My brother-in-law once told me a story about being on a train in London back in the late eighties and getting into a conversation with the guy next to him. Turned out the guy was in advertising.

I must say, my brother-in-law said, I don’t think I’ve ever seen an advertisement for something and thought, I must go and buy that.

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