I spotted this television ad last summer and haven’t stopped laughing since. I know this sounds odd seeing as I am talking about a rail safety advertisement. But If you watch it I’m sure you’ll be laughing for the next few mouths also. Ireland is not a country synonymous with rail disasters, and we sure don’t drive around on scooters, like in some Mediterranean city. But someone out there in a moment of extreme stupidity, or creativity, has decided to combine these elements with some over the top jovial music and a gruesome shot of a man being crushed by a train.
I only ever saw the ad once, and had some struggle trying to convince people, and myself, that I did see it. But now I’ve found it on YouTube and so I have decided to share it with everyone. Enjoy 🙂
wow! that poor guy!
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They are still scraping bits of him off the train
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No chance for a sequel I guess.
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You’d never know 🙂
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That is hilarious!
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I’m glad someone out there shares my sense of humor 🙂
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Is the poor guy deaf.
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No we have special ‘silent’ trains in Ireland 🙂
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like bullet trains!!!!
But still a fail!!!!
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I enjoy Irish “health and safety” ads immensely. They are so much more vicious then the ones we have in the states and for some reason, they grab my attention, no matter how incorrect or ridiculous they are. This rail one has me laughing quite a bit. I lived in Ireland for a year, so I’m kind of shaking my head in confusion as well. Although I did see a Vespa…once…I think…
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We do like to hammer the point home alright when it comes to Health and Safety 🙂
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Ha! I think film makers must have mastered the “getting hit by bus/train” special FX trick back around 2004. I remember seeing it in like three teen movies that year (“Mean Girls” and “How to Deal”, off the top of my head). I guess the technology made it over to Southeast Asia half a decade later, because when I was visiting Cambodia this Brit was going off about how all of their pop music videos end with a girl getting run over by something or other.
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Awwwww…that’s just wrong!
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What part of the video do you think is wrong? Is the fact that he is riding a vespa in Ireland. Or maybe the fact that he gets hit by a train?
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All of it…the sing-songy music…the various other tasks completed just as haphazzardly with no repercussions…then BLAM…poor guy’s caboose gets slammed to the place where bad things happen.
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Oh its a terrible ad, that’s why I wanted to get it out there 🙂
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Wow, that is Hilarious and Terrible, lol
Thanks for Sharing
DarkJade-
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Thank you for watching 🙂
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So glad I didn’t read your entire post before I saw the vid. Too funny. Caught me by surprise! Lol!
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I should of said in the post to watch the video first. I’ll never forget the surprise I got the first time I saw it on TV
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Yea, that whole video kind of looked thrown together. That guy would have surely seen the train coming as well. Thanks 4 the laugh.
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As gavmusic said below, he was clearly put off by the music 🙂
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He was obviously put off by the loud, jolly music that was playing & didn’t hear the train 🙂
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You’d be surprised to hear how much times that happens 🙂
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I shouldn’t be laughing. It’s a bit like the rail safety ad from Top Gear.
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Course you should laugh, its only an ad. Its not like they had to hit the guy with a train for dramatic effect. I haven’t sen the Top Gear video, must look it up.
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my word! lol. you should check out some of our Australia safety ads. Fatal Four, Drink Driving, no seatbelt, etc, etc – they are pretty brutal, but no humour to them. for a taste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEziqKYrnS4 (do not watch if you have no stomach for blood or harsh reality).
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yikes!
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Reblogged this on Hallidd's Weblog and commented:
Yikes
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Priceless! Very funny. Reminds me of that video with “Jesus” singing “I Will Survive” and getting hit at the end!
Though, I’m not sure which is funnier: the guy getting hit, or the really cheesy music. 🙂
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Actually now that you mention it, the video is a lot like the singing Jesus video. But yeah I think the cheesy music complements the unexpected finale 🙂
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It came outta nowhere!
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I think its the shock factor that makes it memorable 🙂
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It sure does! Would probably gave the passengers in the front carriages nightmares for years too!
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That’s…just fifty kinds of wrong!
Thanks for the ‘like’ on my music post, by the way. Will check out what you’re up to!
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Ah its not to be taken seriously sure 🙂
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This message definitely had impact. Thanks for sharing.
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I would have had the kid on the scooter as well to shock all the grandmothers as well
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hahaha. I know I shouldn’t, but he did look like an annoying twat who is late for everything. And so smug on the scooter. Good find!
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Oh my, what a strange ad!
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So funny! At least the average IQ rating for the country went up :-))))
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