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‘A proper bastardised, chaved up Skippy mobile’

Car advert as classist social commentary. Think of it as an FSBO for the ASBO crowd. Reading it and the comments puts me in mind of the immortal David St. Hubbins: “It’s such a fine line between clever and stupid.”

The ad is here.

(Thanks to the indefatigable Alan)

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2 Responses to “‘A proper bastardised, chaved up Skippy mobile’”

  1. Trog Says:
    March 22nd, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    Hah! call that a chavmobile? http://www.barryboys.co.uk/mx/ has way better (or worse depending on your point of view) ones.

    So much good prose wasted on an almost stock car.

  2. Paul Johnson Says:
    March 22nd, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    I don’t really see this ad as classist. Only drug-dealer wannabes would want such a cracked out car to begin with.

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