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On the train on Saturday I drew two really spiffing fun comics. The first one is a minor entry in the series but part 2 is top-hole. Beezer.

With the first one, you must understand that I wrote the words "having fun with Hardware Harrison" with no idea who the titular HH was or what he might represent.

Now you're intrigued. My impression is that Hardware Harrison was given an honourable discharge for falling in love with his gun in basic training. 

So PROTEASE-A is now established as a masculine brand for manly men. But I didn't stop there. With an enforced 20-minute wait in a branch of Leon, I produced the following.

I'd like to pretend that this wasn't based on a real ad that I had seen a few weeks before in New York magazine, but it was. The most asinine and incongruous print ad I have seen in a while, and friends of my Twitter will know that I am "slightly" obsessed with bad print ads.

"I could see myself drinking it again" is one of the most damning pieces of advertorial copy I have ever read. And I once read ad agency copy that described a cologne as "for men attuned solely to major chords".

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WJC

Remy Fine though.

N. Forsythe

Adding "Desirable Back Striations" to the repertoire, thank you.

Gavin Lees

I want a whole series of "What happens when you swap X for Y?" ads. Water for gin. Petrol for chip oil. Babies for leopards.

scarygoround

Is this who you're a corporate spokesperson for now? Very much your kind of thing, classy like.

Jodie Troutman

Lord do I wish I could "concentrate muscle into the feminine seat."

WJC

I missed out on Remy McSwain, my ideal Remy but Fine will do.

Chippy

Water for gin results in a destroyed kettle, otherwise these swaps have worked for me! Sponsored by leopards ™

Sean Kinlin

That certainly is faint praise in the Monster ad. The quotation could just as well have been "Yeah, I wouldn't pour it down the drain."

Tom K

"Calorie neutral food supplements" sounds like something Dr. Raven Sable might hawk with his Newtrition line of unfood: MEALS and SNACKS. Pretty brilliant work, John.

William Cole

Yes, yes, good, but I think we need to spend a moment considering the frightening implications of "rev[ving] your eggs".

James Churchill

...because I'm pretty sure it violates EPA standards when you do that.

scarygoround

I watched a film starring Dennis Quaid's offspring the other week, maybe it's time for Remy McSwain & Son, Big Easy II.

Richard Kirk

Is Shelly going to 'rev. her eggs'? I have a nasty, Ghostbusters 'it would be bad' feeling about this... PS: exquisite frisson of horror about the whole thing. Bravo! *chef's kiss*

WJC

Big Easy II Big Easier?

Mark

No Shelley, don't thicken your neck!

Rob Cottingham

It's been a while, but IIRC there's a tick box for "Desireable Back Striations" on Tinder profiles.

William Halpin

So Shelley was awarded an MBE? Congrats to her. Who else from Tackleford could get a New Years Honor? I think Tim Jones would be a candidate.