There are some companies, advertisements etc that I am sure are a piss-take, but one can never be quite sure here.
The other day, I saw a sign outside a factory called Yasser something-or-other, owned by Hughes Ltd (or some other equally Anglo-sounding name). That one has surely got to be a piss-take. (Geddit? Yes, sir.)
Soul Ads
Phone 0123 456 789
Is this because advertising is like selling your soul to the devil? Whatever the intent of the ad, I did get a giggle.
(Mind you, I was already feeling a bit giggly having ridden my new bike through a busy part of Chittagong, which caused quite a stir. Heard lots of talk [and yells] about "bideshi" and "cycle". And when I saw the ad I was riding on a rickshaw, clutching said bike and trying to stay out of the rain. The whole experience was quite amusing.)
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Wasn't it the Yasser Life Saving Club at Cox's?
And 'Yasser' is what they didn't say when a bloke was trying to get them out of the water in the lightning storm.
It's great reading this stuff now and knowing what / who / where you're talking about.
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