You might know that I’m a bit of a fan of Irn Bru adverts, they’ve had some crackers over the years. What do you think of the one below? Apparently there have been 60 complaints about it to the authorities, which is quite a lot I suppose. But have they all had a sense of humour bypass?
I don’t think the ‘crazy Yanks’ advert got any complaints at all, and that could be taken as being derogatory to Scots in that it implies that you might be head-butted in Scotland!
Some English people are complaining that the ‘English boyfriend’ advert is anti English. I suspect that the type of people who have complained are the ones who never leave England, unless it’s to scorch themselves on a Spanish beach.
If they did bother to visit Scotland they would discover an awful lot of English people who have chosen to live in Scotland, a far higher percentage of the population than Scots living in England, but it’s always English people who compain about Scots living in England.
Having lived in England myself, I experienced quite a lot of anti Scots behaviour of the ‘what are you doing here, taking OUR jobs’ variety. I’m not a fan of my local M.P. who happens to be Gordon Brown, but the amount of vitriol that he had to put up with from the tabloids was just ridiculous, and nothing was ever done about it – and it was all blatantly aimed at him because he was Scottish. I suggest that that IS something far more serious than adverts.
By the way, I belive that Irn Bru can be found in some parts of the USA now.
I love it Katrina! The dog farting is the best! Don’t worry about those old sour pusses that have no sense of humor.Seems like everybody gets their little wee feelings hurt anymore doesn’t it? Maybe next year Scotland will be independent!
Peggy Ann,
It definitely comes under the daft but funny category. I thought that there was no chance of people voting for independence but with all this austerity from Westminster I have a feeling that a lot of folks might say – we can do better ourselves!
People who get upset by things like that have too much time on their hands!
Joan,
Exactly, or they have a big chip on their shoulder for some reason.
Is Irn Bru a beer? I thought it was funny!
Lorraine,
Irn Bru is a fizzy soft drink, I suppose you would call it soda. It’s called ‘Scotland’s other national drink’. It tastes sort of fruity, but it’s a bit of an acquired taste. My Dutch sister-in-law couldn’t believe how horrible it was when she tried it – but we love it.
We take plenty of flack from south of the border, but do we turn around and shout “Racism!” Hardly! Can they no staun’ a wee pop at themsels noo an’ again? cos in my book this IS a wee pop!
Irn Bru is as an acquired taste to non-Scots as Dandelion & Burdock is to non-English! Now that is pretty evil stuff!
Evee,
It is a very wee pop.
I was about 16 the only time I ever tried Dandelion and Burdock, and I honestly thought someone had mixed their weed killer in the bottle, I thought I would die. Luckily Jack was there and took a slug – no it was just Dandelion and Burdock! Who could possibly drink it, I still feel ill just seeing it in the supermarket.