This week saw South Africa link arms with Kenya as we jointly hosted @AFrikkinHashtag with the tag #MoreHonestProductSlogans which really gave space for people to get creative.
And you did. With the @HashtagRoundup app helping make it all the more productive. If you’re a Hashtagger, make sure you download the app and get tagging.
This week i had a little more time to get prepared and so i helped set the scene with some of my own creations:
The idea being to grab a product with an existing slogan and honest it up a little, or else to completely come up with a brand new and more honest slogan of your own.
Then i thought it would be good to have some local flavoured ones as well:
And, as per usual, we trended in the USA as well as Canada, who we tried to help out with their #BellLetsTalk tag which was raising money and awareness for Mental Health.
@AFrikkinHashtag the 1st mention of #MoreHonestProductSlogans appears on your TL. Now is Trending Topic in United States! #trndnl
— Trendinalia USA (@trendinaliaUS) January 27, 2016
#3 Canada/#5 trending hashtag in the USA #MoreHonestProductSlogans @afrikkinhashtag
— Hashtag Roundup (@HashtagRoundup) January 27, 2016
Which brings us to you and a lot of really great and creative tweets that made us smile and nod and LOL [and LIL, which is the inside version of LOLling for those who are slightly less demonstrative] and we cannot include them all here, but we do need to have a:
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS
So here are the top 10 Tweets from this week’s #MoreHonestProductSlogans…
John went all German on us:
Volkswagen: Das emmisions. #MoreHonestProductSlogans #BellLetsTalk
— John Robb (@RealStirfryguy) January 27, 2016
Rob made it a little personal, or was that creepy?:
Old Spice – Smell like grandpa #MoreHonestProductSlogans
— Rob (@GenericZA) January 27, 2016
Ben lead the way for a huge number of people who took on the Lego:
Lego : The Bane of your foot’s existence #MoreHonestProductSlogans
— Ben (@Beamer_6412) January 27, 2016
Nick reminded us what year we are in:
#MoreHonestProductSlogans Yellow Pages – Let your fingers use your smartphone.
— I’m Nick I am (@AnnoGalactic) January 27, 2016
i don’t normally go for the sweary ones but this one by Abed was on point:
#MoreHonestProductSlogans Imodium: Because you don’t have time for this sh*t. pic.twitter.com/OlhkAtjohZ
— TheWalkingAbed (@TheWalkingAbed) January 27, 2016
Rogelio brought the honesty we were all thinking anyway:
#MoreHonestProductSlogans . pic.twitter.com/BiAvAt5buo
— Rogelio Perea (@OilegorAerep) January 27, 2016
Kenneth spelled it out for us:
Mushrooms – a spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus never tasted so good! #MoreHonestProductSlogans
— Kenneth Reading (@KennethReading) January 27, 2016
While Brutus took a look behind the curtain at the ‘wizard’:
#MoreHonestProductSlogans SNICKERS! What you hear behind your back when eat candy all your life and don’t exercise.
— brutus augustus (@SanchezBrutus) January 27, 2016
Adan i’m sure brought a lot of haters on himself, but also the truth:
#MoreHonestProductSlogans NASCAR..turn left, turn left, crash, repeat.
— Adan Garcia (@Culalam) January 27, 2016
Esarty said what we’ve all known for years:
Football: Making cheating, feigning injury and moaning one of the most lucrative occupations in the world #MoreHonestProductSlogans
— esarty (@esarty) January 27, 2016
And last week’s co-host Anthony tapped [yes!] into the snob factor:
#MoreHonestProductSlogans Evian Water. You can drink it from a faucet but we're French!
— Supernova Sunrise (@anthonypermal) January 27, 2016
Sorry, i didn’t want to [yes!] force it… #faucet
This week’s duel runners up for the depth of their honesty:
#MoreHonestProductSlogans New toothbrush design i.e we added a seventh colour to the handle
— Barb Larbler (@BarbLarbler) January 27, 2016
#MoreHonestProductSlogans Chapstick – You will misplace it before the tube is empty
— ~♡°Katie°♡~ (@_Katiebyy69) January 27, 2016
i saw you nodding vigorously at both of those…
But this week’s hands down winner for me was Andrew who totally stated
it as half-heartedly as it needed to be stated with all the honesty
that brought [cos i can’t stand the stuff] with his Dr Pepper slogan:
#MoreHonestProductSlogans Dr Pepper because some people like us
— Andrew Rider (@TheAndyRider) January 27, 2016
THANK YOU EVERYBODY for playing – Kenya, thanks for high fiving it with South Africa and we look forward to doing it again sometime. We have a SUPER EXCITING tag prepared for next week and two amazing co-hosts in @googlygirl98 and @SadlyCatless who will be bringing it.
From South Africa’s Premier game where we go for family friendly in the form of funny, clever, misdirectional and just completely random we will see you on @AFrikkinHashtag soon…
#DontForgetToTipYourWaitress
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