In the 1950s, a marketing type called James Vicary caused national hysteria when he announced he could get people to buy Coca-Cola by flashing a "Drink Coke" sign on a screen so quickly that viewers couldn't tell, implanting the urge in their subconscious.
All that is missing are the words "Don't drink and drive" flashing up on the screen.
He still has the swagger, leather jacket and T-shirt wardrobe of a rock star, and his mobile phone is loaded with eye-poppingly deviant film clips that he collects for his amusement and often shares; but he also now does yoga three times a week, and stopped flashing when he gave up drink and drugs almost nine years ago.
After The Big Breakfast, she got a bit lost (free drinks, best tables, flashing her knickers at the paps), and made some bad career choices, winding up in a late-night Channel 4 car-crash called Something for the Weekend.
Mr. Padilla, who grew up without his father, hung out on the streets, flashed gang symbols, drank.
He had a habit of flashing his money around as he bought drinks for a wide variety of female companions.
Everything else is a flashing warren of flat-panel screens, robots that serve drinks and countless other outlandish gadgets.
Hundreds of huge pimped-up vehicles roam the site, lights flashing, picking up strangers and taking them on a journey, often offering free drinks and a sound system.
Oh, fire, the first time I ever took a drink I was doused with gasoline, that little ember perking up inside me, flashing, beginning to glow and climb.
WHERE TO EAT AND DRINK Amnesia (Nikola Vaptsarov Square) is Bansko's most popular nightclub, a subterranean lair of thumping bass, flashing lights and overpriced cocktails.
