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  • #2
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Brilliant :D


  • #3
    Thwip!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,234 ✭✭✭Thwip!


    haha love it


  • #4
    EddyC15
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭EddyC15


    I guess you could say "That's gas!"

    Aaaand I'll get my coat...


  • #5
    Newaglish
    Registered Users Posts: 2,734 ✭✭✭Newaglish


    She sounds like she's speaking backwards!

    Her reaction does seem weird though - some searching around seems to suggest that it's fake.


  • #6
    Son0vagun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Son0vagun


    That is one sexy ass that came to the rescue!


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  • #7
    dexter647
    Registered Users Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭dexter647


    A few heads rolled after that..


  • #8
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Newaglish wrote: »
    She sounds like she's speaking backwards!

    Her reaction does seem weird though - some searching around seems to suggest that it's fake.

    Aparently she was saying, and I quote:
    Dwaeynne wrote:
    -Oh no oh my god it's round, drunken drunken!
    -What are you doing?
    -Opel hair mom and dad, no please, no please, no, no!

    :pac:


  • #9
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    It was a viral ad....



  • #10
    Brady Mealy Goggles
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ Brady Mealy Goggles


    ColHol wrote: »
    It was a viral ad....



    I'm doubtful.


  • #11
    AdMMM
    Registered Users Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm doubtful.
    You're doubtful that it was a fake? Even after seeing that?


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  • #12
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    AdMMM wrote: »
    You're doubtful that it was a fake? Even after seeing that?

    Well, yeah. They could have just paid the lady off and made that video after! If I had a PR disaster I would consider doing the same.


  • #13
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,320 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    http://www.marinelink.com/news/shells-arctic-hoaxed345367.aspx


  • #14
    Green Diesel
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Green Diesel


    NoQuarter wrote: »
    Well, yeah. They could have just paid the lady off and made that video after! If I had a PR disaster I would consider doing the same.

    It's the lads from The Yes Men http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379593/


  • #15
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Newaglish wrote: »
    She sounds like she's speaking backwards!

    Her reaction does seem weird though - some searching around seems to suggest that it's fake.

    Thought the exact same. Like why would she just stand there and not move away? Still have to laugh at her reaction...


  • #16
    Brady Mealy Goggles
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ Brady Mealy Goggles


    AdMMM wrote: »
    You're doubtful that it was a fake? Even after seeing that?

    Isn't the general idea of these "viral" ads to promote the company, not make them look bad?


  • #17
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    It was made by anti shell campaigners


  • #18
    Brady Mealy Goggles
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ Brady Mealy Goggles


    Well then why would they make a video showing it to be fake?


  • #19
    Green Diesel
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Green Diesel


    They are not exclusively anti-Shell, more anti-Corporation. They have a film on Netflix about these types of pranks they pull all the time.

    Usually they prank real events, whereas here they set the whole thing up to make it look like they pulled a prank. Then pulled a prank on the world to make it look like it was a real event and a real PR disaster for Shell. Instead they raise awareness.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yes_Men


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