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Yes, today is day one of the football World Cup… That’s football, not soccer. Unlike American football which is played by 500 pound armor clad gorillas crashing into each other for a few seconds before limping off the field to suck on an oxygen tank. The rest of the world plays football with their feet.

Sometimes with their knockers!!!

For your edification and erudition…
https://www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2026/06/george-parker-when-best-was-best-of-all/
Cheers George.

Exactly 82 years ago, more than 156,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on D-Day.
The operation involved forces from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. D-Day marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation. Annual commemorations are held in Normandy, France, and around the world to honor the veterans and those who lost their lives.

A day indeed to vow “No more foreign wars!”

Interesting to read over at MediaPost, that in spite of Der Trumpf’s efforts to aid Putin’s failing invasion of Ukraine, his favorite food provider has become a cultural phenomenon in the beleaguered nation. Yes, McDonald’s is actually opening new stores in war zones of the largest and most horrific war that Europe has seen in 80 years. The company is investing in Ukraine at a time its people and their nation so desperately need it, and Ukrainians are so thankful for that. Good for them.

And good for Ronald!

In a further demonstration that the world is descending further and further into the shit caked toilet featured in “Trainspotting.” News today that Hennessy cognac is introducing its “Very Special Cocktails,” a collection of ready-to-serve bottled recipes crafted with Hennessy cognac.
The work promotes the three bastardizations of a once fine cognac. Henny-Rita, lime flavor. Henny Berry,blackcurrant and blackberry; and Henny Iced Tea, black tea with orange and lemon flavors! As expected, the advertising sucks.

Henny Shitty?

To prove that when it comes to beer, some US importers don’t know their arse from their elbow, news that Coors, importers of Belgian Blue Moon beer is turning its beer the color blue in bars across the county. Participating bars will serve Blue Moon Belgian White Belgian-Style Wheat Ale dyed “a vibrant blue hue,” while shitty supplies last.

Disgusting!!!

Jony Ive, the British designer behind Apple’s most iconic products, has come up against a backlash around his work for Ferrari’s first all-electric vehicle, the $640,000 Luce. Yes, that’s nearly a quarter of a million dollars for a fucking car! One analyst described it as “a mix between a Honda Accord EV and a Tesla 3. The Luce panders to rich arseholes and F1 fans with internal and external speakers that play loud engine noises.

Earplugs not necessary!

Donald Trump Jr. appears to have picked up his father’s shitty business record, particularly when it comes to the world of sports. Don Jr. is a co-organizer of the inaugural “Enhanced Games,” (An illegal drug fueled fake Olympics) which took place in Las Vegas over the weekend and was ignored by almost everyone, becoming the most pathetic new sporting venture since the XFL.

And the winner is…

Whoever is doing the current TV ads for Pepto Bismol should be shot with shit. They are truly awful. Featuring farting people who are helped by total strangers handing them bottles of the pink shit. Yet another illustration of how the ad biz is becoming increasingly shitty!

Indeed!!!

Nice summation of the current state of the ad biz by Nicole Greene, vice president and analyst at Gartner… Budgets keep shifting toward digital, people are increasingly skilled at avoiding ads, and marketing teams are trapped in their own AI-driven doom loops that consistently over-prioritize digital performance metrics and starve high-impact offline channels. In other words, everything is fucked!

Pay attention little fucker!