100 years of Bonds advert

G'day all,
Saw an ad on tele last night for 100 years of Bonds, if you can see past the girls dancing in their underwear, lol, you'll notice the girl does a backflip off of the front of a yellow Mk2 Escort GL.... gotta be the best ad ever, its got everything I love in life
Cheers Drew...

Hi Drew,
Must have been a riveting ad to see past girls in undies- Must have ford blue blood in the veins. lol
Len

Cute ad, which is on YouTube starting at the 32 second mark.  Old Sigma from about '81 in there too.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUO93wsdbBQ
 
 

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PeterM
Interesting spin on the imagery and marketing.
An "Australian" company using attractive young Australian dancers, using music by a famous Australian band from the '70's and '80's, and two old cars to promote their Chinese manufactured product.
Sorry, but I won't be duped that easily.

"Australian" Manufacturers go overseas to get their products made due to the greed of Union backed labourers charging exorbitant wages to make their products. One only has to take note of the closures of Ford and Holden and recently the withdrawal of Toyota manufacturing their products in Australia due to the high cost of making their products. My sister in law is a delegate for the Australian Manufacturers Workers Union and you only have to see the rorts that she receives to 'fight for the workers rights' to understand why we are in the poo poo as a manufacturing powerhouse.

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"Australian" Manufacturers go overseas to get their products made due to the greed of Union backed labourers charging exorbitant wages to make their products. One only has to take note of the closures of Ford and Holden and recently the withdrawal of Toyota manufacturing their products in Australia due to the high cost of making their products. My sister in law is a delegate for the Australian Manufacturers Workers Union and you only have to see the rorts that she receives to 'fight for the workers rights' to understand why we are in the poo poo as a manufacturing powerhouse.

As a former delegate (almost 20 years ago) for the same union you mentioned, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I was a young lad who had just completed my apprenticeship, and was elected by my peers to represent them. No one wanted to do it so I thought I'll put my hand up. I thought being in the union would secure 'my future'. In the next few years I got an inside on how these union's really operate. Long story short, I have not been part of any union in the last 12 years in a union dominated industry.
 
BTW, why is it that Australian unions are all full of Pom's? Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English seem to be the majority, from the delegate to the Chairman?? It seems that other than the simple worker who's a member, the unions are almost entirely run by folks who are from the UK!

Hi Fellas,
Before i draw any more fire I have removed my original comment.
Everyone can happily go on purchasing Chinese manufactured products.

I thought the issue wasn't so much that Aussies are so well paid, but rather that the Chinese are so poorly paid.  Anyone remember Gina Rhinehart moaning about how Africans work in their mines for $2 a day, implying that we Aussies should do the same (so that she can get richer still presumably)?

Flighter
I thought the issue wasn't so much that Aussies are so well paid, but rather that the Chineese as so poorly paid.  Anyone remember Gina Rhinehart moaning about how Africans work in their mines for $2 a day, implying that we Aussies should do the same (so that she can get richer still presumably)?

Have a look at the figures in Trading Economics in relation to wage differences between China/Australia. You may find it surprising. Ever wondered why the high influx of Chinese Uni Students?

Most of my work involves working odd hours. night and weekend shifts. I get paid accordingly. Weekend work isn't what it used to be. I remember nothing was open after noon on Saturdays The only people working were hospitality trades/ emergency services, as 'normal' workers required entertaining on their days off. Now more and more businesses are working on weekends. Retail and small businesses alike. Unions went in to bat for weekend conditions for the bigger companies. But for smaller businesses this spells hardship as penalty rates and sick pay and not to mention the rort of leave loading WTF. 17% on top of holiday pay just for taking your holidays. No wonder small businesses go bust and bigger companies go overseas. I think you will find it is a lot more than 1% of businesses especially small businesses want more reasonable rates for weekend work.

Lol, I just liked the yellow Escort and jiggling boobies.....

Whoops sorry bout that. Damn fine ad lol

Yep love the ad, I had to watch it 3 times before I saw the Escort.  It would appear that leggings/yoga pants are my kryptonite