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Let's get going!

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growstuff Thu 16-Jul-20 14:35:17

And this appears to be the official version ...

www.gov.uk/government/news/major-new-campaign-to-prepare-uk-for-end-of-the-transition-period

I can imagine there will be millions of people in businesses all over the country all jumping for joy shouting "Let's get going! Check, change, go!" hmm

growstuff Thu 16-Jul-20 14:32:22

Aha! Here's a clue ...

www.theguardian.com/travel/shortcuts/2020/jul/13/check-change-go-uk-government-slogan-holiday-advice

Silly me! I thought it was something to do with wearing face masks. Doh!

Oopsminty Thu 16-Jul-20 14:22:25

Callistemon

'Let's Get Going' sounds like a sixties pop song.

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I thought of a song as well.

Let's Get it Started

Just looked at the amount of views this song has had ... 169 million!!

So of course that made me look who has the most views

Despacito. Which I love. But this isn't the Justin Bieber one. This is all in Spanish and by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee

6.6 billion views.

It has three and a half million comments! I'm blown away by this. Damned good song. Incredible.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk

Sorry, I have totally wandered away from this thread's point

Callistemon Thu 16-Jul-20 14:11:57

smile no, not that one although I did love Cliff when I was about 14!

I've remember now, it was 'Let's Get Together, yeah, yeah, yeah' sung by Hayley Mills of all people!
grin
Nothing to do with going anywhere, but yeah, yeah, yeah, we can get together now - in a bubble.
grin

growstuff Thu 16-Jul-20 13:54:22

Callistemon

'Let's Get Going' sounds like a sixties pop song.

Yeah, yeah, yeah

This one?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xddl8fpf2uA

growstuff Thu 16-Jul-20 13:51:13

It was dreamt up by this lot ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjMc6PM_3U

varian Thu 16-Jul-20 13:50:37

Check the facts
Change the government or we all
Go to hell in a handcart

Whitewavemark2 Thu 16-Jul-20 13:27:12

Luckygirl

Check your fly zip; change your undies; go forth with confidence!

???

Luckygirl Thu 16-Jul-20 13:22:21

This has all become beyond ridiculous - these slogans have become a substitute for proper planning and action to keep us all safe. Does the government really think we are fooled by all this?

Luckygirl Thu 16-Jul-20 13:21:09

Check your fly zip; change your undies; go forth with confidence!

Callistemon Thu 16-Jul-20 13:06:47

You may well be right about checking our change
Twice over the years someone tried to diddle me - one was by 100 francs in a French grocery store. She didn't realise I could count.

Callistemon Thu 16-Jul-20 13:05:18

'Let's Get Going' sounds like a sixties pop song.

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Wheniwasyourage Thu 16-Jul-20 13:05:00

No, it's not just you, Callistemon. I read it and thought "What on earth...?" and haven't worked it out yet. You may well be right about checking our change - it makes as much sense as anything else.

growstuff Thu 16-Jul-20 13:03:49

Check the timetable, change trains if necessary and go to your destination?

Callistemon Thu 16-Jul-20 13:02:26

Check, Change, Go

Is it me? I have no clue what this means, apart from the fact that we should always check our change before we go.

Urmstongran Thu 16-Jul-20 12:11:35

I think I read these powerful 3-word mantras we’re dreamed up by a couple of Australian advertising types who had raised their own profile by promoting the snappy soundbites!

Chewbacca Thu 16-Jul-20 11:59:37

"Meh, who cares?"

Lucca Thu 16-Jul-20 11:58:33

“Tell some lies”
“ take delayed action”

grumppa Thu 16-Jul-20 11:56:48

Check your temperature, change your mask, go to hell?

varian Thu 16-Jul-20 11:16:12

Noticed their latest tv ad. It was jibberish. If this is being put out by some government information department, why are we not given any information?

Greta Thu 16-Jul-20 11:03:45

”LET'S GET GOING!” Now is the time to ”CHECK, CHANGE, GO!”

Two more 3 word slogans to cheer us up and energize us. I despair of this government. Have they now created a department of slogans whose job it is to come up with one ridiculous soundbite after another?

What will you be checking, what will you change and where will you go?