Blood in your poo?
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FFS are people really that childish or ill-educated to not know what "faeces" means? (Referring to the current bowel cancer campaign. http://www.nhs.uk/bowelcancer/Pages/bowel-cancer.a... )
It even sounds wrong in the advert with a well-spoken middle class person saying "poo".
It even sounds wrong in the advert with a well-spoken middle class person saying "poo".
King Herald said:
Dumbing down the masses.
Any society that focuses on its lowest common denominator is a society that is doomed to be mired in mediocrity.
It's not dumbing down the masses. Because everyone says poo. No one uses the term faeces in everyday conversation.Any society that focuses on its lowest common denominator is a society that is doomed to be mired in mediocrity.
Is it dumbing down for a campaign to use the term that the whole country uses. I bet even the Queen tells Philip she is going for a poo!
TwigtheWonderkid said:
King Herald said:
Dumbing down the masses.
Any society that focuses on its lowest common denominator is a society that is doomed to be mired in mediocrity.
It's not dumbing down the masses. Because everyone says poo. No one uses the term faeces in everyday conversation.Any society that focuses on its lowest common denominator is a society that is doomed to be mired in mediocrity.
Is it dumbing down for a campaign to use the term that the whole country uses. I bet even the Queen tells Philip she is going for a poo!
Maybe I've missed the dumbing down already, as Hoofy says?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
It's not dumbing down the masses. Because everyone says poo. No one uses the term faeces in everyday conversation.
Is it dumbing down for a campaign to use the term that the whole country uses. I bet even the Queen tells Philip she is going for a poo!
Wrong, everyone does not use the word poo, and many people, myself and family included do use the word faeces, we also use the word sIs it dumbing down for a campaign to use the term that the whole country uses. I bet even the Queen tells Philip she is going for a poo!
t and jobbie, jobbie is generally used when speaking to young child members of the family.Cancer awareness is good but this ad grates on me.
The word 'poo' is fking absurd and I refuse to use it as I'm not 4 years old!
As a handy guide, you shouldn't need a 'polite' word for st, as its not the sort of thing one mentions in polite company. In a medical situation, faeces or stool should absolutely suffice. In impolite company, you should be able to say 'st'.
Grown men saying 'poo' makes me shudder inwardly.
king absurd and I refuse to use it as I'm not 4 years old!As a handy guide, you shouldn't need a 'polite' word for s
t, as its not the sort of thing one mentions in polite company. In a medical situation, faeces or stool should absolutely suffice. In impolite company, you should be able to say 'st'.Grown men saying 'poo' makes me shudder inwardly.
Hoofy said:
So it isn't just me, then. 
In polite company, I would just say I need to go to the toilet. If they conclude that I just want to eat toothpaste, then that is up to them.
Quite. I can't contrive of a scenario whereby I'd be sitting at the dinner table and need to inform my co-diners that "I'm just off for a poo". Insane, frankly.In polite company, I would just say I need to go to the toilet. If they conclude that I just want to eat toothpaste, then that is up to them.
But for the purposes of the ad they need to distinguish between "wee" and "poo".
At the dinner table you would say, "May I use the toilet" without saying what for but in the ad thy can't say, "blood when you're in the bathroom?"
It could be gum disease, a urinary problem or a "poo" problem. It could even be a nosebleed.
Admittedly it does grate and amuse in equal measure when the guy says poo in the ad but I can't see a better solution.
People will switch off when they hear an even slightly scientific term. Possibly due to lack of understanding but maybe because marketing have co-opted so many pseudo scientific terms.
Ida bloke saying "poo" in tv means it gets people's attention then I'm all for it.
At the dinner table you would say, "May I use the toilet" without saying what for but in the ad thy can't say, "blood when you're in the bathroom?"
It could be gum disease, a urinary problem or a "poo" problem. It could even be a nosebleed.
Admittedly it does grate and amuse in equal measure when the guy says poo in the ad but I can't see a better solution.
People will switch off when they hear an even slightly scientific term. Possibly due to lack of understanding but maybe because marketing have co-opted so many pseudo scientific terms.
Ida bloke saying "poo" in tv means it gets people's attention then I'm all for it.
Some Gump said:
I love this advert, it's so bizarre. The guy saying poo in a posh voice is amusing, but moreover - you know the bloke who is "loose, always really loose?" he probably has a son. A son of school age. That kids life is now hell for all eternity, thanks to his stty dad. Class.
tty dad. Class.
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