tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.comments2017-07-13T20:40:30.077+01:00The Wonderful World of Words...Niall Davison, Founding Partner, www.iwritecopy4u.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14194465657997316380noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-53076883919608389752017-07-13T20:40:30.077+01:002017-07-13T20:40:30.077+01:00Thanks Carl! All's good thanks - hope you'...Thanks Carl! All's good thanks - hope you're well and enjoying life too...Niall Davison, Founding Partner, www.iwritecopy4u.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194465657997316380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-35320555302791880182017-07-13T19:55:32.947+01:002017-07-13T19:55:32.947+01:00Love reading your posts Niall hope life's trea...Love reading your posts Niall hope life's treating you wellAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017681035304305591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-88201438429905111822012-09-01T09:18:58.757+01:002012-09-01T09:18:58.757+01:00Hilarious. Posting a link to this on Rethink Press...Hilarious. Posting a link to this on Rethink Press Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rethink-Press-Limited/170755143007307?ref=hl <br />For more entertaining and useful links, please come and like us there.<br />http://www.rethinkpress.comLucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01756666124529790293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-12501952378045270942012-08-04T13:02:19.819+01:002012-08-04T13:02:19.819+01:00The fabulous but late Brian Johnson.The fabulous but late Brian Johnson.Cheekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226891627347727069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-52232631762105354452012-08-01T12:14:24.899+01:002012-08-01T12:14:24.899+01:00Great one Phil! A real classic...Great one Phil! A real classic...Niall Davison, Founding Partner, www.iwritecopy4u.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194465657997316380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-45014894751043538612012-08-01T11:48:10.056+01:002012-08-01T11:48:10.056+01:00How about the classic cricket 'balls-up' (...How about the classic cricket 'balls-up' (can't remember who said it).."The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willy"Philcurryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16465992361015366186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-45636057942039929812012-07-31T20:57:06.392+01:002012-07-31T20:57:06.392+01:00Great one Paul! LOL... Thanks NiallGreat one Paul! LOL... Thanks NiallNiall Davison, Founding Partner, www.iwritecopy4u.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194465657997316380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-44899892114251359902012-07-31T20:29:41.791+01:002012-07-31T20:29:41.791+01:00A hotel sign in Bangkok:
THE WAITRESS WILL GIVE YO...A hotel sign in Bangkok:<br />THE WAITRESS WILL GIVE YOU A BILL AND YOU MAY SIGN HER ON THE BACKSIDE.Paul Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00443728329825827618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-1954334468347136102012-07-18T18:06:43.549+01:002012-07-18T18:06:43.549+01:00Very funny... it reminds me of my American student...Very funny... it reminds me of my American students trying to write and speak in Spanish....El profehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066304359422060426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-64154141247973504652012-05-05T00:16:39.371+01:002012-05-05T00:16:39.371+01:00Funny but have you ever thought foreigners might f...Funny but have you ever thought foreigners might find us funny too? It is not as if the English don't make similar mistakes, even in their own language.John Papadachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07710003390129733898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-80405386677638778172012-03-17T12:15:50.527+00:002012-03-17T12:15:50.527+00:00Client (famous high street optician): Get rid of t...Client (famous high street optician): Get rid of the contractions like we'll and you're. Too colloquial. I want PROPER English.<br /><br />Me: What, all of them? <br /><br />Client: No exceptions!<br /><br />So the Bogartesque subhead ended up reading 'Here is looking at you'Bravenewmaldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116119374493806998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-77864817523277638362012-03-10T10:43:52.900+00:002012-03-10T10:43:52.900+00:00You have just made me feel so much better - I tho...You have just made me feel so much better - I thought it was just me with the mad clients!<br /><br />Client: "We'd like you to write copy on scaffolding, it has to be as short as possible. We want 45 articles, each selling our company with the same 40 keywords in each and each article has to be completely different."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-6810867850880785782012-03-03T12:08:47.948+00:002012-03-03T12:08:47.948+00:00Graduate recruitment work for a very large bank......Graduate recruitment work for a very large bank....<br />Client: I must have asked 100 times for that word to be changed.<br />Copywriter: Well it was in the draft you sent me to work with yesterday.<br />Client: Oh, well just change it.<br /><br />Same client: I don't like that first sentence.<br />Copywriter: What don't you like about it?<br />Client: It's yukky yukkety yuk.<br />Copywriter: Oh, well I took it from the corporate values brochure you sent me for information.<br />Client: Oh, well just change it.<br /><br />Not long after, the government bailed the bank out to the tune of billions. The man at the top, no longer a knight, didn't like pink wafer biscuits but also thought it was wrong to start a sentence with 'and'. Just saying.Richard Owsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842786913136994959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-87154463981924047302012-03-01T21:31:58.388+00:002012-03-01T21:31:58.388+00:00Thanks all for your comments - really glad you lik...Thanks all for your comments - really glad you liked this blog post! More to come soon. And special thanks to those who contributed their own gems - all brilliantly mad!Niall Davison, Founding Partner, www.iwritecopy4u.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194465657997316380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-130385551025424672012-03-01T13:42:58.009+00:002012-03-01T13:42:58.009+00:00Very funny...liked this a lot.Very funny...liked this a lot.Bill Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390120139858876869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-39445233359709533692012-02-28T21:10:04.277+00:002012-02-28T21:10:04.277+00:00Client: We require at least three revisions per pa...Client: We require at least three revisions per page.<br /><br />Freelancer: Before even reading the first draft?<br /><br />Client: Yes, we never get what we want the first time.<br /><br />Freelancer: Do you supply briefs?<br /><br />Client: No, you can write while naked for all we care.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08177722820641616453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-34216089544706082902012-02-28T15:29:54.636+00:002012-02-28T15:29:54.636+00:00This post made my day.
My hair-pulling-put moments...This post made my day.<br />My hair-pulling-put moments come when a client changes plain English back to jargon. I get a lot of resistance over 'outcomes'.OB1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08964574577127828812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-57925600413325930752012-02-28T11:04:17.731+00:002012-02-28T11:04:17.731+00:00I have this one every day from my boss!!I have this one every day from my boss!!Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882825015008474932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-90558114801981751502012-02-27T19:24:46.790+00:002012-02-27T19:24:46.790+00:00Oh yes Christopher - that's one I get all the ...Oh yes Christopher - that's one I get all the time too!Niall Davison, Founding Partner, www.iwritecopy4u.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194465657997316380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-89484958593663665892012-02-27T17:22:50.262+00:002012-02-27T17:22:50.262+00:00Oh, I LOVE these! I think I dealt with a lot of th...Oh, I LOVE these! I think I dealt with a lot of them.<br /><br />One I might add...<br /><br />"I don't like that. I don't know what I want exactly, but I'll know it when I see/hear it"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-56593195845635488052012-01-06T23:23:10.394+00:002012-01-06T23:23:10.394+00:00Sorry Michael - I forgot to take a photo, and now ...Sorry Michael - I forgot to take a photo, and now the tree's all packed away until next year (following the packing and storage instructions on p.2 of course!). I think it looked good, but not sure if I fluffed the branches correctly...Niall Davison, Founding Partner, www.iwritecopy4u.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194465657997316380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-27067284474329005672012-01-06T11:31:18.481+00:002012-01-06T11:31:18.481+00:00What no picture of the tree decorated so we can as...What no picture of the tree decorated so we can assess how well you'd done against instructions?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002609222963825118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023904696192040782.post-16915180508652764582011-11-04T20:03:38.405+00:002011-11-04T20:03:38.405+00:00Another one from Winston Churchill that I love is:...Another one from Winston Churchill that I love is:<br />Female MP: Mr Churchill, if I were your wife, I'd poison your coffee.<br />Winston: Madam, if you were my wife, I'd drink it!Niall Davison, Founding Partner, www.iwritecopy4u.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194465657997316380noreply@blogger.com