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The best advert featuring a cricketer EVER

Bowled on 27th March, 2009 at 10:00 by King Cricket
Category: Jacques Kallis, Photos, South Africa

There isn’t one part of this advert that isn’t amazing. It is the world’s first 100% amazing advert.

It's HOW you bury sheep that matters

The slogan’s baffling and surreal and amazing. The picture’s less baffling, but still surreal and amazing. Even the boast ‘SA’s #1 Hand Tool Brand’ is amazing, because just how hotly contested is that title?

Ceci sent this majestic thing in.

She writes:

“This is an advert from a South African cricket mag.  It’s entirely un-photoshopped and is utterly mysterious. Why is Kallis looking so keen and eager?  Is sheep burying his hobby, or is it – like Steyn’s crocodile wrestling – the mark of a Saffer man; the number of sheep he can bury in an hour?”

Girl in uniform handling toolWebco Tools’ website doesn’t quite live up to this promise, but it’s still pretty amazing. They know their target market, as proven by their use of images such as the one on the right.

Bet you’d like to bury sheep with her, eh?

Eh? Eh?

Oh.

We are still a bit mental about slow cookers but think we can get the meat to come out "stickier"

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  1. Reply
    Spigot   //   March 27th, 2009 at 10:04

    I spy someone breaching their 15 minute rule. Naughty lass.

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    Benno   //   March 27th, 2009 at 12:20

    Yeah, she’s really digging a hole for herself.

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    Ceci   //   March 27th, 2009 at 12:44

    Genuine ad Spig – sent to me by SA friend on f/b from SA Sports – you can find the online version here: http://www.sportsillustrated.co.za/

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    Spigot   //   March 27th, 2009 at 13:48

    is it bollocks.

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    Chris   //   March 27th, 2009 at 13:57

    He’s not only burying sheep, he’s also hurling bowlers at batsmen instead of using cricket balls. Here’s a picture of him yorking Sehwag with Daniel Vettori:

    http://content.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/image/396997.html

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    D Charlton   //   March 27th, 2009 at 14:23

    Top captioning Chris. You win 1 million points from me. Well done.

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    Benno   //   March 27th, 2009 at 16:13

    Another top performance from our batsmen today. 43/5 off 15 overs.

    The bastards have ruined my weekend before it’s begun and I might have to reconsider my sofa plans for Sunday.

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    Benno   //   March 27th, 2009 at 17:25

    If only I’d waited another half hour. Would have sounded so much more emphatic at 68/8

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    King Cricket   //   March 27th, 2009 at 17:37

    Why wait when you can just comment twice?

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    Mahinda   //   March 27th, 2009 at 17:40

    Strange…I’ve always thought Kallis more bovine than ovine. Perhaps it’s the way he moves his not inconsiderable jaw while batting.

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    miriam   //   March 28th, 2009 at 00:58

    Jacques kallis – SA’s no 1 tool. Even though he does have an appealing ready brek glow in the ad.

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    Mathew   //   April 6th, 2009 at 07:11

    Sheep burying, ROFL. Wtf’s happening in SA? If you put up stuff like this, you’ll join the Brits who lost out on getting a chance to host the IPL.

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