Cillit Bang
November 22nd, 2004Cillit Bang leaves me mystified. The adverts for it are shown in prime time (so they have some money behind it) but are cheaply made, with amazingly poor dubbing, and mind-bogglingly bogus science (they drop a chunk of pure calcium into water, when limescale is actually calcium carbonate, which is utterly different). And that one penny two cent coin being polished instantly scares me - I don’t want anything that strong in my house.
Anyway, I was beginning to think it was some sort of viral spoof (like some others have), like the great Geoff Capes takeaway hoax, but then I found this Cillit Bang FAQ, composed by someone with far, far too much time on their hands - they’ve even made some lovely T-shirts.