Teasing Customers (or: Seriously Misguided Marketing)

I have mentioned before that Carlsberg seems to have been beaten at their own game here in Kuala Lumpur, and that it has become next to impossible to find Carlsberg in Changkat Bukit Bintang.  Sure there is a restaurant or two that still have Carlsberg and perhaps a nightclub too (I don't really frequent noisy places these days), but every single bar on the street is strictly Tiger only.

That is why, when I saw these cuties last night, I was pretty damn convinced they were Heineken Promotion girls:

I was pretty surprised when I realised (not obviously from the pic) that these girls were in fact Carlsberg promotion girls (the signs they were carrying around said "Carlsberg" on them). WTF!!!  What is the bloody point of that when I am stuck with a dreadful Tiger with absolutely zero option for getting Carlsberg on tap?

The girls were trying hard to be cheerful, dancing around, but I actually felt pretty sad about the whole show sipping away on an awful Tiger.  What I mean is - what is the point of throwing money away on this kind of marketing, when it is next to impossible to buy their products in a regular pub (places I consider regular pubs on Changkat Bukit Bintang includes for example: Gypsy, Finnegans, Healy Mac, Green Man and Ceylon Bar)?

Carlsberg need to wake up and fight back.  I am sure this is all about pricing at the end of the day, but if that is the thing, then Carlsberg will need to lower their prices and get the bar owners back on their side!  WAKE UP CARLSBERG and show some bloody Viking spirit!

Auto Electronic Herbal Steamer Double-Boiler

Dunno how I managed to go through life without one of these:

Whoever came up with that name (or the lady's hairdo for that matter) need to have his head examined.

Hardest Quiz Question Ever

Walking down to the Monday quiz night at Healy Mac's I came across this ad for the Kuala Lumpur Hop-on, Hop-off bus service:



The question is how on earth do they find 40 major attractions in KL? I'd be very hard pressed to come up with 10.

Broken Something

From the news:



I'd say, the guy's leg is not the only thing severely broken.

Sick Game

Am I the only one who think this is pretty fucking sick:



Obviously the idiot on the picture didn't get it quite right.  He obviously didn't fracture his hip in order to get the proper angle on the leg.

If that is a fun fair game then I think I could come come up with a long list of other fun games they could play.  They could for example play drug addicts, share the needle and see who would catch HIV first.  Or how about a quick game of massive traffic accident - see who can shed the most blood and still survive - barely.  Finish off with the hilarious Malaysian favorite of baby dumping (dump baby from 5th floor and see how high they bounce) and all is set for a fun day at the fun fair.

GO AWAY!

I can't quite make up my mind what I think about Johnny Walker's latest advertising at my regular pub (Gypsy in Changkat Bukit Bintang):

They might as well tell their customers to go away :)

"Missing" Tourist Attraction

Just came across this post card in one of the countless convenience stores (none of which are very convenient) along Tingkat Tong Shin:



The amusing thing is that it depicts the old Penang Hill Railway funicular train. The problem is - that railway is no more since the tourism ministry decided to modernise it (as I wrote back in February).  When in some distant future it reopens it will be some modern aircon'ed high speed monstrosity that will have absolutely zero attraction left for any tourists.