids for a treat in Portugal probably don't get the political significance. Maybe the song, but that's about it.

It;s like Queen fans being upset by Bohemian Raspberry.

kowloon · 03-11-2019 04:31PM

Bobblehats wrote: »

That’s ok she’s ‘69’. I’ll set the pair of them up

Giggidy :pac:

whisky_galore · 03-11-2019 05:22PM

SnazzyPig wrote: »

The 'Portuguese young one' of your imagination has nothing to apologise for, and the only thing to be learnt for her is that some people just love to strut the offense they have taken.

What does an apology cost?
Less than the bad press of no apology.

It's like you bumping into someone on the street, not your fault but you say sorry so as not to appear like a cnut.

elperello · 03-11-2019 07:19PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

It's Halloween. It's supposed to based on blood. And the average family taking thier kids for a treat in Portugal probably don't get the political significance. Maybe the song, but that's about it.

It;s like Queen fans being upset by Bohemian Raspberry.

This is from an earlier post I contributed.

"Yes but the whole Halloween schtick only works if it's fantasy based.
The trouble with linking to a load of real massacres is that the mental images conjured up are of real bloody corpses."

We live in a connected world now things like this get global quickly.

It's not at all like upsetting Queen fans.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 03-11-2019 07:59PM

elperello wrote: »

This is from an earlier post I contributed.

"Yes but the whole Halloween schtick only works if it's fantasy based.
The trouble with linking to a load of real massacres is that the mental images conjured up are of real bloody corpses."

We live in a connected world now things like this get global quickly.

It's not at all like upsetting Queen fans.

You saying Queen fans aren't real?? :eek::eek:

DavyD_83 · 03-11-2019 08:03PM

Has Bono apologised for cashing in on the misery yet?

Capt'n Midnight · 03-11-2019 08:30PM

Bobblehats wrote: »

By way of sheer numbers. There’s more sexy africans than us too, ratio is probably off but then you’ve got to crack a few eggs

The entire continent of Africa has a lower population than India or China.

Sundae, Bloody Sundae

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