Compare the Meerkat (Pet a Squid?)
Jeff VanderMeer • January 30th, 2009 @ 9:48 pm • Culture
I made a meerkat! I made a meerkat! …and then…then I compared it!
(I can’t take credit for finding this–Richard Morgan sent it to me, thinking of Veniss Underground. LOL.)
Now if only there was a petting zoo for squid…
January 30, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Thanks Jeff! It was just a goof.
January 31, 2009 at 12:28 am
Jeff,
Compare the meerkat is actually a UK advertising tie-in. There is an insurance comparison website called compare the market dot com, and they’ve launched an ad campaign with a meerkat complaining that so many people come to his compare the meerkat website thinking they can compare insurance prices, but no, you can only compare meerkats on his page.
Still just as cute, but that’s the rest of the story. ;-)
Gwen, London
January 31, 2009 at 9:11 am
Yep, and it’s still funny.
January 31, 2009 at 11:19 am
I was actually going to send you a link to this myself, the adverts have been all over UK television lately, and I couldn’t help but think of old John the Baptist, although of course unlike Aleksander he’s not a mashup of Borat & King Julian from the Madagascar films, designed and marketed for LOL inspired custom…
February 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm
There are quite a few aquatic petting zoos scattered along the coastal cities of Australia–some with squid! You can even play with electric eels if that is your fancy–these tingle but do not hurt. Perhaps you should do some exploring with your mates at Clarion.–Lex
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