profitez de la vie

something i wanted to post for a while now but never got around doing it: the french health service is promoting free flu shots for people older than 65 as a preventive measure and they produced two television commercials that i find quite amusing. “profitez de la vie, évitez la grippe”, is their slogan and you should really check out the two available commercials. it is interesting how serious medical issues can be presented in a catchy (ok, maybe trivial) and even entertaining way. i bet people remember those commercials easily once they have seen them… however, i have never seen a commercial for flu shots on German or Austrian television… i think cultural differences like that are intriguing, especially since the culture in question is right here in continental Europe…