It's ear worms that get to me
If I so much as look at a washing machine, or someone says a sentence including the words "washing" and "machine"... and I'm cringing and my brain is overheating as I type this... but immediately in my head I hear:

"Washiiiiing machiiiines work betttttter with Calgon!"

It's like they've raped my subconscious.

I'd like to find the composer of that jingle, tie him up and make him listen to it on a fucking loop until his ears bleed.
( rofl harris, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:03, 4 replies)

I wonder if the same people did the Autoglass one?
"Autoglass repair
Autoglass replace"

Both utter shite.
( MisterPunch did it that way on, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:06, closed)

... and very effective in making it memorable
... but total overkill as I'd avoid both products like the plague.
( rofl harris, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:07, closed)

Sorry
to be a pedant, but I think it's "live longer with Calgon".

We had to do a GCSE D and T project designing packaging for them. We got to go on a factory tour. Since then that sodding jingle has been forever engraved on my brain, and still causes me to twitch nervously when it comes on TV.

So yes, if there is some track down and kill mission on the cards for the composer, then count me in.
(Picotee, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:09, closed)

Excellent
A little vigilante group is forming.

/strokes big fluffy cat and swivels in chair.
( rofl harris, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:10, closed)

Oh aye, it's no better in German either
"Waschmaschine leben länger mit Calgon" (ding ding!)

Or the German Autoglass:

"Carglass repariert - Carglass tauscht aus".

Same crap, different language
( Richard Shitheels, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 17:17, closed)

Oh
dear God. Thank goodness someone else feels the pain of Carglass. Somehow it's even worse in German. And the fact that German ad break are of epic length, so it sometimes comes on twice. TWICE. Argh. And now I have it running through my head again...
(Picotee, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 18:45, closed)

...and on, and on, and Ariston.
Hope this helps.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 17:48, closed)