Comments on: guinness blog

By: Jack Yan

Jack Yan — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:36:47 +0000

Like your comment, Dennis Howlett. Besides, if the lawyers are so well paid and Guinness is rather big, then they should know that there are sufﬁciently similar legal systems in most of the common law jurisdictions. Australia and New Zealand, for instance, are similar to the UK when it comes to drinking laws. So much for global brands.
I just fed in England, since I hold dual nationality and my passport hails from there. Figure it covers me.

By: Niall Cook

Niall Cook — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:08:53 +0000

Phew. For a minute there I thought you had an anti-agency filter going

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:58:44 +0000

Don’t know, Niall.. didn’t blacklist you, as far as I know

By: Niall Cook

Niall Cook — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:20:27 +0000

Seems to block my email address too (ncook at hillandknowlton dot com)

By: Niall Cook

Niall Cook — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:18:58 +0000

By the way, why does your blog not let me post a comment if I enter my Hill & Knowlton blog URL?

By: Niall Cook

Niall Cook — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:16:09 +0000

Hugh,
I’m wondering how you know they “decided to do it themselves”?
I’d be surprised if they didn’t get some outside help to build it, but I wonder who advised them on strategy?
From all these negative comments, it seems that going it alone could be even more disastrous for them. I’ll admit that not all agencies get it (nor do all in-house teams or freelance consultants), but the right one would have anticipated this reaction and advised them appropriately.

By: David

David — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:17:52 +0000

Doh. Why did I have to tell it to remember me? Now I'll have to go look for that cookie and delete it so I can start over and lie. I mean I'm American and 22, so it's only a half lie, right? It's kinda funny that the "Sorry" page redirects to Yahoo, but if you click on the link it goes to Google. I guess they were trying to be fair to each site. But now I'm just nit picking because I'm jealous that I can't view the blog.

By: Spitshine

Spitshine — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:53:40 +0000

If you have to select either ‘England’, ‘Scotland’ or ‘Wales’ — what do you select if you were Irish?

By: drexel

drexel — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:25:32 +0000

if alcohol = blogs about alcohol,
and laws = arbitrary decisions,
then it must therefore be true that i am a hooker with a bad crack addiction.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:08:33 +0000

These people are brain dead. “Secondly and to be really honest we really didn

By: John

John — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:05:23 +0000

Pathetic. Have they forgotten what the first w in www means?

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:55:00 +0000

Actually — this frigging sucks. It now only wants UK folk — Error 404 again. i don’t care what Guinness says about legal responsibility — you can’t drink a web page. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Better stil — fire tha lawyers.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:49:16 +0000

Hmm…error 404 — ie — page doesn’t exist — once I entered my details. Crap.

By: Eric Mattson

Eric Mattson — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:37:32 +0000

Lou,
First, bravo for listening and responding to our comments.
Second, it might be useful to point out to your lawyers that anyone intelligent enough to use a computer can probably figure out how to game the system and get access to the blog.
Welcome to the blogosphere.
Take care,
Eric

By: john

john — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:03:49 +0000

I have never been accused of wanting to stick it to the man — my business school professors would be shocked! I just have highly developed critical senses which I try to focus in a constructive way — I’m not saying “that’s crap” I’m saying “change that and it will be better” — well at least that’s the conversation in my head — how it comes across top others is perhaps a moot point!