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'Tell me you've never to been to Manchester without saying you've never been to Manchester': Huge Piccadilly Gardens billboard sparks ridicule
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThere's no such thing bad publicity, goes the old cliché. And if that's true then the marketing department at Magnum ice creams will be patting themselves on the back after a huge new billboard in Piccadilly Gardens was widely mocked for its hilariously bad attempt at showing off a bit of local knowledge.
Alongside a photo of a chocolate Magnum the advert boasts: "The only thing that can make lying on Piccadilly Gardenseven better ." But as every regular, or even occasional, visitor to the city centre knows Piccadilly Gardens - notorious for drug use, crime and anti-social behaviour - is not exactly sunbathing central.
And at the minute the gardens are still recovering from the Christmas markets and a miserable winter which has left the area with barely any grass. Read more: "You couldn't help but love him": Former footballer, 37, dies after battle with Motor Neurone Disease So obviously Mancs were quick to mercilessly ridicule the advert.
Amy Jones tweeted a picture of the billboard alongside the message: "Good way for Magnum’s marketing department to reveal they’ve never been to or indeed, spoken to anyone from Manchester." Alex replied: "Enjoying a Magnum in Piccadilly Gardens, or as you might call it, a spice cream." Drawing Thyme tweeted: "Tell us you’ve never been to Manchester without telling us you haven’t been." Sam Whyte tweeted: "If you lie down in Piccadilly Gardens a copper comes and throws your belongings in a skip." And Ben 81 IMS posted: "That area of Manchester could not be saved by Jesus himself." But several others speculated the ad might have been a deliberate mistake to get everyone talking - and, if so, then it's obviously worked.
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