From today's Guardian G2, in a column about city and county slogans:
' After much focus-grouping and consultations with creative types, [Manchester] declared itself too "original and modern" to have a slogan. "No one looks at a slogan," shrugs the council spokesperson. "Manchester is different from other cities - we like to think the unthinkable and do the undoable. What we are is Manchester. That's our slogan. Manchester - it does what it says." '
Brilliant!
1 comment:
Huh? Have I missed something?
What about the "This Is Manchester" slogans that have been central to the re-building of the city centre?
And I'm sure I saw a crap council advert on buses about 'Greater' Manchester or something a year or two ago.
And what was 'We're Up And Going'? Manc mist?
These same people who are 'thinking the unthinkable' have done nothing other than think up crap slogans for years.
The only decent slogan we had was from Boddingtons, and they took their 'Cream' away nearly a year ago.
My slogan for Manchester would be:
MANCHESTER. BECAUSE THERE'S BUGGER ALL ELSE WORTH GOING TO.
Or
MANCHESTER. IT'S NEAR STOCKPORT.
Or
MANCHESTER, IT'S JUST LIKE SHAMELESS AND QUEER AS FOLK AND BEZ AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND NOT AT ALL IN ANY WAY LIKE CORONATION STREET WHO ARE ALL KNOB-HEAD SOUTHERNERS AND WOULD GET THEIR HEADS CAVED IF THEY CAME WITHIN A PILL'S THROW OF THE PICCADILLY TAVERN GOT ANY SKINS MATE WANNA BUY A DVD PLAYER MY DJ BROTHER'S GOT ACCESS TO THIS WAREHOUSE ETC ETC ETC
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