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[sydney1]

Originally Posted by haldane4

Funny thing about ads - I literally can't remember one of the top of my head, they just pass me by. The only one which springs to mind (after much straining to remember) is one which most people here won't have seen because it ran in Northern Ireland - it was a Crimestoppers ad which had some guy being shot in the legs and then a number flashed up on the screen for you to call up and inform on your local IRA/UDA crime lord. As if.

That's the funniest thing I've heard of in ages, watching that and thinking:" I really must do my civic duty and last about 5 minutes, that seems sensible.."
Usually the reason the victim was 'shot' in the legs was for an actual reason, I'm not saying it was right (Not a fan of vigilantism) but in Northern Ireland there was always a low level of petty crime for obvious reasons.