Tom Coates writes about a strange contact he received from what appears to be a highly misconceived blog marketing campaign for Cillit Bang - a kitchen cleaning product. Check out the comments. Ouch.
[UPDATE: The site has since been 'cleaned' of the comments relating to Tom's experiences. Never mind, Niall points out you can read the comments here.]
[UPDATE: They've said sorry.]
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