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It's hilarious. I can't remember what the advert was about but I think there's a website with a ringtone sounding similar to it. I initially heard it on Virgin Radio and then saw a bit on TV about it.
It's not even new either... I first came across it over a year ago; it was a spoof comparing a real F1 engine sound to this sound.
Anyone else hate it as much as I do?
AKA chavs ringtones
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However, for the last four to five months we've had to suffer this sound - in the guise of the 'crazy frog' - ever since some (now wealthy) bright spark thought it would make an ideal ring tone...
The 'frog' has spawned (!) much frustration and anger among normally civilised and peaceful communities; I have heard ads/jingles on commercial radio in which the 'frog' is shot - repeatedly. Normally sane individuals are on the brink; society at-large could be in danger of collapse (okay, maybe that's laying it on a bit thick)...
On the other hand, believe it or not, over the weekend I heard a radio-mixed rap track which incorporated the darling creatures' catchy call...
It is amazing how something like this can spread like a plague across the web and then leap, one would be tempted to say 'frog-like', from one technology platform to another..;-)
Syzygy
Normally sane individuals are on the brink; society at-large could be in danger of collapse (okay, maybe that's laying it on a bit thick)...
No it's not - the worse one was this morning, while taking a quiet coffee in Ottakers, this flaming moron had it on his phone just behind me. Made me spill my coffee!
Basically, it's a rip-off of a 20 year old Rainier Beer commercial. I hope someone sues the current perpetrator out of existence.
For those interested, here, courtesy of the BBC, is the potted history of the 'Crazy Frog' [news.bbc.co.uk]...
Anyone have a recipe for frogs legs?
;-)
Syzygy
