“88.2% of statistics are made up on the spot” -Vic Reeves

This morning, I had a bowl of Fruit ‘n Fibre. I stole the box from my husband. But he shouldn't notice until at least Saturday, so it's fair game.

Once, a long time ago, before he broke Tiff’nay’s heart, Grant Mitchell of Eastenders did an advert for Fruit ‘n Fibre.

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I can’t eat fruit and fibre without thinking of Grant. Or, for that matter, of Tiff’nay lying in the street outside the pub on New Years Eve.

Anyway, in the course of finding photographic evidence of Grant eating Fruit ‘n Fibre, I found this wonderful site: http://www.tvwhirl.co.uk/advertsdg.html
And it got me thinking, what are the top 10 adverts of my youth?

10 Great ads that I had forgotten!
1. Pepperami: It’s a bit of an animal (Pepperami)
2. P.P.P.Pick up a Penguin. (Penguin)
3. If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join our club! (Club)
4. Big Bad Dom (Domestos)
5. ACCRINGTON STANLEY? WHO ARE THEY? (Milk)
6. How do you do it? (Cadbury’s Crème Egg)
7. Oh no... an iceberg! What will we do? (Extra Strong Mints)
8. Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley (Yellow Pages)
9. Woaaaahhh-ohhh! Vitalite... That's right!! (Vitalite)
10. Things are not quite what they seem (Diamond White)

10 Great ads I hadn’t forgotten:
1. Robin Hood Robin Hood spies the Weetabix (Weetabix)
2. You know when you’ve been tango’d (Tango)
3. Pardon me but I thought I heard you mutter… (Anchor butter)
4. But smart ol’ Blue he took the Milky Way (Milky Way)
5. (striking a match on a bald guy’s head) (Hamlet)
6. Boddingtons: cream of Manchester (Boddingtons)
7. Do you love someone enough to give them your last Rolo? (Rolo)
8. So he got an account called Liquid Gold. (A building society)
9. Two all-meat patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions in a sesame bun (Big Mac)
10. Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate (Flake)