Comments on: The strangest small ad ever http://www.mcgarvey.co.uk/2008/04/15/the-strangest-small-ad-ever/ Good web writing? Get to the point. Be clear. Have a conversation. Make people smile. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:51:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael http://www.mcgarvey.co.uk/2008/04/15/the-strangest-small-ad-ever/#comment-324 Michael Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:27:07 +0000 http://www.mcgarvey.co.uk/2008/04/15/the-strangest-small-ad-ever/#comment-324 I think it refers to the effects of smoking on the gums and teeth.I recently went to the dentist and was asked "do you smoke" yes I replied. " have you smoked before coming here today?" "yes" I said. "Well" said the dentisit "smoking takes the blood away from the gums.So its hard to tell how bad the effects of smoking have been on the gums". I know this is not at all interesting but it may be an answer. I think it refers to the effects of smoking on the gums and teeth.I recently went to the dentist and was asked “do you smoke” yes I replied. ” have you smoked before coming here today?” “yes” I said. “Well” said the dentisit “smoking takes the blood away from the gums.So its hard to tell how bad the effects of smoking have been on the gums”. I know this is not at all interesting but it may be an answer.

]]> By: theredrocket http://www.mcgarvey.co.uk/2008/04/15/the-strangest-small-ad-ever/#comment-252 theredrocket Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:31:17 +0000 http://www.mcgarvey.co.uk/2008/04/15/the-strangest-small-ad-ever/#comment-252 I like the fact that the 'PLEASE' is in caps - pure desperation ringing in their voice. Surely it's romance related. Maybe a dishy fella was buying some fags on the way to the dentist and it started off a conversation. Sheesh, it sounds like the start of a dodgy Richard Curtis film, with Hugh Grant playing the hapless cigarette smoker and a too-good-looking-to-be-working-in-a-newsagent Scarlett Johansson behind the counter... I like the fact that the ‘PLEASE’ is in caps - pure desperation ringing in their voice.

Surely it’s romance related. Maybe a dishy fella was buying some fags on the way to the dentist and it started off a conversation.

Sheesh, it sounds like the start of a dodgy Richard Curtis film, with Hugh Grant playing the hapless cigarette smoker and a too-good-looking-to-be-working-in-a-newsagent Scarlett Johansson behind the counter…

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