A cheeky Glaswegian has taken on a household supplies firm after they used an actor in their advert who looked just like him.
Joker Paul Kelly, from Bearsden, contacted German firm Karcher via Facebook in a post to pull them up for "unjust exploitation" of his face in an advert for their power washer.
He then demanded that the firm compensate him with a lifetime supply of Irn Bru, a six-figure sum of hard cash (Sterling), a spot in their next advert as the evil twin or a free pressure washer.
The HGV driver said: "One of the guy's at work said the guy in advert looked like me. So I found it on YouTube and I could see the resemblance.
Even my mum and dad were startled by just how much I looked like him. "I like to think I have a good sense of humour so I thought I would post this to their page."
Surprisingly, however, the firm took Paul's case on board and opened up Facegate to their Facebook fans.
Gerry Hayes said: "Seems legit."
Paul Hirst added: "Nice to see a bit of friendly humour on Facebook, he deserves a washer for his cheek."
And it seems Karcher agreed with Paul who now has a new pressure washer on his way to him.
Paul added: "I have been crying with laughter over this. We have a Karcher in the garage but this is top of the range so I am happy. I was only doing it for a laugh.
"I have to admit though I have never been so popular on Facebook."
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article