Giles Andreae an advertising campaign for the soft drink Vimto. Purple Ronnie was sold in April 2007 to Coolabi, the small UK company which manages the Hammer House of Horror brand, for £3.3m. Since then the company have tried to break the US market by adapting the designs and language to suit. Giles Andreae Giles Andreae (born 16 March 1966) is a British artist, poet and greeting card writer, creator of the "Purple Ronnie" and "Edward Monkton" series. As a child Andreae went to Eton College where he was best friends with David Cameron. He then went on to Oxford University (Worcester
Ahoy (greeting) used it to address the congregation from the pulpit. A recent resurgence in the popularity of the term has resulted from its use by "The Simpsons" character Montgomery Burns, who often answers the telephone with the greeting of "Ahoy-hoy." The use of the now-defunct ahoy-hoy, instead of the standard "hello", is a running joke referring to Mr. Burns' very advanced age. Lyrics to "Solid Potato Salad" performed by the Ross Sisters in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor musical film "Broadway Rhythm" in 1944 include the words "Hoy hoy" Czechoslovak cartoon character Mole also often used the greeting ahoj, popularizing it amongst children