try reading it out loud: Puh-and-Ople want escape. or better yet: pampersandople want escape.

Posted by: gmangw at October 21, 2005 12:33 AM

_@_v - of course the counter ad from the chunnel people...

picture of seasick passengers leaning over the side...

"if you're making the crossing by rail, it's more fun when you're actually in a train"

Posted by: she-snailie_@_v at October 21, 2005 02:05 AM

The ad is in refrence to the escape tubes in the chunnel, so it does make sense. (when was the last time you saw an escape tube on a boat?)

Posted by: schwal at October 21, 2005 06:53 AM

That's really... interesting.

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Oh, MH, there's something wrong with the top 'n' bottom links again.

Posted by: Bob at October 21, 2005 08:21 AM

that really is odd....

Posted by: chris at October 21, 2005 09:47 AM

Looks to me like a rather desperate attempt on the part of P&O to convince themselves that there's something special about their customers (the "p&ople"). I can't imagine anyone deciding to take the ferry rather than the Eurostar because of this ad.

Posted by: E.T. at October 21, 2005 11:01 AM

P&Ople want escape, not escape tunnels...

but real people want a life, not a lifeboat...

Posted by: Pat at October 21, 2005 01:49 PM

Does their ad agency realize that does not make any sort of sense

Posted by: tan man at October 21, 2005 03:06 PM

"if you're making the crossing by rail"

I vote for she-snalie to be hired by Madison Avenue. Looking forward to her ad campaigns.

Posted by: J. Scott at October 22, 2005 03:09 AM

not broken, but quite stupid and foolish.

Posted by: ron at October 22, 2005 04:27 AM

I detect some bitterness from P&O (about the chunnel) and the first thing I got when I tried their website was a panel that sniped at me "Your browser is too old".

Oh Yeah, ... Well your boats have been replaced by a train. so HA!

Posted by: Timm at October 26, 2005 02:33 AM

For the Americans who have no idea what we are talking about here (I am American, just well-educated)

P&O= Ferry Company that runs between Britan and (I guess) France.

Eurostar= High speed bullet trains that, also run from Britian to France, via the Channel Tunnel. :-)

Posted by: was I suppose to put my name here? at October 26, 2005 04:33 PM

Knowing the name of a European ferry service sure is a sign of good education. And good breeding!

Posted by: beckett at October 27, 2005 07:15 PM

FROM THE UK TO THE MAINLAND YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR TRAVEL:

1) AN UNDERGROUND SUBWAY/TRAIN SYSTEM THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THE OCEAN

2) A FERRY TRIP

THAT'S THE MEANING OF THE AD

Posted by: GOD at October 31, 2005 06:47 PM

THE SHOUTY GOD hasn't realised you can also fly (and I would have thought that he (she?) would have known that!).

Posted by: Keith Collyer at November 6, 2005 06:55 AM

Timm- They're probably even more bitter now that in addition to trains taking their business, the new faster Hoverspeed ferries take even more.

I took one of those from Dover to Calais last summer. We practically FLEW past the P&O ferries. One hour trip.

Posted by: RaleighRob at March 2, 2006 03:43 PM