I like to do a little on-the-ground detective work before...

I like to do a little on-the-ground detective work before buying. PAS sells bathers and frocks, so I quickly flicked around the Iconic website. I was impressed and have bought shares.

I was impressed in another sense as well. Now, the little advertisements (see the top and RHS of of this HC page) are pushing Iconic products at me. Not just on HC, but on macrobusiness, ZeroHedge and a multitude of other serious sites.

Wherever I go, my web browsing now pulses with pouting teen models in tiny bikinis and provocative lingerie.

I approve the skill and quality of this push-marketing, but I dread the missus looking over my shoulder and concluding I spend my time ogling pretty girls dressed in costumes the size of postage stamps.

The phrase Do Your Own Research! has fresh meaning.

Ash