# I think gillete should be banned from making adverts **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162 "2004-06-13T19:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/21 "2004-06-14T15:02:36Z")
> [@Standup Karmic](#): > > Optional features include a Fellatiotamer (not sure what it does) and an attachment that gets me a roast beef sandwich and a beer. I’m not sure, but I don’t think you want to get those two mixed up… ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/22 "2004-06-14T15:16:56Z")
I recall a British stand-up comic who had a line running in an advert-abuse routine something like: \*"F&%ing Gillette - now they should be sued. "The Best a Man Can Get"?!?!! A f%&ing shave? Oh no. Now two blond sixteen-year old nyphomanic cocaine addict twins inviting you back to their pad in The Bishop’s Avenue, as their folks are away for the weekend, where there is a bar, pool and sauna in the basement. Now **that’s** the best a man can get."\* ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/23 "2004-06-14T15:53:49Z")
> [@](#): > > "F&%ing Gillette - now they should be sued. "The Best a Man Can Get"?!?!! A f%&ing shave? Oh no. Now two blond sixteen-year old nyphomanic cocaine addict twins inviting you back to their pad in The Bishop’s Avenue, as their folks are away for the weekend, where there is a bar, pool and sauna in the basement. > > Now that’s the best a man can get." A perfect sig line if ever I saw one! Anyone know who the comic was? ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/24 "2004-06-14T15:54:37Z")
> [@notquitekarpov](#): > > I recall a British stand-up comic who had a line running in an advert-abuse routine something like: > > \*"F&%ing Gillette - now they should be sued. "The Best a Man Can Get"?!?!! A f%&ing shave? Oh no. Now two blond sixteen-year old nyphomanic cocaine addict twins inviting you back to their pad in The Bishop’s Avenue, as their folks are away for the weekend, where there is a bar, pool and sauna in the basement. > > Now **that’s** the best a man can get."\* Yeah, but I hear they only like clean-shaven men. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/25 "2004-06-14T16:05:59Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > What do _you_ think? I think Madonna is scary and over-rated, and that Weird Al Yankovich is a lyric genius. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/26 "2004-06-14T16:33:37Z")
Gillette, I love your Mach 3 razor. Please stop insulting my intelligence by thinking men will be interested because you now make the handle in RED!!! My Gillette advert would be “Gillette. It’s good for shaving, and we promise not to stoop to any more stupid gimmicks.” ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/27 "2004-06-14T19:56:49Z")
But how else are you going to know when “Bullshit!” is on?! ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162/28 "2004-06-15T14:27:00Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > A perfect sig line if ever I saw one! > > Anyone know who the comic was? Racking my brains - I think it \*\*\*might \* \*\* have been Mark Thomas before he started to concentrate on his anti-capitalist investigations… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-gillete-should-be-banned-from-making-adverts/250162.md?page=1)