rural scandal
Having now also analysed the new Hilux ad with my Dad a farmer who shall remain nameless for security reasons, I have some new information to share.
There is apparently a perfectly good explanation for the fact that the bulls in the ad sound Australian – it’s because they’re mongrels. Although they look to me like good old purebred Angus bulls, to those with an eye for these things they’re not actually purebred at all. Apparently their noses are not dark enough, and the suggestion is that they’re really some sort of Jersey cross.
Secondly, it is said that the use of bulls of an Angus appearance has caused some consternation over at Ford, who are big sponsors of the Angus Breeders society. Ford probably need to take a chill pill, I think. Some latte-sipping advertising drones probably just modelled the first random male cattle they could find for the CGI used in the ad. Not likely to be intended to annoy Ford. Unless…
Lastly, that ram, cursed by the bulls as a “sheep-shagger”, is not a realistic depiction. No ram worth his weight in dog-tucker would bother turning and facing a farmer’s truck while the others ran off. No. Instead, he’d be shepherding his, er, lady friends off to some secluded spot where he could get busy without being disturbed. (My source says this is what Perendales are particularly good at, but I think he might be biased.)
So the ram is not much of a sheep-shagger at all, really, which in turn makes him pretty piss-poor at his job. And in fact, he’s probably not even real, with my source expressing some doubt that non-merino rams with those kind of horns exist in this country. Just some urbanite’s conception of what a ram should look like.
Remember, you heard it all here, first.
house_monkey
2 May 2005, 01:59 #
And I still haven’t seen this ad. But I probably don’t need to now.
Heck
2 May 2005, 02:57 #
To watch TV with you must be quite an experience, you should set up a ‘dissertation night’ at least twice a month.
I’d pay for a ticket.
Martha
2 May 2005, 09:36 #
I still haven’t watched the ad either. I’m in hysterics though. You’re very funny.
Alan
2 May 2005, 09:50 #
If you are on windows there’s a handy viewer program for FLV format movies here. On the Mac, the VLC will do it.
So no excuses for downloading the movie and seeing just how full of crap I am.
MiramarMike
2 May 2005, 11:55 #
Waaaay too much time
nycgirl
2 May 2005, 12:22 #
hey first of all thanx so much for the link back…sounds all good to me.
Jessie
2 May 2005, 15:04 #
I tried watching it at the website, only there wasn’t any sound. Must watch more tv ;)
Alan
2 May 2005, 16:32 #
Jessie: you may need the latest version of Flash, from here.
Martha
2 May 2005, 16:47 #
Brilliant! Second run through it played beautifully. I have to say that I can’t imagine the bulls noses being any darker, but I’m just a (Hutt) city girl.
Love the nod to Crumpy and Scotty.
Caroline Morphess.
3 May 2005, 15:03 #
I’ve seen it! And I agree with Alans…er…farmer friend.
WHOA! Nearly got caught commenting as Jessie…..Wtf?
Alan
3 May 2005, 15:13 #
It’s Jessie’s fault. She’s been using everyone else’s PCs while they’re not looking. :-)
Jessie
4 May 2005, 17:47 #
And I appear to be you.. um, Alan..
Alan
4 May 2005, 18:21 #
Sorry Jessie! I think I need to upgrade the blog software and see if that makes a difference. But it’s not necessarily a straightforward task.
Alan
5 May 2005, 08:19 #
OK Jessie, the blog software is updated to the latest version (with a few breakages along the way). Let me know if you (or anyone else) still experiences this problem.
Jessie
5 May 2005, 12:09 #
Ta :) looks okay so far!
kiwimana
1 June 2005, 10:19 #
check out the hilux ‘bulls’ ad on http://www.toyota.co.nz/MOTMPages/hiluxvideo enjoy!
Alan
1 June 2005, 10:33 #
er… Kiwimana – that’s what this article is about – that very ad you’ve attempted to link to.
The currently working link should be on my previous posting here.