Get rid of bathroom odours with Denis and some potpourri
Inside my head lives the advertising agency from hell. The campaigns these guys invent are, as a rule, about ten times as corny as a plate full of corn on the cob. And there ain’t no off switch!
Thank goodness, then, that I can offload their nonsensical ravings onto you.
At the moment, the little guys upstairs are working on a series of ads for one of those air freshener companies; Gladewick or Airsick, or whatever they’re called. You know who I mean.
The ads are all about a new range of potpourri. (That’s POE-pourri, not POT-pourri, just so as we’re clear about that.)
The latest ad is set to music. The tune is ‘Denis’ by Blondie, but the words have all been changed. The advert now goes something like this:
Establishing shots. Middle class ma and pa, cheeky brat of a kid, family dog etc. all enter bathroom and exit pronto holding noses and with expressions of disgust. (Usual ad cliches.) Song plays in background:
Denis Denis, you’ve got a smelly loo,
Denis Denis, oh what will you do,
Denis Denis, you’ve got a stinky loo-ooh-ooh
Next shots show the new product solving the problem. Smiles all round. Group hug. Closing chorus:
Pot pourri, ooh-be-do,
No more smell of poo
Pot pourri, ooh-be-do,
No more smell of poo!
Give it a little while and this ad could become a reality. With advertising, nothing surprises me any more.