Adwatch UK

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 11:29 AM
A 1981 advert for W.H. Smith, extolling the virtues of the Sinclair ZX81 microcomputer, one of its top selling products that year:




From the Planet Sinclair website: The ZX81 could not have succeeded in the way that it did without the fortuitous involvement of the British newspaper chain W.H. Smith. The company was a long-established high street presence which had gone somewhat stale by the early 1980s. Seeking to reinvigorate its business, Smiths agreed to stock ZX81s in selected stores across the UK. The response was phenomenal, tapping into a previously unsuspected mass market for home computing. By February 1982, Sinclair Research was making over 40,000 ZX81s a month and still could not keep up with the demand. Within two years of release, the ZX81 had sold over a million units.

Note that most of the 'useful' functions could only be performed with the addition of a £49.95 16k RAM pack, bringing the price of the machine up to £119.95. You could have bought a half-decent used car for that much in 1981! The ZX Spectrum 48k which followed in 1982 was a far better proposition.

Teen girl to friend: We could be like the next Hitler, but cooler!
Friend: Oooh, awesome!

Toronto
Canadia


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Teenager, fighting with security: Fuck you! Fuck all y'all! Obama, baby! (storms out)
Preppy guy: See, this is why I vote Republican.

--14th St & Union Square


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Also How Joe Biden Tries to Make Friends

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 4:00 AM

Old man to passing girl: Boo!
(girlfriend shrieks, old man lets out an evil, villain laugh. Girl and her boyfriend walk away quickly, boyfriend chuckling)
Old man, looking back at them as they walk away
: Hahahaha! No, no wait! Wait, I'm sorry! I'm sorrryyy!


--77th St & Broadway


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...Just Eat More Popcorn and You'll Be Fine

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 3:00 AM
Guy #1: Dude, I wonder how Orville Redenbacher is still in all those commercials when he's been dead for, like, a bazillion years?
Guy #2: Maybe he's a zombie.
Guy #1: Or a robot.
Guy #3: Or a zombie robot.
Guy #1: Seriously, dude. I think you've been reading too much sci-fi.

Bellingham, Washington
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Her Inhaler, for Instance.

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 2:00 AM

Blonde chick: So...isn't she going to want her stuff back?
Dude with cute voice: Actually...she doesn't know I have most of her stuff.

--Broadway & 28th St

Overheard by: Stormy


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Are You Bragging About That?

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 12:00 AM

White girlfriend to Asian boyfriend intentionally blocking the door: What are you, 12 years old?
Asian boyfriend: Only from the waist down.

--76th & Columbus


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Especially Since It Was Wii Sex

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Guy #1: So are you seeing that girl now or what?
Guy #2: No, man, she has a boyfriend.
Guy #1: But didn't you sleep with her last weekend?
Guy #2: Dude, I slept with you last night. It doesn't mean anything.

Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadia

Overheard by: Steph
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Crazy Jesus guy: Repent! Judgment is upon us, and we are all sinners!
Suit: Hey, there are some sinners in the next car.
Crazy Jesus guy: We indulge in things, and it's a sin!
Suit: Some really bad sinners.
Crazy Jesus guy: Repent!
Suit: They're just there in the next car.

--Downtown 1 Train

Overheard by: Nora


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I Read It in This Travel Brochure

  • Jul. 10th, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Girl: All you Boston niggaz suck, ya'll pussies be leaving the party at two.
Guy: Cause niggaz get shot at three.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Sam
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It Makes You Look Fat

  • Jul. 10th, 2009 at 8:00 PM

Gay guy: Oh fuck, motherfucker!
Female friend: Why must you be so white?

--Bleecker & 7th Ave

Overheard by: molina1230


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...

  • Jul. 10th, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Just watched the last part of the Torchwood mini-series...

SPOILERS. )

P.S. Entertainment Weekly's Sci-Fi Hotties of '09 - Jensen and Josh and Naveen and Tahmoh and James and Jamie and John, oh my!!!! They actually got it right!!

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