Adverts you still remember word for word

[TubThumper]

I can’t remember passwords, where I left my keys, or what I went upstairs for… but apparently my brain has decided it’s vital to retain every advert from about 1989 onwards.

“Fry’s Turkish Delight. Full of eastern promise.”

“Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate… tastes like chocolate never tasted before.”

“You know when you’ve been Tango’d.”

“Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in the Congo.”

“I feel like Chicken Tonight!”

All stored safely, just in case they’re ever needed. I assume this is what our brains thought adulthood would require.

What’s everyone else still carrying around for no practical reason whatsoever?

[Heather74]

Far to many to mention.

[George 1978]

I think that slogans and catchphrases used in adverts are the main reason why we remember them word-for-word; they can make advertising campaigns a success and they can last for decades as well as years. For example, "Every Little Helps" has been used by people for generations but it has only been an advertising slogan for the past 30 years.

They catch on in the school playground as well as the classroom, as does the jingles heard as well. I remember saying that someone was "a very nice man" when they helped me with something, but I actually mentioned it in the same way as the women in the late 1980s AA adverts did, and the person in question still didn't notice the irony of me doing that!