Posters which play corny chat-up lines are being posted in pub toilets as a warning against drinking too much.

　　The group behind the advert said they wanted to show what happens when someone may appear more attractive than they are after a few drinks. Each poster has a built-in speaker which plays a pre-recorded one-liner when a person walking past triggers a sensor.

　　Researchers at the Portman group, which is funded by the alcohol drinks industry, searched the internet to find the worst chat-up lines. The posters are the latest stage in its anti-drunkenness campaign called "If you do do drink, don't do drunk."

　　One of the adverts which will appear in the ladies, says: "When they made the alphabet they should have put U and I together." It features the close-up of a man wearing a studded dog collar above the words: "If you do do drink, don't do him." Another which will go up in the gents shows a grey-haired woman with protruding teeth and says "Excuse me. Do you mind if I stare at your face a minute, I want to remember it for my dreams."

　　The talking posters will appear in 25 venues throughout Britain, including the Slug and Lettuce chain. Non-speaking versions will also appear in 200 pubs and clubs.