This old TV ad for a wildlife magazine has the bleakest of endings
Remember part-work magazines? Collect the set in 52 weekly parts, that kind of thing?
We do. Except we don’t remember this one. Nor this advert, which has an unexpected ending. Bleak doesn’t do it justice.
Well that got unexpectedly bleak pic.twitter.com/hO9WOmqHV3
— Neil Miles (@neilsmiles) September 6, 2017
So many questions!
Least it wasn't past tense.
— Text Aviary (@simonscott1975) September 7, 2017
Not that he's ever going to see it though
— Neil Miles (@neilsmiles) September 7, 2017
When is this set? Is it a long time after they were published, and they've become a family heirloom?
— Eddie Robson (@EddieRobson) September 6, 2017
Must be as they were clearly far too precious to be left behind
— Neil Miles (@neilsmiles) September 6, 2017
This is our favourite comment.
I had these too: entire collection weighed a sodding tonne. You wouldn't take them with you if you were trying to, say, save rocket fuel.
— Steve Maybury (@stevemaybury) September 7, 2017
Or maybe this one.
They took them instead of his sister
— Gavin Deichen (@gdeichen) September 8, 2017
Shit that's enough existential crisis for me for one day
— Ice cold in Alex (@manondessauce) September 7, 2017
That last 5 seconds is a real gut punch isn't it
— Neil Miles (@neilsmiles) September 7, 2017
The guy flying the spaceship is Donald Trump.
