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  • From: Nick Moffitt <nick AT zork.net>
  • To: Monkeywire <monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [monkeywire] "Because you pay peanuts" ad threatened by boycott
  • Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:01:27 -0700

http://adrants.rantworks.com/#200393617
> Seems the complaint meter is going up again in the U.K. This time,
> it's for an ad featuring chimpanzees for car and bike equipment
> chain, Halford's. Under the tagline, "because you pay peanuts, we
> give you monkeys", the chimps cavort around the store in track
> suits. The ad has receive 75 complaints so far and the Captive
> Animals Protection Society, U.K.'s version of PETA, is calling for a
> boycott.

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