For ten years, the Dysons have been living quietly in their French village, beloved by all. Then someone buys the neighbouring house, of which the courtyard is overlooked by the gate and four windows of the Dysons. The new neighbour decides he wants more privacy. So he uses concrete blocks to wall in the openings in the Dyson's facade... But... the village won't stand for it!
Can't ever recall suffering from them but the bottom line is that they must be blinkin' painful !
Well, Peter, since when have advertisers been bothered by logic? It's like the repair vans with the print: "On our way to a happy customer". I dont think so.
I reckon I would get to grips with the situation D !
Not to mention getting a bum deal from the chemists ...
I don't think i'd be cycling to the chemists if I suffered from hemorrhoids Greg ! ...
..especially if the prices were over inflated....
@Mike: with my old blog Hollandais en France (now more or less retyred) we used to try and influence the ads in the margin by talking about unlogical subjects. See of a conversation about (say) hemmorroids could get Google to show us ads of people happy cycling to the pharmacist for some Preparation H.
I didn't see Gregs comments as self-publicity and i'm a cynical old git.In fact, I thank him for bringing the story to light. I hope Greg doesn't feel under pressure to retract his comments.....
@Doreen: there are several useful browser plugin adblockers. I use Disconnect. Unless I 'Whitelist' a site, I see no ads at all. This makes my browsing experience a lot more pleasant and faster, since the site does not have to load all the ads.
On the other hand, an Adblocker is not nice for the sites you visit, because they are often paid for the amount of clicks or views they generate. This is why I turned it off for SFN, as supporting the commercial messages is a way of 'paying' for a site.
Doreen's "cynacism cells" don't appear in any medical reference book, but I guess we could all do with some of those!
Gregor is seeing tyre advertisements because we have been making puns relating to Mr. Dunlop. But computer software doesn't understand jokes and thinks we are potential purchasers. I'm getting a bit tyred of it........
Funny, how I get advertising for Continental 'pneus d'hiver' in the right column here.
Where's the ref to Gregor in all that? Am I missing something? Probably it is coffee....
Hi, Doreen, yes you are, a little bit. I just heard from it this week through the Dysons. It struck me as a sad tale. For them, it really sucks. Pushing my website was not the first thing on my mind, actually. If it were, I would have put the name of the site in the original article. My main feeling was I felt a need to take a stab at the Dunlops.
Ah ok, didn't know about it - don't usually read the english rags
First i've heard of the story actually Doreen.
Wouldn't want to blow a valve......
Need to tread carefully...
I'm guessing it's getting rather tiresome for him.
Mr Dunlop's problem seems to have become over-inflated........
I'm guessing the house to the right is the Dysons', since that is also the driveway to the garage. Anyhow... sad story.
I found the story because the Dysons were selling their property through my site Immogo. They asked me to take the ad down because they can't sell while there is a court case under way. I don't understand the exact nature of the problem, even though the picture with the English article is clearer. But is seems the Dunlops have chosen the wrong way of dealing with this, by simply walling in the Dysons. Mr. Dyson is ill and they want to move out, but this is now impossible.