As my boy would say “ABD”. Yet I will persist in posting this… Apparently, a Grommet is a Skaterboy term for someone new to the skating world, who’s not very good at it. Well, ‘chillax’. Now all you Groms out there can test your skating skills without leaving your desk, let alone shredding the backside out of your best trousers. How? By using two fingers on one of these, slightly-on-the-small side skateboards from Tech Deck. Needless to say, mine was a laugh for a while, but now it’s sat gathering dust on the edge of my keyboard.
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Calling all grommets.
3D pavement art
3D feature films often prove to be disappointing viewing after all the Hollywood-hype. 3D pavement art is far more intriguing and takes some talent and a careful eye to get right. Based in Bristol as we are, we wonder why Banksy hasn’t been tempted to give this art form his twist yet? In the meantime, here’s a selection of chalk-tastic artwork that caught our eye while we were out-and-about surfing the net.
What’s all the Fussball about?
A well-used Table Football table takes pride of place in one corner of the Swordfish Advertising office. Some of us are quite handy at the game, using all kinds of bamboozling trickery to get the ball in the net from any angle. Some of us frankly are not quite so skilled. – me for instance. Don’t get me wrong, I do see what all the Fuss is about, it’s a great game. (Get it – fuss – Fussball? No?) But I just can’t get the hang of it. I mean, the players’ legs are joined together, they have square lumps of plastic in place of footie boots, a piece of chromed alloy rod shoved through their midriff and they’re permanently stuck in 4-4-2. I mean; even Fabio Capello changes his formation every once in a while. (P.S: I’ve played Human Table Football a few years back – it’s an absolute riot.)
Meet the team – Pete
When he’s not overdosing on tea, Account Manager Pete Thain just loves to eat, in large quantities and at alarmingly regular intervals – 9am, 10am, 12 noon, 2pm 4pm…
Meet the team – Julian
Account Director Julian Hamilton Smith is extremely accomplished with numbers, especially 1664.
It’s a dog’s (cat’s) life.
Dogs and cats should be out running around and enjoying life, not lying about the house feeling sorry for themselves thanks to the effects of some minor ailments. Take a look at our new campaign for new clients Protexin and play Spot the Dog, or Cat…
Pete’s chilli challenge
Feelin’ daft, daft, daft. See Swordfish Advertising’s resident fall-guy Pete Thain rise to the challenge of eating the world’s hottest chilli and just about live to regret it.
Half century pasty
What do you get the Creative Director who’s got everything on his 50th birthday? How about 50 bottles of Somerset-made cider, 50 crème eggs and a massive, specially commissioned Cornish Pasty-shaped chocolate birthday cake? (P.S. David’s age is a well-guarded secret apparently, so he’ll never let this story and images be posted.)
Not very pretty vagrant:
In May we took the whole office out on a cultural lunchtime excursion to the Royal West of England Academy in Clifton to consider the merits of placing an embalmed tramp-in-a-box in the middle of an oil painting strewn art exhibition. Is it art? Well, yes I suppose it is really if it made me ask the question. Damn that rather obscure but brilliant artist Robert Lenkiewicz.
Meet the team – Stuart
Senior Creative Stuart Richings likes anything to do with Japanese Culture, from martial arts to small aquatic turtles. Just don’t call him a Ninja.