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Post by mpprh on Apr 25, 2012 8:15:21 GMT
Another master marketing initiative (thanks Chris) : www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzwThe clip has now been seen by over 30m people. The Belgian population is 11m. Best watched on full screen |
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Post by WillowTheWhisp on Apr 27, 2012 11:01:10 GMT
If that's in Belgium, why is the sign in English?
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Post by mpprh on Apr 27, 2012 21:08:36 GMT
Flemish part of Belgium get BBC on cable TV and speak almost perfect English (+ French and German) by the age of 9.
Embarrassing ?
Peter
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Post by mpprh on Apr 27, 2012 21:11:02 GMT
More great marketing :  I remember this :-) |
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Post by accykeef on Apr 28, 2012 8:31:02 GMT
Just a set up as far as I am concerned.
People stood around waiting for something to happen.
Nobody in the middle of the square.
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Post by mpprh on Apr 28, 2012 14:23:14 GMT
Just a set up as far as I am concerned. People stood around waiting for something to happen. Nobody in the middle of the square. Maybe, but it has been watched by 30+m people. n.b. Pop of Belgium (inc French speakers) = 11m |
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Post by baywaste on Apr 28, 2012 16:07:04 GMT
great clip though! - i remember the cortinas stuck to the billboard with araldite too - they had no engines in so a bit of a cheat!
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Post by accykeef on Apr 28, 2012 17:26:31 GMT
OK so marketing blows your frock up.
Look at the button:-
There is a girl by the button.
There is a guy on a bike by the button.
These two events do not occur at the same time.
If somebody started shooting, most people would dive for cover - the spectators just stood and watched.
Finally - I have been to Belgium, Charleroi to be precise, in 2001. It was the year after German and English football fans smashed up their beautiful city in the name of football.
We were treated like vermin although we are not lovers of football. The final straw came when we were refused service in a pavement cafe because we were English.
The following day, we left the country and went to France where, despite the fact that there is supposed to be hatred between the French and Brits, we had a very memorable few days.
As for Belgium, there is no way that the events in the video are spontaneous.
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I had been telling my hubby about the time I was in Morecombe when the Moby Dick and Hotel was hit by lightening and burnt down. My parents, sister and myself had just come off the Moby Dick when lightening stuck