Give us a forward slash

GAP's new Christmas 'viral' is objectionable for many reasons, most of which explain themselves when you click on this link. (Be warned, it will take you several hours to recover your equanimity.)

One admittedly minor quibble is the lack of a forward slash between two of the 'chant' names: Good luck with that bird (a chant about cooking your Christmas dinner) and You office party hardied (a chant about embarrassing yourself at the office party).

Run the two phrases together, as this site unfortunately does, and you have a very rude sounding chant.

Give us a P. Give us an R. Give us an O. Give us an O. Give us an F. Give us an R. Give us an E. Give us an A. Give us a D. Give us an I. Give us an N. Give us a G.

UPDATE: A version of this post has since appeared on Creative Review, complete with comments.

Comments

[_SiD_]

Forget about the typos, the whole thing is a teeth-grinder. It's sub Sesame Street.

[Nick Asbury]

Part of me thinks 'Hey, it's just a deliberately kitsch piece of Americana to add a bit of festive fun to an otherwise dull world – don't worry about it'. But then I watch it again and feel my blood pressure rising.

[Helen Baker]

I was curious so I clicked on the link. After waiting several seconds (hey, I'm a typical web user!) for it to load I gave up and did something else. Gap should at least create a site that loads in a decent time. (It really should know better.) Nice post, though, made me chuckle.

[Nick Asbury]

Hi Helen. It actually loaded pretty quickly on my relatively unpowerful MacBook and broadband, so you may have caught it on a bad day - or a very good day, depending on how you look at it...