The real question

[andrewducker]

is how many seconds it took you to work it wasn't real...

(cheers to octopoid_horror, source of many bizarre things)

Comments

[cybik.livejournal.com]

About half of one. But Nick's email subject gave it away!

How does he find such things?

[aliiis.livejournal.com]

Viz! It was in Viz - which should be world-renowned for its excellent fake adverts.

[matgb]

Reading "The Max Clifford Mint" before looking at it, he's a bloody good publicist who does what he's paid for, but he's not a pottery loon.

And if he were, he wouldn't hurt his brand by putting his name on it, he's too good at what he does for that.

But I reckon if it was real someone would buy it.

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

But I reckon if it was real someone would buy it.

ms_siobhan would buy it...

[ms-tek.livejournal.com]

But it should be!

[heron61.livejournal.com]

It look reading the smaller print text after the first paragraph for me. I'm certain that if it were real at least some people would buy it, likely enough make it profitable.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

oh about 0.1 of a sec - or whatever minimum reaction time is. Too obvious.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Having read Viz for too long, I recognise the style very quickly :)

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

haha yes, has Viz got good again yet?

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Erm, not really from what I've seen!

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Um, the fact that after I read the headline I skipped to your words kind of gave it away.

But I was already screaming "Nooooo!" at that point.