Thursday 23 October 2014

Cartoon Army

Yes indeedy everyone. 

  There ain't no snack like a Pink Panther™ wafer. On the packet it says 'THE PINK PANTHER™ MGM Studios Inc All Rights Reserved'. Now i don't know business too good, but it seems that Rivington Biscuits Ltd from Wigan have some sort of arrangement with MGM Studios/Pink Panther™. Which strikes me as strange. Because the Pink Panthér™ is kind of off the radar at the moment, entertainmentally. In fact i would say the only time the biscuit's target demographic have seen the PÎñk Pàñthér™ is on the packet of these biscuits. So it is hard to see the benefit of having old Pinky™ on the front. Maybe MGM studios pay Rivington biscuits for the privilege of having a sorta dormant character on the packet. Maybe its a super symbiotic relationship, where no money exchanges hands. MGM and Rivington mutually benefitting from Pinklechops™  being on some wafers. As far as i am aware, the only other such really long term relationship is again with Pinkford™. On fibreglass insulation. He is the 'spokestoon' (i did not make that word up) for Owens Corning insulation. They dye it pink. Just for visual contrast from other brands. A genius move. Bonkers, but genius. 

           


What a terrible picture. Looks like he is gleefully erupting from some poor chap's arsehole. 

    If they had any acumen at all, Walter White and Jesse would have got the Smurfs as their spokestoons. Papa, completely fuck-eyed in a run down Smurfvillage, selling Smurfettes blue sex to make ends meet. DONT WORRY IT WILL BE HAPPY AND CHEERY COS THEY HAVE SQUEAKY VOICES. 
     HANG ON - Jesse PINKman could use our old friend McPinkletron™ as his own personal spokestoon. 'Sorry officer i can't comment on this, you'll have to wait for my spokestoon to be in touch'. Problem there is that, just like other panthers, Lord Pinkikins™ doesn't talk. THE PERFECT SPOKESTOON for such an operation. 

    Because we here at QB are all astute businesschaps and tea is the colour it is, we will be getting Charlie Brown as our spokestoon. Nothing quite screams a great british beverage like an american comic strip. Perfect. He will annoy everyone into buying tea with his mundane, self deprecating, pessimistic quotes. Oh, this is actually something that may work in England! I was joking before, but now i am serious. 


     

    Here at QBHQ, things are plodding along nicely. We are still learning. By gum every day we need to adapt and change to cope with whatever gets thrown at us (rarely physical objects, but every now and again…) We are getting faster, without losing any quality. Which is so very important to get you seated/served quicker. Shaving seconds off orders throughout the day certainly adds up to a tighter, more controlled service. We wouldn't have believed it, had we not witnessed it ourselves. 

      You will have noticed that we now open from 10am until midnight. There are good reasons for this. And they will be revealed soon. Let's hope before 2015 hits us clean on the face with a cold, soggy flannel. And we have changed the seating options a bit. It has slickened the operation - offering more tables for larger groups, as well as seating options for lone diners and those after a quick fix.  

   ALSO WE HAVE SIGNS. Just front ones for the moment as we are trying to manoeuvre through the tricky obstacle course of listed building consent for the side signs. Everything is hand painted using victorian techniques. And i hope you can see the quality from the street. All done by the ever patient Ashley Willerton. Please do check his gorgeous typography oot. 


   


          One of us went to New York (the one in America) this morning. Breath baited, we await his foody/drinky/culturaly findings. 

      'Breath baits for no man'. That would make a nice poster. Or a shit one. Can't decide. 

      As always, thank you for your continued support. 

             QB xxxx
       

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