Wilkinson Cuts the French Down to Size
On a topical note, I came across this clever advert for Wilkinson Sword shaving products in the Observer newspaper today and thought it deserved a mention.
Jonny Wilkinson is England's supreme kicking Fly-half, whilst Sébastien Chabal is France's talismanic caveman-esque giant. Brilliant stuff.
In case anyone had their heads buried in the sand, England triumphed over France 14-9 in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals in Paris yesterday evening. This advert couldn't have been more appropriate seeing as it was Wilkinson's boot that put the French out. I wonder if the ad would have ran if England had lost the game?
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- Excellent article from accessibility supremo Roger Johansson on how inappropriate, or overuse, of HTML features meant to aid accessibility can actually have the opposite effect.
Stu
15 October, 2007
What a great ad..
Although I doubt it would have run if the score had been the other way round..
I wonder if there was an alternative planned?