Distracting Seductress: Unveiled Tuesday, 18 August, 2009
Posted by ~uh~™ in Consumer Humour.Tags: advertisement, babe, banyan, Bisleri, bottled water, distraction, Drive, fizzy, Image, Mumbai, necklace, product, seductress, sexy, soda, truck
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This post declares the result of question asked on Distracting Seductress, where the readers were supposed to guess the product featured in the advert. If you are new reader and have not read the earlier post, request you to see the picture below and go back to read the comments.
We had guesses ranging from condom, beauty cream, hair oil, LCD TV to car batteries to Foor wear to Tamifu tablets. I personally liked them all, but the most radical guess were ‘MTNL’ and ‘ Global Warming’. Superb imagination ! ( I am surely going to play this game once again for the humour quotient). Till such time this post was being drafted, unfortunately none of the guesses were close enough. However, going by most of the commentor’s opinion, it is clear that PETA can easily use this advert for their next campaign, it goes well with it’s current image!
The product is from a very well known company Bisleri and it is – SODA !
[I have given a hint by giving Alchohol as a choice and none picked it up. If you carefully look at the cropped image a portion of the bottle is shown with the fizz bubbles. But I agree this wasn't easy to guess.]
All the trucks that carries out freshly packed Bisleri bottled from it’s Ville Parle factory, abutting Western Express highway, have this advertisement on them. Every morning, when I see couple of the trucks on the way, there’s a jump in my adrenalin. I actually have driven close to take the pictures presented below, in sequential manner ! All the pictures are taken using my Nokia E71, while I was managing the wheel amidst heavy traffic.
Step One: Spotting the seductress at a distance
Step Two: Changing lanes to drive behind and focus better
Step Three: A bit close, her eyes are so magnetic…
Step Three: The lust picture
The last thing I remember was taking this pic.
Then it all went dark………..
As there was no winner, no one will get the declared prize. However if anyone is interested in the seductress , he can always contact the ‘ Customer care Number’ given on the ad. I guess they will be informative and helpful.
My key learning- While you are trying to drive in crazy traffic, there is someone seductive who want to drive you crazy and kill you. Don’t fall in her trap. Don’t look at anything distracting while you drive.
So, what is the your key learning from this advertisement ?
Bandra Worli Sea Link- A Saturday Drive Sunday, 26 July, 2009
Posted by ~uh~™ in India, Mumbai, Music.Tags: Bambai Nagariya, Bandra Worli Sea Link, Bappi Lahiri, BWSL, Cable Stayed Bridge, Drive, Engineering, Kaaminey, landmark, Money, Music, Saturday, Taxi no 9211, time, traffic, Vishal Bharadwaj
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“Yeh hai Mumbai. Yahan time ka matlab hai paisa. Mujhe Tees Minute ki journey teen minute me puri karni hai”
This is Mumbai. Time is Money here. I want to reduce my thirty minutes journey to three minutes.
Said Jai Mittal in the movieTaxi No 9211.
Well, it’s now a reality in Mumbai. The 60 minutes drive time is reduced to a quick and cool 7 minutes over the 5.6 km Sea Link which connects Bandra and Worli, over the sea.
To save the travel time of suburban commuters, it took a cool Rs. 1600 crore ($ 400 Million approx) of booty and 10 engineering years.
Only half (4 lanes) the width of the bridge is open, the other half would be completed soon. Presently the 4 lane link is temporarily divided into 2 x2 for up and down traffic.
BWSL from Worli Promenande
I have uploaded a video of a to and fro drive over the much awaited Bandra -Worli Sea Link on Saturday, 25 July 09. Though the date 25 July has not exactly been very good for Mumbai, in the last few years, but this particular Saturday was very pleasant. It was partly sunny afternoon, no rains at all. The traffic was negligible few and the drive, super smooth. I have added the music of Bappi Lahiri ( Taxi No 9211) and Vishal Bharadwaj ( Kaaminey) for that unique Mumbai Flavour.
Enjoy and do leave a comment !
Check the video and find out how cool is the bridge 
Btw, wiki says- The bridge weighs 670,000 tons, which is equivalent to 50,000 African elephants. I wonder how many ~uhs~ is that
HOW is how you enjoy the bliss of a Sepia Matinee.
