Ciaran’s Peculier [sic] Blog

I’m sure there are some readers who’ll remember Jim Megaw, marketing manager of Northern Ireland-based supermarket chain Crazy Prices. In the early ’90s he would feature in the supermarket’s TV advertising, usually linking two items in the folowing manner. “When you buy a piece of Rump Steak at Crazy Prices we throw in the chips [french fries] for free.” Well the Somali pirates who nicked that ship laden with tanks are looking for $35 mn in ransom – quite a lot of shit in anyone’s language, but like Jim Megaw they’re going to throw in the crew for free – if they haven’t already done so.